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Racing dio "academia" en Costa Rica
Articles like these are helpful in understanding Argentine notions of soccer superiority in the international arena.
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Moreno was River Plate's top star and one of the best players in the country.
¿Se fue demasiado lejos con las sanciones a los jugadores? ¿Y los socios?
Club officials place sanctions on players for heavy losses due to their strike, but the article asks a good question: are fans equally to blame for their insistence, as club associates, for major products that lead to club debts?
Al desconocer el consejo todo lo actuado, los futbolistas colgaron los botines
Players effectively hang their boots (cleats) and walk away from the 1948 season.
Nada se pidió de mas, solo el cumplimiento de lo aceptado
La Cancha seems fairly aligned with players in their dispute with club officials
Quedarían tres ingleses
The success of British officials in Argentina prompts the AFA to look for replacements for those who left back to Europe.
Teoría y práctica para enseñar fútbol: tal la finalidad de la escuela de entrenadores
The move to a more systematic, and professionalization, of coaching and the use of tactics begins in the late 1940's with coaches who will become important during the 1950s and 1960s (especially with the national team) such as D'Amico, Cesarini, and…
100.000 personas en Liniers
With a proposed capacity of up to 100,000 spectators, Vélez aims to build the largest stadium in Argentina.
No son $3.000 los que pidió Di Stéfano
Di Stéfano is lauded for his humble roots, posing with his family, and his ability at a young age to demand a salary commesurate with his skills and value to River Plate. He will leave a year later to play in Colombia and then Real Madrid.
Photograph of the "La Máquina"
With players like Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ángel Labruna, and Jose Manuel Moreno, the River Plate squad of the 1940s remains legendary to this day.
La victoria de Dublin, refirmó los méritos del fútbol argentino
Unlike the England game, this victory reaffirmed the high quality of Argentine fútbol through victory.
Cartoon: Brochazos del ambiente
The cartoon delivers 2 observations: club officials have turned desperate to field players while the professionals are on strike, and the spirit of the potrero and the pibe remains the only viable solution to the greed and money in soccer.
El añejo y clásico estilo inglés impuso en el estadio de Wembley
The commentary does not state that the English style is better than criollo fútbol, simply that England won at home using its crusty old style.
¿Qué pretendían los dirigentes?
The first in a long-running and extensive coverage of the 1948 players' strike
Entre una leyenda y un complejo
Although Mourín is not a well-remembered player in Argentine fútbol history, this profile piece is a perfect example of how sports magazines portrayed fútbol players: surrounded by family (especially the player's mother), in uniform, and with fans.…
¡Por culpa de los jugadores!...¡¿?! ("Las opiniones de Justiniano Calles")
Ribas is incredulous that club and AFA officials are absolving themselves of any blame for the labor impasse and laying responsibility on the feet of the players.