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Various articles: Eliminada en los cuartos de final; Humor en el desayuno previo; Jamás podrá explicarse; Organizado; Vestuarios; Lo de Wembley; Lección en Wembley
Outrage is the common denominator among these various articles on Argentina's loss to England.
Nos contaron de allá…
The solution to the national team's woes is of course found at River. But the article looks at the players' perspectives and their problems with Lorenzo's eccentric behavior.
La victoria inglesa fue merecidamente obtenida; Una lección de practicidad
Argentine papers summarize the match between Argentina and England as one where Argentina's excessive passing allowed England to quickly counter attack and eventually dominate the game. Behind in the score, Argentine pushed its lines further up the…
Antonio Ubaldo Rattín: un delantero fracasado
Valuable comment by Rattin on Lorenzo: he wants to implement an "elastic" 4-4-2, perfected by Pele's Santos As such, Rattin sees national soccer as improving and evolving
Cover image of Rattín
In this image he is described as a "caudillo"
El mundo de la diplomacia
Using his diplomatic skills as a football official, Suarez has been able to soothe tensions and assume a defacto leadership of the national team This article rebust a previous commentary in the same issues that Lorenzo had come to recognize his…
Éstas lágrimas valen
players felt they were good enough to win the World Cup, others blamed their loss on a "fix", one even relates this "robbery" to the England taking Las Malvinas
Ustedes se lo merecían
Images show public and political reception of national team as heroes
Sin gol, sí, pero contra doce jugadores
A longer lens is useful in examining what happened in the final match for Argentina Some discussion of the foreign press
El saludo de 22 millones
Perhaps a helpful image to show how politicians like Ongania found soccer as a useful tool to appeal to the public
Boca y Huracán: responsables de un fútbol que no debe continuar
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…
Rattín y un "ladrón de pelotas", motivos de discusión y de triunfos
Rattín symbolized the decade of "scientific", "modern" fútbol as the epitome of a cuadillo. This article is one example of the discussions swirling around Argentine fútbol
Saldo alentador: goles marcados y antiguos en la primera jornada; Así no, "caudillo"…
First article sees promise in the new league format (Nacional and Metropolitano) for a more "offensive style" of play, while the second article chastises Ubaldo Rattín for attacking a player
Boca Juniors se aprovechó del desorden aritmético de Atlanta
The selection of jersey numbers that do not correspond with positions is a tactic designed by the coach to show his players that all defend and all attack, but the paper says they all simply defend.
Various
Many articles in this issue detail the victories over England and Brazil, but mostly over Pelé's Brazil
En Avellaneda hubo más agresores y agredidos que buenos jugadores
The use of overly defensive styles and tactical fouls is leading to an erosion of playing the sport in an aesthetically pleasing manner