When compared to the coverage from 2/1, it is interesting to note that journalists echoed the sentiment of fans to this extent: when you're winning it doesn't matter how you play…when you lose, it does matter how you play.
Celtic, the European champions from Scotland, remind Argetines of Alexander Watson Hutton and the beginning of organized football in Argentina. This is the preview on the day of the match.
The overall consensus is that Celtic was not a team to be feared and that Racing can defeat them at home. Also of note is the focus on what Europeans are saying about Racing (as well as the impact of these matches being televised).
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.
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.…
Campeón did not publish the previous week, when Perón was overthrown. Upon its republication, the magazine calls for a normalcy in soccer during "los sucesos que son de pública notoriedad" and how the year was marked by "acontecimientos…