Gaona, in the interview, discusses a wide range of topics affecting AFA and Argentine fútbol in 1970–including the reversal on the lifelong ban of Estudiantes' Poletti.
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.)
The cover image suggests that the national team is headed for another "fracaso" (failure) at the World Cup. Lorenzo, in particular, is at the center of the failures of the national team and receives a profile.
AFA president Colombo proposes match betting, "toto-calcio" as it is called in Italy, to help raise revenue in light of declining attendance and club debts. This idea resurfaces a decade later under Valentín Suárez. The magazine sees this as a move…
Although some Argentine players struggled playing in Italy, others like Sívori and Angelillo ony needed a season or two to adjust and excel–even playing for the Italian national team down the road.
Looking to Italy, Suárez sees a chance to systematically reform Argentine fútbol by incorporating a legal form of betting before matches. This would raise revenue for clubs mirred in debt.
The coach who most influenced the modern style, the catenaccio, is dismissed from Inter Milan after eight years. The end of Herrera's stint in Italy was one of the first signs that his ultra-defensive style had run its course. In Argentina, the apex…
The referee situation has improved in Argentina, with little analysis provided as to why. Coaches in Italy, including Helenio Herrera and Juan Carlos Lorenzo, have become larger celebrities (and figures) than their players. (Note: Primera Plana…
Typical reproduction of news coverage overseas (and from Uruguay), with comments from Italian players and officials from AC Milan. A sense of sadness permeates the reprinted article as journalists bemoaned the loss of fútbol, morals, and…
Various accounts from Italian newspapers agree with Alf Ramsey's assessment that the Argentine players are “animals”. Most newspaper coverage in Italy expressed a degree of surprise at how Estudiantes could turn a match into something beyond sports,…