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Una opinion de Lorenzo
Lorenzo assesses the bad performance of Argentina in the World Cup and says that Argentine players need to give up on improvisations
Escándolos y entretelones de la semana
A match between Lanus and Racing is delayed by a player feigning injury, then attacked by police, then escorted off the field, and finally the home team tying. Police (not surprisingly) launch gas canisters at unruly crowd. The accompanying article…
Antonio Ubaldo Rattín: un delantero fracasado
Valuable comment by Rattin on Lorenzo: he wants to implement an "elastic" 4-4-2, perfected by Pele's Santos As such, Rattin sees national soccer as improving and evolving
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…
No me las doy de sabio…
After a disastrous and then surprising World Cup run. Lorenzo is hired by River as its new coach in a surprising move. This interview is a glimpse into his philosophy on soccer.
Nos contaron de allá…
The solution to the national team's woes is of course found at River. But the article looks at the players' perspectives and their problems with Lorenzo's eccentric behavior.
Valentin Suarez busca un rumbo firme
By sending Suarez to Europe to oversee preparations by the national team, the AFA (in effect) demonstrated no confidence in Lorenzo; however, the remedy was not to replace him but rather provide a "check" on his power as coach Suarez has the ability…
…y el telón se levanata
The team will only succeed because of its defense, whike Lorenzo changed his approach and team spirit is better
Casi un veredicto
Ardizzone sees the 3-0 victory by Italy over Argentina as a just score for a team lacking direction
Director técnico se necesita
Ardizzone prefers that Argentina lose because they replaced their head coach at the last second (what would be an unsurprising move by the AFA), than to lose with Lorenzo in an embarassing manner like 1958 Lorenzo has lost his players, some of whom…
En Republiquetas 1050: 4-2-4, En Montevideo: 10-1
Typical of a piece by El Grafico when a new national team coach is hired, they maintain reservations about quick conclusions But, they are not happy with Lorenzo's stated goal of playing tough and then seeing a team that muscled its way to a tie,…
San Lorenzo y Velez Sarsfield: planes con moho
Interesting because you can see a local and "imported" version of a similar catenaccio style of play at work in this match
¡A marcar!: marcan ¡A perseguir!: persiguen ¡A jugar!: no pueden
First article on Juan Carlos Lorenzo Much is made of his attempt to bring in tactics from Europe, but which El Grafico found as not very novel and not a solution to what Argentine football lacks…rather a continuation of its problems
Various articles: Eliminada en los cuartos de final; Humor en el desayuno previo; Jamás podrá explicarse; Organizado; Vestuarios; Lo de Wembley; Lección en Wembley
Outrage is the common denominator among these various articles on Argentina's loss to England.
Various articles: Argentina con espíritu de hazaña; El procedimiento no ha sido claro; "¿Cómo hacer para vulnerar a Argentina?"; La esperanza reposa con los ojos abiertos; Hay electricidad en Buenos Aires…estamos frente a la carta definitiva; Un sábado fulbolero de emoción sin par
Coverage looks at tactical approaches by Alf Ramsey (England) and Juan Carlos Lorenzo (Argentina), as well as the excitement among the general public for this match.
Various articles: "Ellos son los preocupados"; Únicamente con la monedita nos ganan
The coverage in these articles reveal a growing sense of confidence among Argentine players, coaches, and journalists over the team's capacity to defeat England.