Armando was known as a temperamental figure, often dismissive of rules and regulations if they countered his own initiatives. Here, AFA levies a punishment on Armando.
Tomás Sánchez de Bustamante, a club member of Huracán, threatened the life of a referee and is promptly banned from attending any match for two years. It is unclear if AFA possessed the ability to prevent his entry to stadiums; however, it is worth…
The first match of the 1970 Intercontinental Cup, played in Buenos Aires against Dutch side Feyenoord, saw Estudiantes move ahead easily before Feyenoord made the game difficult towards the end. As a result, Feyenoord left Argentina with a good…
By defeating Brazil in Porto Alegre, the magazine dubs the triumph a 'miracle'-a stark difference from the notion of Argentine superiority in soccer before 1958.
The magazine lavishes praise on an Dutch side that played beautiful soccer and characterized Estudiantes as a team that was dazed and confused. Little hope for the second match in Holland.
Dutch coach labels Estudiantes as 'gangsters', Estudiantes demonstrated that they know how to lose, and a bottle is thrown at an Argentine keeper. Yet, Feyenoord played better soccer and deserved to win.