Less than a nostlagic look at the past as commonly seen in El Gráfico, this article looks at how the sport has evolved and become more professional. The point of the article is to provide solutions needed for the national team to perform well at the…
Looking towards the Independiente-Inter Milan matchup (the 2nd straight year for the Intercontinental Cup), the article tries to examine Helenio Herrera and interviews him.
This little article is really helpful. It is full of Argentine colloquialisms for soccer ("el anile"). The purpose here is to assess whether the old way of playing, the gambeta, can win at the 1966 World Cup. The answer is no.
Fans seem to not be sure of what they want and are fickle. Do they want fútbol criollo? Long balls? Win, or play beatifully? Good article for identity.
Great interview with Sívori, who remember a lesson Néstor Rossi taught him at the 1957 Copa Sudamericana. Useful article to see how Argentines followed the successes of players plying their trade in Europe.
"Romanticismo en época de crudo materialismo" sums up the analysis of Argentine fútbol in 1965: low on goals, high on defensive tactics that prevent teams from scoring.
Very helpful series of articles to see how the Argentine press characterized player violence (highlighting Celtic's infractions) and the importance paid to Argentina's first "world" title in soccer.
FIFA will investigate the unfortunate events in the matches played in Buenos Aires and Montevideo (although it is not clear what FIFA can do) and Campeón summarizes reactions in the British press about Celtic's loss.
What is interesting is that Uruguay is blamed for all the "garra" Argentine players have traditionally reacted towards (ignoring the decades of player violence among Argentine teams). "Garra" is thus portrayed as foreign and alien to Argentine…