Football Veto: Estudiantes to Go Straight Home
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Title
Football Veto: Estudiantes to Go Straight Home
Subject
Coverage of the 1968 Intercontinental Cup
Description
Post-match report of the 1968 Intercontinental Cup becomes an opinion piece by Geoffrey Greene about the degree to which sports tensions become national tensions after the President of Argentina stopped Estudiantes from playing some "friendies" in Scotland as scheduled. Greene points back to the 1966 World Cup and the "animals" remark by Alf Ramsey towards the Argentines, the violence on display between Racing and Celtic a year prior at the 1967 Intercontinetal Cup, as well as other incidents in both the Cold War period and the 1930s that led to boycotts and tense sporting events. He also points out how the day before, Black U.S. athletes raised their fists in Mexico City to protest racial tensions back home.
Creator
Geoffrey Greene
Source
Page 18
Publisher
The Times (of London)
Date
18-Oct-1968
Contributor
The Times Digital Archive
Format
Digital Archive
Language
en
Type
text
Files
Collection
Citation
Geoffrey Greene, “Football Veto: Estudiantes to Go Straight Home,” Animales: Civilization and Barbarism in Argentine Soccer, accessed April 25, 2024, https://animales.rwanysibaja.com/items/show/3399.