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¿Por qué los jugadores argentinos no rinden en Italia?
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.
Una receta nueva: juventud y espontaneidad
The legendary Argentine team at the 1957 Copa Sudamericana mixed veteran talent and new "cracks"� a�most of whom would leave for Europe before the World Cup the following year and thus did not represent Argentine (playing overseas in the 1950s…
La pizza, remedio infaliable
A look at Omar Sívori, Argentine star of Italian soccer, with Sophia Loren.
Nuestros cracks destacaron otra vez su calidad en el fútbol italiano
A counter narrative to other articles that wondered why Argentine players struggled in Italy.
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Photo of Enrique Omar Sívori in his debut year for River Plate
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Photo of Angel Labruna and Enrique Omar Sívori: star strikers for River Plate and Argentina
Una pasión argentina
Worth noting that the commentary describes the 1957 team at the Copa Sudamericana as the last criollo team--a good observation.
No habrá conciliación con Sívori
Legendary player Enrique Omar Sívori returned to Argentina from Italy to lead his national team to the 1974 World Cup. But a dispute emerged that led Sívori to submit his resignation.
Enrique Omar Sívori
Image of River Plate starlet Enrique Omar Sívori on the cover of El Gráfico September 24, 1954 (issue No. 1883). [Image accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Caras sucias
Sivori, Angelillo and other with coach Stabile
Escándolos y entretelones de la semana
A match between Lanus and Racing is delayed by a player feigning injury, then attacked by police, then escorted off the field, and finally the home team tying. Police (not surprisingly) launch gas canisters at unruly crowd. The accompanying article…
Sívori no cree en los rusos: 'Argentina tiene que ganarles porque juega un mejor fútbol'
Sívori's comments about Russian football subscribe to the prevailing notion in Argentina that others require excessive training because they are not as naturally skilled at soccer as Argentinians.
El Presidente de la A.F.A. puso las cosas en su lugar
Argentina will not call players to the national team who play abroad. This articles is helpful for ideas of national identity, the ´pull´of clubs, and the sense of overconfidence in World Cup preparation.
Celtic Find Way Through Suffocating Defence
The Scottish press' coverage of Celtic's 1-0 win in the first game of a two-leg series is full of dismissive comments about Racing and stereotypes of the "Latin races." The author writes that everything will be against Celtic in Buenos Aires on…
Canadá se transforma ahora en cotizado mercado para nuestros cracks: Yácono inicia la marcha
The exodus of Argentine players threatens to become a massive problem, encapsulated by this (overblown) fear that even Canada will be able to buy players from local porteño teams. The press thus links the current state of player transfers to the…
Solo con urgentes medidas se salvará al fútbol argentino
The transfers of Sívori, Angelillo, and Maschio, among others, raises serious concerns for Fioravanti. He believes that club officials have become obsessed with selling young talent at the expense of the national team (and Argentine fútbol as a…