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Graphic images of injured fans as stadium collapsed during the match played in Rosario. The news coverage attributes the disaster to unruly fans angry at decisions made by the referee, which they refer to as behavior that is out of place at sporting…

Recap of a heated match between Boca Juniors and Sporting Cristal (Perú) in the Copa Libertadores

Two years after the violent actions by players from Estudiantes, the writer laments a similar scene between Boca and Sporting Cristal in the Copa…

Dominguez is expelled from a match against Racing for explosive behavior and overtly physical play…this interview attempts to penetrate his psyche

A match between Lanus and Racing is delayed by a player feigning injury, then attacked by police, then escorted off the field, and finally the home team tying. Police (not surprisingly) launch gas canisters at unruly crowd. The accompanying article…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Match between Argentinos Juniors and Chacarita Juniors descends into fan violence, gas canisters, and expelled players

The police use of gas canisters, in order to halt the throwing of bottles and projectiles by River fans (their team was losing), marred a boring match between both sides What is interesting is that the headline which accompanies the photo ("Lo que…

A weapon, filled with sharp nails, is deposited in the press box by an anonymous "fan" when police are sent into the stadium ready to launch gas canisters into the crowd Although the incident did not escalate, the choice of weapon demonstrates the…

This commentary takes the police to task for complaining about how the press covers their methods of subduing passionate soccer fans While on the one hand the police are needed to re-establish order, it is also the responsibility of the press to…

Surprising threats from Racing fans against El Grafico, feeling that their team was being disparaged by the sports magazine Police react seriously to threats

Despite being left out of the main coverage of the inaugural match between Argentina and Chile in the 1959 Copa Sudamericana, this article highlights the embarassing invasion and physicality of "hinchas" at the games on the first two days of the Cup…
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