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Empezó y terminó con lágrimas
River Plate and Ferrocarril played a physical match, resulting in a horrible injury and fan threats against Enrique Sivori
¡Qué vergüenza!
A week after fans of Argentinos Juniors and Nueva Chicago engaged in an organized brawl, River Plate and San Lorenzo fans hurled rocks and organized for attacks in a manner that has become acceptable only in soccer stadiums
No; el hincha no tiene razón
Looks at the difference between "hinchas" and spectators, and how the public encourages bad behavior
El salvajismo suplantó al fútbol
Condemns the actions of "hinchas" that overshadowed the soccer game and cost the life of a young fan Panzeri blames the animalistic fans, who threw projectiles at the River goalie throughout the match In turn, the River fans retaliated and police…
Aconteceres de villa corrupción
Commentary on lessons not yet learned from Sweden 1958 and the Linker death Panzeri laments the actions of club officials (with particular ire directed at Boca's President) who act less like administrators and more like "hinchas"
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…
¿Hasta cuándo?
Writer is clearly exasperated that fans continue to throw projectiles and hurt players, that the police does little to deter such actions, and that other fans do not take some form of action into their own hands Soccer, it seems, is under attack
¡Menos mal, que terminó!
Listing fan violence, poor play, "hinchas", and negligence by club owners as the prime causes of a poor 1958 season, the tone is somewhat hopeful that the next season will not be as bad
Con pena y sin gloria & Cambiar, pero cambiar la raíz
Panzeri believes that it is important to understand the root of the problems in Argentinean soccer In the first article, he takes a critical look at sports journalism and their role in perpetuating this situation if they do not realistically comment…
Aburrido y deplorable
The police use of gas canisters, in order to halt the throwing of bottles and projectiles by River fans (their team was losing), marred a boring match between both sides What is interesting is that the headline which accompanies the photo ("Lo que…
Civilización y barbarie, una sociedad enferma, martirologio del delito
Panzeri , exhausted of the now-routine nature of violence at Argentine soccer stadiums, sees the problem as much larger than the sport: Argentine civilization has fallen
Sobornos…salvajadas…barbarie…un solo problema: el fútbol está falto de ejemplos
Displaying various newspaper clippings and letters, El Grafico wants to shed light on the increasing violence at soccer matches as an example of the nation's decaying sense of morality
Nuestro llamado no fue en vano
Three letters (out of 6--the other ones are not legible) by fans on what ails River. The theme throughout all of these is professionalism. One reader points to Gatti's disheveled hair and clothing eccentricities.
Habla uno de la barra de "Cantinflas"
Predating many of the accounts by scholars, this 1945 article makes mention of "barras bravas y seguidoras fieles" led by charismatic ring leaders like "Cantinflas".
En pareja con Requín, pero hincha de Boca
Useful article to see the intersection of fútbol, music, and popular culture in general
Argentina busca comunicación
Fans in Almagro confront each other and police respond with batons and other forms of excessive violence.