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En la violencia impuso Banfield su mejor juego; Sin hacer otra cosa que explotar errores ajenos Vélez logró ganar fácil
The trend towards catenaccion continues as teams play in overtly defensive and physical styles
Todos fueron culpables...
Banfield and Independiente play a brutal match, where players have bad intentions and rile up the atmosphere in the stadium.
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…
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.
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
El campeón perdió la guerra
San Lorenzo defeats Estudiantes by besting their rivals at their own game of physicality and anti-fútbol
¡Basta de temperamento!...¡Basta de matonismo!...¡Basta de garra!...
What is interesting is that Uruguay is blamed for all the "garra" Argentine players have traditionally reacted towards (ignoring the decades of player violence among Argentine teams). "Garra" is thus portrayed as foreign and alien to Argentine…
La FIFA dice que investigará: sí, pero…¿qué?; "El día más negro en la historia de Celtic"
FIFA will investigate the unfortunate events in the matches played in Buenos Aires and Montevideo (although it is not clear what FIFA can do) and Campeón summarizes reactions in the British press about Celtic's loss.
Various articles: 1967 Intercontinental Cup
Very helpful series of articles to see how the Argentine press characterized player violence (highlighting Celtic's infractions) and the importance paid to Argentina's first "world" title in soccer.
Boedo: ¿un partido de fútbol o un happening de la Nueva Ola?
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.
Fútbol poco, pero golpes hubo cualquier cantidad
An eternal yawn ("un eterno bostezo") is the overview of a match marred by player violence
Un clásico amarrete en ideas y dos rivales disfrazados para ocultar la mutua carencia de aptitudes ofensivas
Accorrding to this account, the two teams never played a 0-0 match until now and it was marked by "puntapies", "planchazos","tacazos" and violent fouls that were sadistic in nature.
¿Hasta cuándo esta violencia?
Despite the early scoring for the 1967 season, player violence continues
Saldo alentador: goles marcados y antiguos en la primera jornada; Así no, "caudillo"…
First article sees promise in the new league format (Nacional and Metropolitano) for a more "offensive style" of play, while the second article chastises Ubaldo Rattín for attacking a player
¿Sómos unos llorones?
Has complaining become a part of the identity of the Argentine fútbol player?
¿Qué debe olvidarse y qué debe rescatarse de un pasado feliz?
Less than a nostlagic look at the past as commonly seen in El Gráfico, this article looks at how the sport has evolved and become more professional. The point of the article is to provide solutions needed for the national team to perform well at the…