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The Motherwell Times reprints a letter from A.B. Monge of the Argentine Football Association to Motherwell FC manager John "Sailor" Hunter. In the letter, Monge wishes the best for Hunter, his family, and players and hopes they will return to…
Motherwell's Tour: An "Experience of a Lifetime"
Motherwell arrives back to Scotland after their months-long tour of South America. Extensive comments from Motherwell manager John "Sailor" Hunter, who praised the Argentines: "[we] did not anticipate football of such high order ... and were…
English Press Hails Chile Win
Notice the language used by the British press to describe Argentine players ("bumped and battered," "henchmen," "rough tactics"). They singled out Navarro. Sam Leach, writing in the Sunday Pictorial, said that "England came out of this tough, testing…
Frustró ayer el mal tiempo la realización del partido de fútbol de argentinos e ingleses
A capacity crowd endured the pouring rain to witness the second match between Argentina and England (total revenue for this game stood at 3.2 million pesos). The referee eventually suspended the match as playing conditions worsened, leading Sir…
Argentina batió a Inglaterra en fútbol por 3 a 1
Effusive praise for the Argentine national team and its convincing win over England at River Plate stadium.
¿Hemos ido a Europa a enseñar fútbol?
This article follows one on the previous page that translates the Dutch reaction in the press to the Olympic final. The Dutch describe the Argentines as better than the Uruguayans, but their opponents defense was exceptional and the goalie even lucky…
Dominando durante los dos tiempos los argentinos fueron vencidos
Much of the denial in this paper comes not only from premature declaration of victory, but also because Argentina had scored 25 goals ahead of the match, to Uruguay's 12 goals. Here, the paper makes a laundry list of reasons as to why Argentina lost,…
Argentinos y uruguayos empatan en un gol; Nos ganaron, pero no son mejores
The first article describes the draw between Uruguay and Argentina in the first match (with excuses for why Argentines couldn't beat their rivals); the second article explains why Argentines are better than the Uruguayans, even though they lost.
Los alumnos de ayer, son los maestros de mañana
It looks at how Argentines are becoming the masters of football, perfecting what the British invented. The year is 1928 and the article is during the Olympic finals, and two years before the inaugural World Cup final.
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Just weeks after giving Boca, now coached by former River legend Alfredo DiStefano, its first loss the magazine highlights the 'anti-futbol' of Estudiantes.
Poco fútbol y…mucho escándolo
Overview of incidents involving players from Argentinos Juniors and River Plate, police, medical assistants, and coaches. More on pages 20-21.
River se está muriendo
When the fan magazine of a club states that the team is enduring its worst crisis and is dying, the call for change is palpable. The next week's headlines of 'Caos' and 'Hora de rendir cuentas' ratches up the call for significant changes in the club.…
Atlanta batió el récord de fouls
Zubeldia's Atlanta uses two 'zagueros' in the middle of the defense to lock-up opposing attackers, typical of a 'cerrojo', and commits many fouls in the match.
Vestuario local
River characterizes Atlanta's tactics as 'cerrojo' designed to prevent River's new star players from organizing any effective offense. It worked as Atlanta out-hussled River and earned a draw.
Nos liquidaron a los punteros, se cansaron de dar patadas, Benítez agredió a Menéndez…y lo echaron a Schneider…
Although the coverage of this match, against eternal rival Boca Juniors, is shaped by a biased perception of what took place, it is helpful in seeing how violence is increasingly used as a tactic in Argentine soccer.
River firme, veloz, practico, incisivo, y moderno
A useful look at what 'modern' meant to the writers of River in 1961, and thus how people came to understand what modernity in soccer meant and what the opposite entailed.