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CCXCII: Proyecto de declaración
Martín Ponce de León wants tickets controlled by the government to ensure that all fans, even the poorest, can attend the nation's most popular sport.
CCLXII: Proyecto de resolución
Angel Francisco Beiró wants all federal aid to fútbol clubs to cease in light of continued club debt, federal loans, and clubs raising (even doubling) prices for match tickets.
XLIV: Proyecto de resolución
The death of Mario Linker, although not the first in Argentine fútbol, was widely reported in the press. As a consequence, politicians became involved to demonstrate their ability to quell violence at the stadiums (but more likely this was just…
Mirador deportivo: Con referees británicos
Affected by the string of notorious incidents in recent years, including the attempted hanging of referee O. Cossio in 1946, AFA hired nearly a dozen referees from Great Britain to bring a new level of professionalism to soccer in Argentina.…
Los deportes en 1953
Pictorial summary of the year in sports
[Image of Presidential candidate climbing a stadium fence]
FREJULI candidate Hector Campora climbs a fence at Atlanta's stadium, acting like an hincha
Scene from "El hincha"
Enrique Santos Discépolo was a famed tango composer who crafted a screenplay that shared his other passion in life: fútbol. The film is heavy on social commentary that was populist in nature, and also centered on what Discépolo saw as the essence of…
Vamos aprendiendo…no toda la siembra cae en el vacio…
The main thrust of Boca's argument is that Ernesto Grillo retaliated against an Independiente fan who had stormed the field and went after Grillo It was self-defense The tone of the published articles are also defensive and seem to suggest that Boca,…
¿Por qué nos odian?...¿por superiores o por prepotentes?
Article critcizes Argentine players, and soccer officials, who play the victim and accuse everyone else of hating Argentine players…thus absolving themselves of improper conduct
Civilización y barbarie, una sociedad enferma, martirologio del delito
Panzeri , exhausted of the now-routine nature of violence at Argentine soccer stadiums, sees the problem as much larger than the sport: Argentine civilization has fallen
La meta del caos & Lo resolvió "el destino"
Independiente versus Boca Juniors witnessed Ernesto Grillo, a Boca player, attack a fan that stormed the field to celebrate Independiente's second and decisive goal Projectiles were thrown by Boca fans and shots fired by police
¡Pobre fútbol! ¡Cuánto daño se hace! & Un domingo sin fútbol:¿puéde hacerle eso bien al fútbol?
The first article is an opinion on why violence in soccer is a national problem, while the second one highlights the "blame game" that Boca Juniors fans played in the press in order to avoid any responsibility
Crisis de vergüenza
A reactionary piece to recent violence at stadiums, the article tries to put into context what has been going on in Argentine soccer and who is responsible for the growing violence
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
Agresiones, hulegas... ¿soluciones?
Good article as a point of reference for violence in soccer It highlights the many incidents that should be counted but are forgotten because they took place in lesser divisions
En La Paternal nueva derrota del fútbol
Match between Argentinos Juniors and Chacarita Juniors descends into fan violence, gas canisters, and expelled players