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Exención de impuestos al Club Atlético Boca Juniors
The request to absolve Boca Juniors from paying taxes on lands where they are constructing their Ciudad Deportiva is pushed to a vote, and approved.
Various
Number of members, various sports, and activities all provide some look at this club's activities in 1965 and 1966
Operativo AFA
This sheet was stuck inside a Memoria y Balance for Club Atlético Unión in 1966, after Onganía's rise to power. Amid a climate of hostility, social order became a popular concept among state and sporting organizations like AFA. I am not sure that…
La intimidad de Don H.H.
Looking towards the Independiente-Inter Milan matchup (the 2nd straight year for the Intercontinental Cup), the article tries to examine Helenio Herrera and interviews him.
Sívori el Napoleón del fútbol
Great interview with Sívori, who remember a lesson Néstor Rossi taught him at the 1957 Copa Sudamericana. Useful article to see how Argentines followed the successes of players plying their trade in Europe.
Fútbol
Reader Enrique Rotti is upset about the sudden cancellation of cultural programs on television in favor of fútbol matches. He describes fútbol as a habit of those lacking culture.
[politics at AFA]
Just a glimpse into how AFA chiefs are selected and deposed by powerful club presidents
Estudiantes lo espera
This interview is helpful because Zubeldia addresses topics such as his reputation and tactics (including praise for Helenio Herrera) The beginning of a successful and controversial era in Argentine soccer
Boca Juniors Campeón
A tango from 1965 about Boca Juniors
¿Qué debe comer el futbolista?
As part of th emove towards greater professionalization in Argentine fútbol, sports writers and members of training staffs often debated how players should take care of themselves for optimal performance. Here, the issue of a player's diet comes…
Fútbol
Juan Ramos Mejía writes to the magazine about the Carrizo-River Plate saga, noting that "professionalism" means different things to players and clubs but that organizations should not treat employees as commodities to be traded or sold at whim.
¿Hubo evolución futbolística en 1964?
Juvenal's assessment is that "yesterday" and "today" are not clear, how do we know when "yesterday's soccer" ends? It also looks at 1964 as a better season for soccer, more vibrant attacking, but also more violence on the field as fouls are used…
¿Y el fútbol señores?
A climate of war and vendettas has gripped the rivalry between Boca Juniors and Independiente
San Lorenzo hizo cerrojo, Boca colaboró
Lorenzo employed a "cerrojo" style on Boca Juniors, citing the youth and inexperience of his new team, and earned plaudits for seemingly turning around San Lorenzo's season Much of his approach is derived from his previous years in Italy [Puskas…
San Lorenzo fue "toque" y pudo ser goleada
"El Inter de Boedo": Lorenzo's San Lorenzo team of 1965
El fútbol se asfixia por falta de goles ¿cómo salvarlo?
The value of this article is that it summarizes the effects of physical approaches to soccer that stifle creativity and lead to less goals