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Un triunfo de la nueva mentalidad
Like Racing the year before, Estudiantes sets out to win,play collectively, and with humility Unlike Racing in 1966, this team "muerde", plays tough, and is more noted for asphixiating their opponents on the field
Cartoon looks at effusive celebrations of hinchas
Hinchas love their players…too much
[cartoon]
If throwing projectiles and injuring players is funny…has it become acceoptable to the point that fans view violence as a part of the game?
¿Bombas a mí?
Troubling article about how an anonymous person bombed the home of River Plate's coach
El caso Carrizo…
More violence on the pitch, as players and coaches are expelled in the match between Boca and River River's goalie, Carrizo, troubled by the refusal of how own to let him out of the game, punches a Boca player at the end The refreree is also struck…
¿Hubo evolución futbolística en 1964?
Juvenal's assessment is that "yesterday" and "today" are not clear, how do we know when "yesterday's soccer" ends? It also looks at 1964 as a better season for soccer, more vibrant attacking, but also more violence on the field as fouls are used…
La nota ingrata
Gas canisters, police brutality, fan brutality, projectiles…the beginning of the 1964 season
Para usted Simeone, amistosamente…
Can be an insightful article because the writer includes the perspective of the Boca fan, who values tough men willing to get dirty and show their machismo on the field, and juxtaposes it with the writer's own preference for a player that remembers…
Imagen para no olvidar & Chicago perdió en todo
Violent incidents in the stands
Independiente: ¿gana dando patadas?
Having been undefeated for a year, Independiente begins to receive some criticism for "patadas" Is Independiente employing hard, physical play? At least their coach keeps using the phrase "la mataron" in interviews and refers to a winning-first…
Historia de un puñetazo
Incident of violence: player hits his own coach Crowd cheers player, throws projectiles at coach [Sanflippo is fired from Boca Juniors days later]
Independiente: ¿triunfo del fútbol o de la ley de la selva?
Independiente's style of play comes under scrutiny for its excessive use of physical play, violence, and the players' own assessment that they were more "macho" ("el fútbol es para varones, no para señoritas") El Grafico weighs in, acknowledging the…
Ésta alegría de Independiente, éste amargo final…
An in-depth look at how Independiente played "a lo hombre", with hard tackles ("jugando al futbol o pegando") San Lorenzo, in turn, demonstrated an un-sportsmanlike conduct by not bothering to play the last minutes of the match in protest to both…
Copa de campeones-no hubo Santos: todos pecadores
Useful document because it shows that the matches between the champions of Europe and America were violent BEFORE Argentine teams participated
Amandola y Mogilevsky ni siquiera pueden entrar en San Lorenzo.
Overview of why Mogilevsky and San Lorenzo head coach (Amandola) were fired and barred from the team following Amandola's violent attack on a fan during training The fan, a club member, taunted the coach Mogilevsky was fired because the two men…
Página negra en Cochabamba
Highlights the incidents that marred a match between Argentina and Bolivia, and led AFA officials and players to consider withdrawing from the tournament out of safety concerns