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Fé para un equipo
Despite the constant reports of turmoil within the national team, this article is a positive look at how players are responding to coach Juan Lorenzo's training. The team trains, works through exercises, and works on ball skills. Athletes…
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.)
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…
La actividad de Roma y el conjunto B; Lesionados
Article reports on injuries and recuperation after Argentina's physical match against Bulgaria in the first match of the 1962 World Cup. There's a brief note about the players all receiving a haircut (coach's policy?) and a brief interview with…
La caida de un imperio
Liberti was to River Plate what Santiago Bernabeu was to Real Madrid: iconic Presidents deeply tied to the history and identity of a club. His forced resignation shows that the clamor by fans, driven by magazines like River, affected the club's…
La conspiración del silencio
Lorenzo threatens to tell all to AFA officials who are ready to get rid of him, while players also bite their tongue for the sake of the national team…but promising to speak plainly upon their return to Buenos Aires.
La FIFA aplicó sanciones al fútbol argentino; Sombría perspectiva; Estupor sin disipar; Lorenzo: severas críticas al árbitro
FIFA sanctions and fines Argentine football, suspending Rattin four games and another three games for Ferreiro & Onega—mostly for trying to attack the referee after the match. FIFA officials propose blocking Argentina's participation in Mexico. Also…
La influencia de un D.T. que cambió su esquema y el score
Coaches were becoming as famous as players and their influence carried weight in the press. Lorenzo, derided after 1962, is portrayed as a master tactician in this article about San Lorenzo's victory over Ferrocarril Oeste.
La noticia que ud. Busca
"Practical" more than "romantic" is the ultimate assessment of how Argentine fútbol has changed according to Lorenzo in an interview with the Spanish magazine Marca.
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…
Las tácticas tristes de J.C. Lorenzo
Typical piece that criticizes overly defensive schemes
Lorenzo confía en destruir el pesimismo antes de ir a Chile
New national team coach Lorenzo is confident in his training and tactics designed to produce an Argentine squad that can match the physicality of European opponents at the 1962 World Cup
Lorenzo y sus mudanzas
This article paints Lorenzo as an opportunist, who lays blame everywhere (except with himself)
Murieron con los buzos puestos
Some coaches persist in their positions despite a lack of success, others are fired at the first sign of failure. The author assumed that smaller clubs possess less tolerance for failure.
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…
No me las doy de sabio…
After a disastrous and then surprising World Cup run. Lorenzo is hired by River as its new coach in a surprising move. This interview is a glimpse into his philosophy on soccer.