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El Grafico reprinted (to their credit) Lorenzo's view of how he prepared for the World Cup and what went wrong

Written as a letter to soccer officials, El Grafico warns of a suicidal trajectory of the national sport if "restructuring" and reform continues (after many years) to be empty rhetoric' [In a follow-up piece, El Grafico suggests that the decision is…

Not sure if the article is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but El Grafico feels that a coach finally captured all the concerns and needs of the national team in a thorough letter sent to AFA and published in daily newspapers While acknowledging the merits of…

Mogilevsky clears up why he resigned, what went on with Colombo and AFA officials, and the contradictory statements made about player selections

Mogilevsky resigns, AFA rejects the resignation, and then an AFA official kicks him (literally) out of the special meeting to punish him Very odd

Various articles cover the "fall-out" of Argentina's poor performance at the World Cup.

Various articles cover the "fall-out" of Argentina's poor performance at the World Cup.

Cartoon pokes fun at the histerical reactions after Sweden 1958 and how critics ignore the root causes.

A popular sports magazine's look at the physical attacks against AC Milan players by Estudiantes

Interesting to contrast with AFA's Memorias y Balances, and El Grafico

Interesting article to see how AFA and national team coaches do not embrace or accept Estudiantes, despite its success

Compare to data from 1960 and 1961

The two documents display how little the UTEDYC is able to obtain, but also the non-monetary requests that are important to employees.

The labor union proposes an increase in salaries for those who handle tickets. AFA's initial refusal leads to government mediation. UTEDYC asks for a 50% raise.

FEDEDAC (federación de empleadores de asociaciones deportivas de aficionados) seems to have arranged a compromise with AFA that UTEDYC was not in favor of, so the case goes to arbitration.

The UTEDYC, part of the CGT, requests a salary increase for its members. The chart illustrates actual earnings, salaries from 1954, what AFA proposes, and what UTEDYC proposes. The ruling, as is the norm, falls well below the amount petitioned.
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