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Cuando el agua no alcanza para lavar la vergüenza
The same as it ever was. Fan disorder leads to excessive reprisals from police officers.
Campora prometió apoyo masivo al deporte: En Boedo se respiró justicialismo
President-elect Héctor "El Tio" Cámpora promises to help sports (and San Lorenzo in particular, according to the club president). Cámpora - a fan of Boca (and who admits that he will hold talks with barra leader "Milanesa" - would later resign to…
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El 'show' de las manas atadas
Mogilevsky,Lorenzo, and others discuss what ails Argentine fútbol, what are the pressing needs ahead of the 1974 World Cup, and what needs to be done by the time that the country hosts the 1978 World Cup.
¿La revolución está en marcha?
National team head coach Juan José Pizzutti resigns. Sívori and Peucelle - youth team coaches - demonstrate a hope for the future with clear ideas and organization.Meanwhile, AFA continues to exhibit a lack of organization but seems to move in the…
Dos bellos regalos le hicieron simultáneamente a José García Pérez el fútbol y la vida familiar
This article is an example of the middle-class lifestyle professional fútbol players embraced, and the media portrayed as such, in the 1950s.
Frente a Bolivia y Chile, que son enemigos difíciles, puede Argentina rendir como en Lima
Goles labels Bolivia and Chile, hardly South American powers in 1957, as "enemies" in an optimistic piece ahead of the 1958 World Cup
La lógica victoria de Bolivia fue el fruto de la superioridad total que ejerció en ambos periodos; Fue tan grande el fracaso de nuestro equipo que solo pocos se salvan del juicio adverso; Prácticamente nuestro cuadro careció de ataque
These articles reveal the surprise that many sports writers felt when Argentina lost to Bolivia by a score of 2-0. Yet, sports writers were already wary of the fortunes of the national team in the wake of high-profile transfers from various national…
Boca advierte: Más garra y corazón en sus 'cracks'
Like many Argentine teams in the 1950s, Boca Juniors promised its fans that players would sweat for the colors of their club and show more "heart" and "grit." Winning mattered above all, both for fans and for club officials.
Francisco Lombardi, el 'resucitado' de nuestro fútbol, es síntesis de triunfo
Yet another example of how the sports press portrayed fútbol players as model citizens and symbols of middle-class ascendancy.
Recién lo 'descubren'…Los críticos europeos comenzaron a hacer justicia al Boca Maschio
Goles is amused by how the European press (specifically journalists in Italy) are only now realizing the great talents of Humberto Maschio.
Pedro Dellacha piensa que nadie nos llevará ventajas en el mundial
Are Dellacha's words an example of hubris, or merely a positive appraisal of Argentine fútbol?
Quisieron agredir a Angelillo tras perder su club un partido
The point of this article is to show that even in Italy fans are capable of barbárie
Simples, sin el factor inspiración, todo lo que se les ve es estudiado
Drawing on stereotypes, of sorts, Goles describes Soviet players as disciplined and well-trained but unimaginative and predicatble when it comes to their playing style.
Sívori batió otro récord: El del matrimonio más rápido del mundo
This article is a perfect example of how star players had become major celebrities in Argentina. But the difference here is that the detials of the private life of Sívori, now playing in Italy, receives as much attention as local players. In the…
Saldo desalentador, que exige reflexionar a los dirigentes, ha dejado la temporada 1957
Goles joins the chorus of other sports publications in lamenting the decline in the quality of fútbol in 1957, as well as the lack of new talent to replace those who have left the country.