A weapon, filled with sharp nails, is deposited in the press box by an anonymous "fan" when police are sent into the stadium ready to launch gas canisters into the crowd Although the incident did not escalate, the choice of weapon demonstrates the…
Citing the success of Argentine auto racing, tennis, and especially soccer, Argentina has emerged as a sporting nation valued across the world. Players like Labruna, Di Stefano, Ricagni, as well as coaches like Stabile, are sought after by Europe's…
Argentine greatness is established by comparing the capacity of stadiums in Buenos Aires to US baseball stadiums (although both stadiums serve different purposes and game schedules--comparing to football stadiums would have been better).
Image of Huracán and national team player Guillermo Stábile on the cover of El Gráfico, August 2, 1930 (Issue No. 577). Stábile was the top scorer at the 1930 World Cup and the longest tenured manager of the national team. He rose to fame at Huracán,…
Journalists like Panzeri have long been enamored of Menotti's philosophy about how to play soccer. This article focuses on Huracan's coach, who will eventually become the national team coach in the 1978 World Cup, and whay he values in soccer:…
Select articles from the publication El Hogar that offer images of famous teams and players in 1915. This issue of the magazine from 1915 is one of the earliest examples of a soccer-focused magazine publication in Argentina.
Citing that the poor play by two of the top teams in Argentina is neither old nor modern, the paper describes this match as one lacking in tactics and intelligent play. Instead, it was a match where tactics, technique, speed, effort, love for the…
The summary traces a direct line between the excessive physicality of a player, the referee who sanctions these offenses, the fans who get riled up, and the player who responds by confronting fans and referee. The atmosphere becomes heated and leads…
According to the fan magazine, Argentine fútbol lost its way in it favored the hiring of "big " players instead of focusing money and time on the youth systems. Huracán addresses this issue in 1969 in the wake of a series of disastrous signings that…