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Portarse mal es la cosa
Alf Ramsey's description of Argentine players as "animals" resonates according to the article because players in the national league do little to rebut this characterization, instead resorting to violent play and a lack of discipline all too often.…
Politicians and club officials in attendance at a game between Boca Juniors and River Plate, 1937
Photograph of the viewing stands for special guests. The "palco oficial" usually welcomed dignataries, public officials, and leaders of the various club associations and AFA. This image is from a match between River Plate and Boca Juniors that took…
Plans for new Boca Juniors Stadium (to begin work in 1933) and construction six years later. Grand opening took place on May 25, 1940.
These plans show the proposed new stadium for Club Atlético Boca Juniors, planned to begin work in 1933. The images shows the new stadium under construction in 1939 and 1940 at its present site, and the opening of the stadium on May 25, 1940.…
Planes tácticos
While Geronazzo cites how simple it is to play fútbol, with commonsense tactical adjustments, he offers a defense of the methods used by coaches like Zubeldía in using a defenisve midfielder to stop opposing team's advances.
Piden la vuelta de Mourino; Juego innecesariamente brusco
Rattin begins his career at Boca, while Zubeldía is at the end of his. Brief criticism as well about the increasingly violent style of play.
Patético: sólo el 27% de nuestros equipos juegan fútbol ofensivo
Interesting to see what metric the magazine uses to determine their conclusion that 27% of Argentine soccer is offense-first
Pasecitos sí, pero también eficiencia
Long wriiten off by journalists in Buenos Aires, Rosario Central's 4-0 defeat of Boca Juniors finally brought some attention from the capital The "Rosarino" style is based on scoring through a combination of plays, selfless, visually appealing, and…
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…
Otro referee que entra en la cofradía de los 'Nai Fono'
The tone of this article is not uncommon in the pages of River when the team suffers losses. In this case, a loss to Boca (normally an embarassing moment) as it is crowned the 1964 champion brought out a particular venom towrads referee Bossolino.…
Otro nombre que suena: el del "tano" Cesarini
Cesarini, as player and coach, was a fixture of Argentine fútbol for six decades (even when he played overseas in Italy). This profile is a good piece when contrasted with later interviews in the 1960s as coach of the national team and River.…
Otra obra maestra del terror
This version tries to give reason to what the author feels has no rationale
Ola de fútbol
As one fan commented, after many years of a soccer "drought", Argentines were treated to a series of international soccer matches when several European teams visited Buenos Aires
Nuestros teams: Boca Juniors
Early photograph of Boca Juniors
Nos liquidaron a los punteros, se cansaron de dar patadas, Benítez agredió a Menéndez…y lo echaron a Schneider…
Although the coverage of this match, against eternal rival Boca Juniors, is shaped by a biased perception of what took place, it is helpful in seeing how violence is increasingly used as a tactic in Argentine soccer.
No quedó nada: la mala intención se llevó todo
3 players expelled, police intervention: another ugly match in Argentine soccer
No pueden ser "cosas del fútbol"
Police actions (or inaction) receive much of the blame in this article, with some blame also assigned to players who seem to incite fans by retaliating and playing in a heated fashion