Barra Bravas: Not really activist fans
If anyone missed this, here is Annie Kelly's gripping account of the barra bravas, the gangs that control Argentinian football.
At best its the romantic notion of a fan fighting back to get a piece of a pie that is making everyone else rich. However in a football mad country like Argentina with its huge economic disparities these Robin Hood notions turn out fanciful.
Soccerblog @ Aug 23, 2011 10:23 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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