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La Roja de América
By Gigi Romano
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Description
From the early decades when international football became a public language in Chile, through the myth-making pressure of the 1962 World Cup, the book follows La Roja as a national institution as much as a sporting team. Stadiums become more than venues, rivalries become emotional geography, and football becomes a stage where pride, scrutiny, and memory all travel with the shirt.
At the center is the tactical and cultural revolution that redefined Chile in the 2010s-pressing as identity, intensity as a civic expectation, and leadership hardened by finals decided on nerve. The narrative then closes at the present day with Chile confronting the most difficult test in elite sport: sustaining a style and a standard after the generation that forged it has passed, and rebuilding in full public view with no room to hide from the facts.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
344
Release Date:
2025-12-19
Publication Date:
2025-12-19
Publisher:
Independently Published
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1970852356
ISBN13:
9781970852356
Weight:
499 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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