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"The Animals"
Perhaps useful, this letter raises a good question: what prompted the English to call Argentines "animals" Instead of answering that question, the reader goes on to say that the use of such a term at a moment of defeat only signals the impotency of a…
De la fiesta a la "guerra"
The match became heated and violent Zubeldia is irate at the press in Buenos Aires ("El Dia") for publishing articles-unsigned by the author-that supported the English insistence that the disallowed goal in the first match should have been allowed…
La verdad de Estudiantes
Multiple references to Alf Ramsey's "animal" reference in this article, that minimizes the style of play of Estudiantes as tough but fair (within the rules) and instead accuses the English of savagery "Animals" is as much a construction of the press,…
Sobre "animals" y "gentlemen"…
The influence of Alf Ramsey's words surface in the editorial commentary of El Grafico
Con Estudiantes en la Copa, con los ingleses en Inglaterra
"Savages", "fair play", "civility"…all come to question with the treatment El Grafico's writers claim to have received in Manchester Estudiantes are also held up as models of civility Propaganda
La pobreza de una final del mundo
After a brief account of the game, El Grafico takes time to criticize the foreign (English) press for exaggerating the physicality of the match…even as far as comparing English journalists to Goebbels!
Captura para Carlos Bilardo: ¡A ése, a ése!
A helpful article to hear from Bilardo on why he plays so physical and if it is dirty play
Fuimos a buscar el cero ¡y lo conseguimos!
El Grafico blames nerves for a cautious, overly defensive, and physical Racing side
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
¿Dónde quedó la revolución?
The article asks what happened to Racing, noting its abandonment of attacking football and adoption of the same-old, same-old: cautious and defensive soccer to win at all costs Did El Grafico bother to ask whether that mentality always existed, but…
Una hora en tren con Zubeldia y Estudiantes
Helpful piece that shows a shift in mentality among Estudiantes and the first glimpse of what became a rugged, physical, and very aggressive squad that would later earn infamy
Racing: piernas, pulmones, y coraje…
Racing, which will go on to win the 1967 Intercontinental Cup, begins showing the traits that propelled them to international success: physicality, stamina, and "coraje" or "garra" [more on 5/31/1966 pages 63-65]
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…
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…
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
Sin sentido
This time, Bolivian police and fans were the chief protagonists during violent incidents at a match between the 2 countries