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Citing that the poor play by two of the top teams in Argentina is neither old nor modern, the paper describes this match as one lacking in tactics and intelligent play. Instead, it was a match where tactics, technique, speed, effort, love for the…

The use of the word "happening" and a reference to Nueva Ola is used to describe a match where a lot was going on but nothing made sense ("un revolitjo de coasa")—only violence and a lack of scoring chances.

The preview includes a letter of support from Perón to his nation's athletes

The term corner kick in Spanish is "tiro de equina," or "corner shot"...thus this humorous play on words as a disgruntled wife is ready to gun down her husband and his mistress while waiting around the corner. The image also reinforces negative…

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…

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…

Menotti, whose philosophy about playing is elegance and simply being better than your rival, is increasingly becoming a fish out of water at Racing. After a brief spell of success at Rosario Central, Menotti is seeing the game drift away from his…

Government intervention leads to the appointment of Suárez, whose goals mirror key words of the 1960s in soccer: order, structure, modernization, and research-based solutions

Campeónwas a smaller sized publication, but it is noticeable the difference in how much coverage the Evita tournaments receive.

The players, who were owed some money by the club due to their success earlier in the year, protested by refusing to play. Instead, they sat in the stands and observed reserve players on the field. Fans, upset at the presence of the star players in…

An accomplished swimmer, Schultz became one of the popular figures of the 1951 Pan-Am Games.

Gases, water hoses, police, unruly fans...all on display

In this image he is described as a "caudillo"

Unlike more established sports magazines, the death of Mario Linker makes the front cover of Campeón. Here is where the police in indicted in the press for its repressive tactics.

Two years removed from the player strike that led to the exodus of some of the nation's best talent, this article shows that the issue of player salaries, and the intransigence of some clubs to pay their players, continues to garner headlines in…

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