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Teoría y práctica para enseñar fútbol: tal la finalidad de la escuela de entrenadores
The move to a more systematic, and professionalization, of coaching and the use of tactics begins in the late 1940's with coaches who will become important during the 1950s and 1960s (especially with the national team) such as D'Amico, Cesarini, and…
El método ideal en su etapa decisiva
With the World Cup approaching, AFA has to select a national team coach. Their decision will speak volumes about how the team will play because the four men offer different approaches and tactics.
El crack de ayer y el crack de hoy. ¿Cubilla juega igual que Perenetti?
Using examples like Perinetti (Alumni) and Pedernera (Racing), the article examines how "cracks" have changed over the years to today's stars like Teófilo Cubillas from Perú.
Volvimos a lo de siempre: el pasecito corto y aburridor
Helpful to assess the "modern" playing style and the "pasecitos" of yesteryear (criollo, or lo nuestro is not used, but the descriptions allude to the "golden age", romanticism, cracks)
Las tácticas tristes de J.C. Lorenzo
Typical piece that criticizes overly defensive schemes
Para Cesarini, Estudiantes es el seleccionado nacional
With 8 players on the national team from Estudiantes, the efficiency of this club is valued by coach Cesarini
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Photo of the 1942 Argentine league champions: the River Plate team dubbed "La Máquina"
El fútbol de antes y el fútbol actual
Every generation looks fondly at the past. Although the late 1940s is characterized to this day as a golden age, this article shows that in 1949 many were worried about the quality of play based on training and tactics…not natural-born talent,…
Otro nombre que suena: el del "tano" Cesarini
Cesarini, as player and coach, was a fixture of Argentine fútbol for six decades (even when he played overseas in Italy). This profile is a good piece when contrasted with later interviews in the 1960s as coach of the national team and River.…
Alejandro Yebra: entrevistado por la revista
Yebra provides a good overview of how tactics and formation in Argentina changed over the years. An insightful interview.
En su niñez inexperta, "Mumo" Orsi era hincha inocente de Racing
Player profile on legendary Independiente player Raimundo Orsi (with some mentions of another key player: Renato Cesarini). This article reinforces the trope of the crack player whose youthful energy must have drove his mother crazy but he eventually…
El triunfo del psicólogo
One of the growing number of profiles on coaches in an age where they garnered a lot of attention.
Una tabla capicúa
This is a complex article, a bit unfocused, on the fate of coaches resting on more than success: the professionalism of their players and the constant discussion of finances.
Murieron con los buzos puestos
Some coaches persist in their positions despite a lack of success, others are fired at the first sign of failure. The author assumed that smaller clubs possess less tolerance for failure.
No hay tiempo para fracasos
Fans of River Plate, accustomed to winning, seem ready to replace both coach (Cesarini) and their longtime President (Liberti).
Seleccionado: kilómetro cero
The article is not clear whether coaches do not want the job as head of the national team, or if AFA is careless in its selection, but it provides a devastating assessment of why José María Minella (who successfully led the team at the 1964 Cup of…