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El tercer partido de Huracán con Lanús se jugará el 8 de enero
AFA deliberates on what to do with players that left for Colombia and to prevent more from leaving. AFA president Valentín Suárez floats several ideas to discourage others from following suit, such as denying a re-entry visa to those players who…
Valentin Suarez busca un rumbo firme
By sending Suarez to Europe to oversee preparations by the national team, the AFA (in effect) demonstrated no confidence in Lorenzo; however, the remedy was not to replace him but rather provide a "check" on his power as coach Suarez has the ability…
Desahogo en Ezeiza
El Grafico interviews two players, visibly angry at being left out of the national team, who return to Argentina with a very negative view of Lorenzo They hint that much more will be said by players after the World Cup and that the team is better…
Tags: 1966, AFA, discipline, Lorenzo, Suarez
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…
[Cover of El Gráfico July 19 1966]
The cover image raises a question: how much of the supposed player-coach friction was created by El Grafico? Did the magazine's previous commentary influence players attitudes before World Cup preparations? Did El Grafico fuel the flames much higher…
La AFA tiene interventor…
Shows the diverse opinions about the position of a mediator that the government established to put the AFA in order
Tags: 1966, AFA, clubs, England, government, Suarez, tournament, World Cup
La trastienda de una derrota
The best part of this article is that it highlights two seminal moments that defined Argentine soccer: the 1958 World Cup (worst disaster) and the 1964 Cup of Nations (best success) Both tournaments produced noticeable shifts in Argentine soccer The…
Tags: 1964, 1967, Copa Sudamericana, philosophy, Suarez, tournament, Uruguay
De Wembley al Centenario la historia se repite, ¡basta!
El Grafico is tired of hearing about changing mentality …then proceeds to list all the ills of Argentine soccer and says the worst part is that Argentine players play like they are afraid to lose
Tags: 1966, 1967, Copa Sudamericana, mentality, philosophy, Suarez, tournament, Uruguay, World Cup
Exclusivo para El Grafico
Suarez blames Celtic for the excessive violence that took place, deems them a lesser "B" team, and portrays Racing as the heroic team that preservered among the ugly play that took place Propaganda
Tags: 1967, Celtic, Copa Intercontinental, player violence, Racing, Suarez
Un problema llamado selección
In this collection of interviews notable players and coaches provide their opinions as to why the national team is in a terrible state and may not qualify for Mexico 1970
Tags: 1969, 1970, Bilardo, Di Stéfano, national team, Suarez, tournament, World Cup, Zubeldia
Campeonato del mundo 1966
In the high sporting interests represented by the World Cup, Valentín Suárez is officially appointed as "asesor" to manage the national team. It is widely assumed that the scouting trip resulted in a harsh assessment of Juan Carlos Lorenzo's ability…
Decretos Nº 3941 y 3942
The letters show a transfer of power at AFA, but also the primacy of the national team in long-term projects of the associated body.
Tags: 1968, AFA, Copa Libertadores, government, Ongania, Suarez