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First article sees promise in the new league format (Nacional and Metropolitano) for a more "offensive style" of play, while the second article chastises Ubaldo Rattín for attacking a player

Although Racing fielded a reserve team, this match crystallizes the two different approaches to playing soccer by Racing and Estudiantes. (In the same issue, two other articles refer to "poner la pierna", which is a phrase about "guapeza" and…

Based on early results from the South American club championship, the article believes that Estudiantes finally balanced their solid defense with good offense…thus exhibiting an older, more traditional approach to the game.

Before "Menottismo" and "Bilardismo", Racing and Estudiantes exemplified 2 distinctly different approaches. One places emphasis on high scoring with many forwards and playing long balls into space-a vertical style akin to what is practiced in Europe.…

A useful piece from a non-sports magazine in examining a successful model outside of the ultra-defensive style en vogue.

Comments from players and coaches of Huracán: the darling of the early 1970s