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Amontar jugadores no es constituir un equipo
Although he is not mentioned, Osvaldo Zubeldía's Atlanta team employed an overly defensive scheme designed to win on the counterattack. (No mention of the young fan murdered after the match)
Boca Juniors se aprovechó del desorden aritmético de Atlanta
The selection of jersey numbers that do not correspond with positions is a tactic designed by the coach to show his players that all defend and all attack, but the paper says they all simply defend.
Sin olvidar lo que sabemos hay que hallar la fórmula para jugar a los europeos
The criollo style works, but more is needed to defeat European squads.
Los ingleses más que la técnica del juego cuidan el meor estado atlético
A look into how the English produce world class football, helpful for seeing a foreign lens.
En la cancha de Brown hirieron a Marante y agredieron al referee
Referee is seriously injured and taken home, while fans also attack players trying to protect the official.
Various articles covering the 1962 World Cup and Argentina's matches
Losing to England, 3-1, Argentina does not start the competition well, one marked by excessive player violence
Si ese es el "cerrojo", mejor está la puerta con tranca; Para no creer, el cerrojo y los boches en match entre señoritas
Not a positive review of the "cerrojo" style
Quedamos fuera del mundial pero con Hungría el seleccionado argentino se reconcilió con el fútbol y su fama
Unlike 1958, where each match was seen as an embarassment by Argentines (see sidebar--or maybe by 1962 they stopped believing in an inherent superiority), this final match against Hungary was well received in the press. Argentina did not advance on…
Llegó a todos los pequeños futbolistas del país, la cálida palabra de Eva Perón
Eva Perón's youth soccer tournament is, according to the paper, a worthy endeavor. It also praises Juan Perón for placing children at the center of the country. As Perón stated, "En la Argentina los únicos privilegiados son los niños"
Los sucesos ocurridos el sábado imponen la obligación de proceder con mano firme
This 1950 article does a good job of showing how journalists continuously lamented the current state of affairs and looked at the past nostalgically...but the past was frought with violence as well.
Cartoon
The Spanish phrase "lo salvó el poste," or "the goal post saved him"...is converted to marital relations as a huge and menacing wife walks by and her husband hides behind a telephone pole with his thin mistress. The image reinforces negative images…
El autor del gol del triunfo reaccionó frente a un hincha
The summary traces a direct line between the excessive physicality of a player, the referee who sanctions these offenses, the fans who get riled up, and the player who responds by confronting fans and referee. The atmosphere becomes heated and leads…
Cartoon (Futbolísticas)
This cartoon was developed before the Lanús-Huracán match on November 13; however, Campeónpublished it anyway after the death of Pascual Tuozzo. In the cartoon, two men stretcher off an inured fan who looks dead with a hat on his chest. One of the…
Ante la tragedia de Lima
This is one of the few times that Argentine journalists witnessed violence and death at a foreign stadium. They were there to witness a match between Argentina and Perú, but also reported on the over 200 deaths that took place.
Todos fueron culpables...
Banfield and Independiente play a brutal match, where players have bad intentions and rile up the atmosphere in the stadium.
Ganamos por mejores: Portugal no sabe de fútbol más que nosotros; El equipo argentino varió sus planes al ver que el rival no saldría de su molde
Positive article about Argentina's performance against Portugal in a 4-nation tournament held in Brazil