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¡Tenía razón Racing!
Under pressure from Racing and its fans, and with evidence that Forte manipulated match reports, AFA suspends Forte for "damaging the moral interests of Racing Club" ("lesionar los intereses morales del Rácing Club). The image of Forte, a mug…
¿Qué hizo Doval?
Along with the accompanying article "Ya era tiempo de una sanción ejemplarizadora", the magazine wonders how sexual harassment could lead a player to be suspended for an entire year.
¿Y ahora qué?
The penalties against referee Velarde, for purposefully omitting incidents in match reports that could have turned around a result between San Lorenzo and Independiente, seem to support the notion that River lost the championship in 1963 due to…
Antecedentes elevados por la intervención (declaraciones del presidente del Club Boca Juniors Expte. 1943)
Armando was known as a temperamental figure, often dismissive of rules and regulations if they countered his own initiatives. Here, AFA levies a punishment on Armando.
Asociación del Fútbol Argentino
River Plate, like many larger clubs, came under scrutiny after the fall of Perón. Here, River shows that all their records and club matters are in order and ask for a return to normalcy in AFA.
Carta abierta de un hincha
Although billed as a "fan perspective", the comments are from journalists who cover fútbol. In this week's column, the focus is on club directors and their collusion on raising ticket prices and bypassing AFA statutes.
Comesaña fue sancionado
The article suggests that the referee of the Santos-River match, Comesaña (Feb 9), is ultimately sanctioned for his poor performance which cost River a tie against Pele's Santos. It is not until the end that the article defines 'sanctioned' as AFA…
Crisis, con licencia
The article lays much of the blame in River Plate on club officials, who manage to undo many positive reform efforts by coaches and other staff.
De lances a renunciantes
Alberto Armando, the symbol of Boca Juniors for the 1960s, resigns as president of the club amid allegations of corruption and decrees from AFA–perhaps tired of constant insubordination.
El Racing Club ha dicho ¡basta!
The club is fed up with River's president Antonio Liberti and his stubborn refusal to let Moreno sign for Racing. Fan magazines like this one regularly agitated fans with perceived injustices ("the world is against us" mentality). It is easy to see…
El temor de gobernar
Panzeri uses the easing of sanctions on River Plate as a moment to chastise club officials and politicians Acknowledging that politics has no business in soccer, he nonetheless feels that soccer is synonymous with citizenry and that journalists can…