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The match between San Lorenzo and River Plate, played at Huracan's stadium, was suspended due to the collapse of a section of the stadium

In a preview of the debates that will explode after 1958, El Grafico looks skeptically at the newest trends from Europe predicated on overly defensive styles and rigid schemas

A violent attack on a referee seems commonplace in the way it is reported in this article

In light of Huracan's unexpected successes in Uruguay, the magazine looks at the state of soccer in Rio de la Plata

A tension between modern styles (predicated on defensive tactics) and traditional soccer (more offensive in approach) is emerging in Argentine soccer This is a conflict pushed by the magazine, which is influential in sports discourse

River Plate and Ferrocarril played a physical match, resulting in a horrible injury and fan threats against Enrique Sivori

In the match between Independiente and River Plate, the expulsion of Nestor Rossi demonstrates that referees often deal with particular players in a severely excessive manner

This light article is interesting because it tries to show the reactions of soccer fans, but is filled mostly with images of children and women: who make up a small minority of actual fans at the stadiums

This match between two of Argentina's big teams led to a physical affair punctuated with "unfortunate" incidents

A fan throws a projectile at a match in Temperley

A week after fans of Argentinos Juniors and Nueva Chicago engaged in an organized brawl, River Plate and San Lorenzo fans hurled rocks and organized for attacks in a manner that has become acceptable only in soccer stadiums

This article shows that violence at stadiums took place in large and small venues, and across divisions

Criticism for soccer's failure to continue to evolve in a positive fashion

The magazine looks back at the recently concluded 1955 season

Peron used athletes as part of an opium for his people; Panzeri seeks to reclaim athletics from the political arena Is this a middle-class attempt to reclaim sports from the popular classes?

The author suggests that the level of play in Argentina is suffering because there are too many teams in the first division, which erodes quality, and the "B" division is too violent
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