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El Gráfico y la Selección
By accepting the resignation of Zubeldia's right hand man, the AFA in essence prompted Zubeldia to resign and left the national team without a coach just a few months before the World Cup
El hombre y el grupo
By focusing on athleticism and training, no criticism is leveld at the style of polay of the Argentine player. 'Simply work harder' is the common lesson learned from 1958.
El mundial de 1974 haráse en Alemania
At a FIFA conference in Tokyo, ratified in London, FIFA awards the 1974 World Cup to West Germany when Spain steps aside and agrees to host the 1982 tournament. Meanwhile, Argentina's lone bid to host the 1978 World Cup secures the world's most…
En el seleccionado de fútbol gravita el exceso de partidos
This doctor believes that players on the national team lack rest, contrary to what most believed at the time.
Escribe Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi cites four main problems facing Argentina: lack of social peace, the failure to maintain institutional normalcy, judicial instability, and economic instability. He outlines an end to political repressions and calls for judicial guarantees,…
Excerpt from "Las armas secretas de los empresarios"
A revealing quote on how Frondizi populated his economic team with businessmen ("empresarios") and Illia with economists.
Fé para un equipo
Despite the constant reports of turmoil within the national team, this article is a positive look at how players are responding to coach Juan Lorenzo's training. The team trains, works through exercises, and works on ball skills. Athletes…
Franqueza para el futuro o mas lágrimas en el futuro
Article looks at the state of affairs of the national team after Sweden 1958, and concludes that any positives and negatives have been a result of a common approach to changes: acting like it's an emergency This is not a way to move the team forward
Fútbol espectáculo
Great cartoon for "fútbol espectáculo"
Fútbol sin seriedad
Questions how soccer officials failed to see the scheduling problem, at the cost of club revenues, between the national tournament and the World Cup
Hay que cambiar métodos: hermosura y velocidad
Assesses the changes and adaptations needed for success moving forward: better preparation, more speed, less pride (and sense of entitlement鈥ore humility), and a harder work ethic.
Hora de decisiones, hora de jugarnos todos
The magazine concludes that the performance of the national team at the Copa Sudamericana in Ecuador (losing to Uruguay 1-5 and defeating Brazil 4-1) demonstrates that the national team has no direction Instead officials (many of whom know little of…
La caida de un imperio
Liberti was to River Plate what Santiago Bernabeu was to Real Madrid: iconic Presidents deeply tied to the history and identity of a club. His forced resignation shows that the clamor by fans, driven by magazines like River, affected the club's…
La comisión directiva a los señores asociados
As one of the first years of Boca Juniors under Alberto Armando, this letter provides some insight into the priorities of the club at the outset of an era focused on increasing spectacle amid dwindling attendance.
La conspiración del silencio
Lorenzo threatens to tell all to AFA officials who are ready to get rid of him, while players also bite their tongue for the sake of the national team…but promising to speak plainly upon their return to Buenos Aires.