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Cancha de Lanús-público
Lanus stadium is highly guarded; the team was involved in several incidents during this time
Fin de fiesta. Con heridos, contusos, desnudos, y robados. Es la fiesta del fútbol. Ayer, cumpliendo su obligación profesional, un reportero gráfico fue agredido y lesionado por los guardianes del orden. Así andan las cosas.
Photo claims that the police were the assailants.
Newell's Old Boys fans
Any women?
Poco fútbol y…mucho escándolo
Overview of incidents involving players from Argentinos Juniors and River Plate, police, medical assistants, and coaches. More on pages 20-21.
River firme, veloz, practico, incisivo, y moderno
A useful look at what 'modern' meant to the writers of River in 1961, and thus how people came to understand what modernity in soccer meant and what the opposite entailed.
Un arbitro blando, un salvaje pugilismo, varios jugadores duros
Game descends, thanks to a passive referee, into a defensive and violent game Eventually a brawl involving 19 players punctuates the affair [The following week, 8 players were expelled in a match between Lanus and Estudiantes for violent actions on…
San Lorenzo y Velez Sarsfield: planes con moho
Interesting because you can see a local and "imported" version of a similar catenaccio style of play at work in this match
Recuerdan la estrategia, se olvidan del fútbol
For several months, especially after Juan Carlos Lorenzo takes over San Lorenzo, news coverage has focused less on boring and lacluster matches and more on physical affairs where both teams aim to not lose San Lorenzo shows up in most of these…
Marzolini, Ditro, un gran gol…y un gran desorden
Gas canisters, bottles, police, and other all-too-familiar scenes at another match
Sobornos…salvajadas…barbarie…un solo problema: el fútbol está falto de ejemplos
Displaying various newspaper clippings and letters, El Grafico wants to shed light on the increasing violence at soccer matches as an example of the nation's decaying sense of morality
9 rounds con Adolfo Mogilevsky
Mogilevsky clears up why he resigned, what went on with Colombo and AFA officials, and the contradictory statements made about player selections
Perdonenlo, pero me lo echan…
Mogilevsky resigns, AFA rejects the resignation, and then an AFA official kicks him (literally) out of the special meeting to punish him Very odd
Convención colectiva de trabajo
For some reason AFA is involved in this negotiation, presumably because of the importance that fútbol played in clubs and their ability to fund other sporting activities–such as education classes and training.
Anteproyecto de convenio
The labor union proposes an increase in salaries for support staff. AFA's initial refusal leads to government mediation. The first set of data looks at what UTEDYC proposes, while the second set is the end result (below what the union asked for).…
Sanciones en revisión
The transfer of city property to a club association must meet Congressional approval, in this case San Lorenzo's move to acquire more land for expansion of facilities is under review.
II: Dictamen de comisión
Barracas Central's request for a loan from the federal government in order to purchase land is one example of how the state enabled clubs to incur major debts in the ealry 1960s.