Prologue: Utopias and their discontents, 1535-2016
Part one: The birth of a nation, 1863-1930
The Rioplatense supremacy
Part two: The golden age, 1930-1958
The coming of professionalism
Modernity and the Budapest butcher
Part three: After the fall, 1958-1973
The contrarian and the growth of anti-fútbol
The consecration of pragmatism
Scorning the path of roses
Part four: Rebirth and conflict, 1973-1978
The gypsy, the car salesman, and the old ways
Lorenzo and the Boca fulfillment
Glory in a time of terror
Part five: A new hope, 1978-1990
The unlikeliest champions
The return of anti-fútbol
Optimism and the Libertadores
Part six: Debt and disillusionment, 1990-2002
Tabárez and the Boca revival
The fatal urine of Foxborough
The rise of Vélez and the River revival
The failure of neoliberalism
The dwindling of a genius
Part seven: Over the water, 2002-2015
The ascent from the abyss
Distrust and short-termism
The little witch, the Pope, and the gleeful chicken
