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Similar to how other sports magazines covered women's soccer, Goles provides a mix of criticism and bemusement to make the case that women should not play fútbol.

Sensing that fans are angry, and ready to confront players upon their return, Goles suggests that a measured, serious, response is the best course of action to take after fans welcomed the national team with a hostile reception at Ezeiza airport.

Like other sports publications, Goles raises questions about the state of Argentine fútbol and reminds readers that warning signs appeared over the previous year. A call for serious reform also begins to surface.

The titles of the various articles in Goles indicate that a dose of reality (and pessimism) shook the Argentine sports media: "crude reality," a "happy start," "Germany knew how to make its efficiency prevail," and "there were many failures." Of note…

The title says it all: "If we play 'our' soccer, the problem will be for everyone else"

Like many colleagues in the press, Fiovaranti argues that if Argentina is to win the World Cup it should stick to the playing style and approach that has defined Argentine fútbol for decades ("nuestro fútbol").

More hubris on display as Goles uses comments from European media outlets that praise Argentina and list it as one of the favorites to win the World Cup. The magazine suggests that it is a foregone conclusion that Argentina will return with the World…

Depite the concerns and fears of Argentine sports writers, they nonetheless became optimistic about Argentina's chances to make history at the World Cup in the days before the team left for Sweden.

Fútbol players often appeared as role models in sports magaiznes. Here, they are examples of good citizenry by voting in the national elections of 1958 that brought Arturo Frondizi to power.

This article is an example of the middle-class lifestyle professional fútbol players embraced and which the media portrayed on a regular baiss in the 1950s.

Goles accuses AFA of ignoring the various problems afecting Argentine fútbol: the exods of talented players, the decline of quality fútbol, the fiscal mismanagement at clubs, the lack of stadium safety, etc.

Goles joins the chorus of other sports publications in lamenting the decline in the quality of fútbol in 1957, as well as the lack of new talent to replace those who have left the country.

The transfers of Sívori, Angelillo, and Maschio, among others, raises serious concerns for Fioravanti. He believes that club officials have become obsessed with selling young talent at the expense of the national team (and Argentine fútbol as a…

Drawing on stereotypes, of sorts, Goles describes Soviet players as disciplined and well-trained but unimaginative and predicatble when it comes to their playing style.

Goles is amused by how the European press (specifically journalists in Italy) are only now realizing the great talents of Humberto Maschio.

One of the recurring criticisms in the press after the debacle of the 1958 World Cup was the fear of losing that took hold among players. But here, in 1957, we see this same theme of "derrotismo" appear. Goles acknowledges that losing is part of the…
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