Like many colleagues in the press, Fiovaranti argues that if Argentina is to win the World Cup it should stick to the playing style and approach that has defined Argentine fútbol for decades ("nuestro fútbol").
This deciding match for who would go to Sweden turned violent after Argentina took the lead. Several players were expelled, and Goles lays the blame squarely on the visiting Bolivian side for resorting to violence to avoid an embarassing score line.
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…