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Campeonato Sudamericano Extraordinario; Campeonato Sudamericano Extraordinario en Chile
Argentina resumes international play in the post war era with 2 successive championships in South America.
Congreso de la FIFA
The most surprising aspect of this entry is that little fanfare is provided to Argentina's loss in the bidding process for the 1962 World Cup (the Memoria y Balance provides more details).
A propósito de Lorenzo
Although El Grafico disapproved of Lorenzo in Chile 1962, it lends its support to him on the condition that Lorenzo in 1966 learned from his mistakes
Quince goles en tres partidos nos colocan a un paso del campeonato
Great article to see how journalists created notions of identity--national and soccer--through playing style.
El fútbol argentino mostró en Chile lo que es: desorden
Writers lament the poor play, embarassing loss, and rudder-less state of the national team Too many tactics and ideas, not enough good play The fact that a player (Sanfilippo) punched a Chilean player at the end of the game simply punctuated the…
No espermos nada; esperemos lo peor
Panzeri's critical analysis of Lorenzo continues, but he places blame on a culture that favors coaches like Lorenzo and keep people like Colombo in power For the first time in El Grafico, the "doble cerrojo", or deadbolt formation, is used in…
Dulce amargo, ganamos sufriendo (¡contra Bulgaria!)
Questions the value of winning if Argentina plays so poorly
Cuando tu vas yo estoy de vuelta
Lorenzo's tactics proved to be a failure for Panzeri He wanted to play a physical, tough style but ultimately brought Argentina's most skilled players The result? Good players who did not, and could not, understand Lorenzo's approach England deserved…
Hungria jugo a clasificarse (objetivo logrado), Argentina, a salvar a su apariencia (con 'futbolito')
According to El Grafico, Lorenzo seemed to acknowledge that his approach did not work and let the most talented players play "a lo criollo") Why? Desperation to not be humiliated again like in Sweden This article lacks any investigative value by not…
Soluciones: dirigentes
Written as a letter to soccer officials, El Grafico warns of a suicidal trajectory of the national sport if "restructuring" and reform continues (after many years) to be empty rhetoric' [In a follow-up piece, El Grafico suggests that the decision is…
Silencio-fama-silencio; DT: ex-selección, ex-San Lorenzo, ¿víctima?
A more positive look at Lorenzo (could it be because Panzeri and Lazzatti left El Grafico?) The interviewer seeks to understand what happened in Chile and why Lorenzo rose and fell so quickly Lorenzo speaks frankly about players and his approach to…
Cesarini
Citing the numerous criticisms (not from El Grafico) about Racing's violent style of play against Celtic, Renato Cesarini explains that he could not risk having the national team play in a similar style In a separate piece, Valentin Suarez believes…
Escaso premio de goles para el rotundo dominio argentino
Of note is that press coverage in 1958 heralded the return of Labruna to the national team one week before the team left for Sweden as a desperate attempt to fix a flawed team. However, Labruna featured here, in 1957, as a player whose contributions…
El saldo de la victoria contra Chile es neto: Tenemos un team seleccionado capaz de 'caminar'
One win away from qualifying for the World Cup finals in Sweden, Goles offers an optimistic assessment of Argentine fútbol.