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Ciudad deportiva: cálculos y optimismo
Although Boca Juniors publicly defends their project and timetable for completion, the article notes some inconsistencies that raise serious questions about the project.
Crisis, con licencia
The article lays much of the blame in River Plate on club officials, who manage to undo many positive reform efforts by coaches and other staff.
Lo que el mundo ha de conocer
The recurring violence at fútbol stadiums, according to the author, will reveal Argentina to the outside world…as a nation of disorder, mayhem, and lawlessness (if the world does not already view Argentina this way.)
Estudiantes: Prati es la clave
Public sentiment against Estudiantes grows, especially in light of Argentina's failure to qualify for the 1970 World Cup; however, only Boca Juniors seems to possess the team unity and purpose of the team from La Plata.
El martirio de Aramburu: la gran responsabilidad
The climate of violence escalates, leaving Aramburu dead and a martyr for the military's pursuit of social order; however, this murder came a month after Onganía was ousted by other military leaders for failing to stem public violence.
AFA: Aprestos para la sucesión del mando
Helpful to see how government intervention, now running over four years, has affected AFA.
De lances a renunciantes
Alberto Armando, the symbol of Boca Juniors for the 1960s, resigns as president of the club amid allegations of corruption and decrees from AFA–perhaps tired of constant insubordination.
Fútbol: Los males que no se curan con un geniol
Gaona, in the interview, discusses a wide range of topics affecting AFA and Argentine fútbol in 1970–including the reversal on the lifelong ban of Estudiantes' Poletti.
Peronismo: Quince años de adversidad
A useful survey of the peronist movement over 15 years.
