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Crimen internacional
Good commentary on soccer and national identity. It contrasts criollo attributes of 'gambeta' with sharp elbows and dirty plays.
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The "crack" player on the Argentine team that traveled to Europe for the Olympics took his mate: a true "criollo" player.
El "negro"; El crack en familia
Seoane is labeled "el negro", which supports other scholarship (Karush) on the acceptance of "indios" and "morochos" as proud symbols of criollo fútbol. The second image describes as "scientific" centre-forward as a "crack", posing with his two…
Diferencias substanciales impiden el cotejo de tipos de fútbol
Borocotó continues his look into the opposing playing styles on exhibit at the matches played in Europe. He also provides some historical backdrop.
Cada uno juega como siente el fútbol
As an influential sports writer and father of the term "fútbol criollo," Borocotó's analysis is worth following here.
Y ésta es la verdad de Pizzuti
For Pizzuti, there is no more of "that old" soccer; Argentina does not possess the players needed to play the old way Instead, his approach is on strong defense, counter attacks, and a style of soccer approaching "totalk football": everyone runs,…
Éste es el hombre (¿será?)
El Grafico interviews the new national team coach, whose training in Europe and playing experience in Argentina played a role in his hiring The idea is to mold the national team into the best of the two approaches to soccer In this interview, he…
¿Qué es el fútbol espectáculo?
Useful historical overview of criollo soccer and 'catenaccio' in Argentina
El fútbol criollo sufrió este año; la manía de los estilos importados
Several reasons appear as to why the quality of soccer dimished greatly, according to the magazine, in 1957: the import of players from the interior and overseas who are unaccustomed to how soccer is played in Bs As, the failure to develop strong…
Fue una lección de garra y gran poder combativo la del campeón
Although Racing did not employ its more offensive style, it showed "garra" in its Copa Libertadores victory over Universitario (Peru)
De lo nunca tan fácil a lo nunca tan tonto
In a rare sign of praise for Estudiantes, Panzeri criticizes Argentine teams like Boca Juniors and River Plate that do not employ the old skills of trickery, or "viveza"
Racing e Independiente honraron a la limpieza
Panzeri uses a match where both teams tried to win, and played an offensive style of soccer, as a contrast to the current trends in Argentina
La selección es una lágrima a cántaros
Panzeri's main criticism is that the process and decisions in selecting players for the national team shows that few understand how soccer should be played, instead favoring modern systems that are contrary to how Argentine players develop
Estudiantes en "la roña" el juez en su cómplice
Panzeri uses sarcasm to critique the methods used by Estudiantes to achieve victory, to achieve a "resultado"
¿Quieren ver números? ¡Vamos a los números!
Dante Panzeri rebuts critics who defend the "modern" style as one that fosters higher revenue and better results. Instead, he uses data to show how soccer has declined.
Estan. No los dejan ser
This brief commentary tries to expose the absurdity of Argentine teams trying to mimic European styles and methods in soccer, by showing that European (although only Italy is mentioned) teams are looking to play a more "Latin" style In the end,…