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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…
Con un aire europeo; …un gran recibimiento. Hoy decidirán si se suspende la fecha del domingo, para hacer un match en River en homenaje de los futbolistas.
According to the newspaper, many more fouls took place in the West Germany-Russia game, almost one per minute. The point is that other teams are more violent than Argentina. Meanwhile, plans are taking place to honor the national team upon its…
Conflicto con los jugadores profesionales
Language demonstrates a negative attitude towards the players and the loss of revenue that the strike caused. There's also a brief blurb about the English referees contracted for 1949.
Contratación de referees extranjeros
Contracts for English referees were for one year.
Crónica de un escándolo
Unclear whether El Grafico selectively chooses to publish incidents at stadiums but this episode is noticeable amid a mood of positive hope on the state of Argentine soccer (but negative disillusionment at fans?)
Del mal humor en el fútbol
Based on the comments of a highly-regarded English referee, the paper agrees that Argentine players are too theatrical and encourage physicality in order to play the aggrieved party
Deplorable
A referee was assaulted in the match between host River Plate and Nacional, reminding fans that the romantic expectations held for the renewed matches between Uruguayan and Argentine teams was sullied by the reality of a history of violent and…
Don Pitazo
Violence and assault are so commonplace that they are minimized through humor
El autor del gol del triunfo reaccionó frente a un hincha
The summary traces a direct line between the excessive physicality of a player, the referee who sanctions these offenses, the fans who get riled up, and the player who responds by confronting fans and referee. The atmosphere becomes heated and leads…
El caos del fútbol se gesta en su organización
While some attention is paid to the negligence of club officials and fans in adhering to safety issues 9facilities, aggression against players and referees), the brunt of this article looks at how bad officiating hurts soccer In particular, it is the…
El caudillo se "confiesa"
El Grafico tries to find out what happened in the game against England, as well as the entire tournament for the national team