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Medicamentos
Lazzatti offers solutions ot the four problems affecting national soccer: order, understanding, respect, and knowledge
Nuestros "fustigados" tiene la palabra
Follow up to article from 7/6/1960: Mogilevsky
Mister Herrera
Very interesting article Helenio Herrera, today known as the "godfather" of the ultra-defensive catenaccio system, receives effusive praise by Panzeri for being un-catenaccio, for implementing an open and attacking style of play Did Herrera change,…
Buen triunfo con 20 minutos brillantes
Panzeri analyzes the match between Spain and Argentina and finds that despite a new approach and coach, readers should not draw any conclusions about change and progress in the national team In addition, he criticizes the quality of Spanish defenders…
Demasiada fuerza ofensiva brasileña para tan poca calidad defensiva argentina
The magazine calls for the retirement of Stábile, an end to the defensive "sangre, corazón, y garra" approach, and the hiring of coaches who can implement some system that works
¡Así no podemos seguir!
Back to square-one That is the conclusion of this article with the re-hire of Stabile and the "Comisión de Selección" This meant the process of selecting whomever the AFA could secure from clubs and then forming a team and approach--instead of…
Táctica y estrategia del fútbol
Helpful segment of a larger article on tactics, because it is the first attempt by an Argentine sports magazine to describe the "cerrojo" or catenaccion style of play
Estan. No los dejan ser
This brief commentary tries to expose the absurdity of Argentine teams trying to mimic European styles and methods in soccer, by showing that European (although only Italy is mentioned) teams are looking to play a more "Latin" style In the end,…
Estamos encasillados en una sola mentalidad
Interesting because it lists many coaches in Argentina (including the long-running coach of the national team, Stabile) who favored tactical and defense-minded "no gol" approaches rather than a continuation of allowing players to improvise on the…
Hora de decisiones, hora de jugarnos todos
The magazine concludes that the performance of the national team at the Copa Sudamericana in Ecuador (losing to Uruguay 1-5 and defeating Brazil 4-1) demonstrates that the national team has no direction Instead officials (many of whom know little of…
Franqueza para el futuro o mas lágrimas en el futuro
Article looks at the state of affairs of the national team after Sweden 1958, and concludes that any positives and negatives have been a result of a common approach to changes: acting like it's an emergency This is not a way to move the team forward
El fútbol argentino mostró en Chile lo que es: desorden
Writers lament the poor play, embarassing loss, and rudder-less state of the national team Too many tactics and ideas, not enough good play The fact that a player (Sanfilippo) punched a Chilean player at the end of the game simply punctuated the…
El simposium de la violencia
Using a match between Quilmes and Los Andes as an example, this article looks at the increasing tendency by teams to use kicks to the shin and other forms of "foul play" as a valid tactic The cause, according to journalists, is the declining skill of…
Argentino-Francés-Español
Interesting article because it captures a moment when Herrera, who would pioneer a defensive-minded system with rigorous disciplinary measures that became a trademark of Argentine football in the 1960s, visited Argentina Did he meet with AFA…
Un partido de tres tonos
By now, typical tactics by players flames passions on and off the field
De fútbol, 0 (cero)
Since 1957, the number of articles that lament the loss of attractive soccer and the rise of defensive styles grows [seen again later in the issue, pgs 42-43]