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Stadium stands completed for Club Atlético Banfield
New stands completed in 1930 for Club Atlético Banfield.
Argentine Football Championship opens: Racing defeat Boca four-one
British referees make their debut at the start of the 1948 first division season. The Buenos Aires Herald notes that the foreign officials "controlled all the games, and each one did a definitely good job of work."
Crónica de un escándolo
Unclear whether El Grafico selectively chooses to publish incidents at stadiums but this episode is noticeable amid a mood of positive hope on the state of Argentine soccer (but negative disillusionment at fans?)
La nota ingrata
Gas canisters, police brutality, fan brutality, projectiles…the beginning of the 1964 season
El mismo dia…en la Argentina
The Lima tragedy, one of the darkest moments in world soccer, took place in a match between Argentinean and Peruvian youth teams trying to qualify for the Olympics. That same day, another violent incident between fans and police took place at…
Ha llegado un asesor
Another article on the appointment of Valentín Suárez as national team assessor, whose task was to mend relations with players chaffing under head coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo (who seems oblivious to the failures of his team and his tactics.)
La verdad dolorosa
This article supports newspaper accounts of turmoil within the national team and the need to send Valentín Suárez to mediate the situation between players and the head coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo. What makes this piece helpful is that it offers a less…
Los amos del fútbol
The era of "fútbol espectáculo" comes to an end. This article looks at the businessmen who directed the fortunes of the clubs over many years, and whose competition fueled high spending. They include: Alberto Armando (Boca Juniors), Herminio Sande…
Benicio Acosta: conceptos: no dar ventajas-buscar resultados
Benicio Acosta shares his coaching philosophy (which sounds pragmatic and designed to not cede any initiative to rival teams-the style en vogue during the 1960s)
En la violencia impuso Banfield su mejor juego; Sin hacer otra cosa que explotar errores ajenos Vélez logró ganar fácil
The trend towards catenaccion continues as teams play in overtly defensive and physical styles
Todos fueron culpables...
Banfield and Independiente play a brutal match, where players have bad intentions and rile up the atmosphere in the stadium.
El referee y los linesmen se fueron de la cancha 3 horas después de terminado el match
Fan violence the same week as the La Plata tragedy, as projectiles rain down upon referees. They could not leave the stadium for 3 hours fearing their own safety.
El anti-fútbol
Tactics, according to the paper, are leading to games like this one where one team bunkers down and prevents a goal-kicking the ball downfield without any sense of offense-while the other team has no clue how to break their opponent's defense. A…