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El saludo de 22 millones
Perhaps a helpful image to show how politicians like Ongania found soccer as a useful tool to appeal to the public
La agonía del álgebra
Summary of the different tactical systems used across the last three World Cups, the systems Argentina employed, and the lack of influential systems from the 1966 World Cup Here, as the Hungarian coach noted, fouling and hurting the skilled players…
Sin gol, sí, pero contra doce jugadores
A longer lens is useful in examining what happened in the final match for Argentina Some discussion of the foreign press
Ustedes se lo merecían
Images show public and political reception of national team as heroes
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
Éstas lágrimas valen
players felt they were good enough to win the World Cup, others blamed their loss on a "fix", one even relates this "robbery" to the England taking Las Malvinas
La más digna de la derrotas
Rattin's expulsion, refereeing, and a bad tactical approach all led Argentina to lose to England…but in loss the team earned dignity
[Cover of El Gráfico July 26 1966]
El Grafico's role in making the national team "martyrs" after losing to England
[Cover of El Gráfico July 19 1966]
The cover image raises a question: how much of the supposed player-coach friction was created by El Grafico? Did the magazine's previous commentary influence players attitudes before World Cup preparations? Did El Grafico fuel the flames much higher…
El mundo de la diplomacia
Using his diplomatic skills as a football official, Suarez has been able to soothe tensions and assume a defacto leadership of the national team This article rebust a previous commentary in the same issues that Lorenzo had come to recognize his…
Desahogo en Ezeiza
El Grafico interviews two players, visibly angry at being left out of the national team, who return to Argentina with a very negative view of Lorenzo They hint that much more will be said by players after the World Cup and that the team is better…
Valentin Suarez busca un rumbo firme
By sending Suarez to Europe to oversee preparations by the national team, the AFA (in effect) demonstrated no confidence in Lorenzo; however, the remedy was not to replace him but rather provide a "check" on his power as coach Suarez has the ability…
¡Gracias...! A los once
Although some mention is made that Spain possessed a sub-par national team, El Grafico is full of praise for the performance of the national team Lorenzo is never mentioned in this article
Una semana casi histórica
El Grafico sees the tie against Germany, and victory over Spain, as games that were crucial to regaining international respect
…y el telón se levanata
The team will only succeed because of its defense, whike Lorenzo changed his approach and team spirit is better
¿Y los jugadores?
Article dissects the idea of styles referred to as "la nuestra", "la de ellos", and other terms used to identify Argentine soccer in relation to others