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El balance de los D.T.
Based on a counter-attacking style that played a long ball (a la Europe/Britain), Racing revolutionized soccer It was a team that preached selflessness, everyone attacks, discipline, physicality, and tight defense Head coaches from around ARG respond…
El simposium de la violencia
Using a match between Quilmes and Los Andes as an example, this article looks at the increasing tendency by teams to use kicks to the shin and other forms of "foul play" as a valid tactic The cause, according to journalists, is the declining skill of…
La historia de un escándolo
Like in 1963 Argentina and Bolivia's march ends with Bolivian police severely beating Argentine players, coaches, and even the press
Las reflexiones de Zubeldía
He regrets what happened in 1969 and defends his philosophy and approach to the game Zubeldia also has choice words for DiStefano and Labruna
El mundial visto por Juan Carlos Lorenzo
El Grafico reprinted (to their credit) Lorenzo's view of how he prepared for the World Cup and what went wrong
Pasecitos sí, pero también eficiencia
Long wriiten off by journalists in Buenos Aires, Rosario Central's 4-0 defeat of Boca Juniors finally brought some attention from the capital The "Rosarino" style is based on scoring through a combination of plays, selfless, visually appealing, and…
Como el año pasado
In the first match of the season, Boca plays a hard-fought game against Newell's
La encuesta: ¿deben televisarse los partidos de fútbol?
More important than the opinions of the notable interviewees (who all agree that televising games should take place) is their focus on spectators and the benefits televised matches could provide to the public
La piedras no reemplazan goles
Brief description of an incident where a referee was injured by a rock thrown from the stands
¿Cuándo aprenderemos?
The AFA provided coach Nestor Rossi complete control over personnel and coaching matters for 2 friendlies against Chile, but then selected its own players after receiving his list.
La inyección rosarina que necesita nuestro fútbol
Interview with players from Rosario Central examines their philosophies about soccer, their approach to the game, and why they think Argentine soccer is suffering
Hacia una efectiva superación de nuestro fútbol; diagnóstico: avanza la destrucción; tratamiento: juego mas ofensivo; receta: poner mas delanteros
Juvenal examines the problems in Argentine soccer (physicality and "destruction") and what is needed (offensive-minded risks)
Era la hora de Perdenera…pero eligieron a Della Torre
El Grafico surmises that politics, and a continual preference for a European/modern style favored by coaches like Spinetto and Lorenzo, led AFA officials to select Jose Della Torre over Perdenera Colombo, President of AFA, publicly stated that he…
Ésta alegría de Independiente, éste amargo final…
An in-depth look at how Independiente played "a lo hombre", with hard tackles ("jugando al futbol o pegando") San Lorenzo, in turn, demonstrated an un-sportsmanlike conduct by not bothering to play the last minutes of the match in protest to both…
Independiente: ¿triunfo del fútbol o de la ley de la selva?
Independiente's style of play comes under scrutiny for its excessive use of physical play, violence, and the players' own assessment that they were more "macho" ("el fútbol es para varones, no para señoritas") El Grafico weighs in, acknowledging the…
Gran noche de Independiente, gran esparanza de nuestro fútbol
Juvenal is hopeful that this Independiente team, that dominated Santos, can provide a better tomorrow for Argentine soccer Independiente "salió matando" [More Independiente coverage: against Penarol 3/4/1964 pages 52-55 and 3/11/1964 pages 10-13]