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Warning of the damage that increasing player violence can do for Argentine soccer, especially after Racing-Celtic, Zubeldia and El Grafico warn players to stop the ugly play
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Lucero offers positive assessments of Celtic players, almost as a model for what level Argentinean players should play at.
Se impone la necesidad de cambiar métodos
In this article, “Se Impone La Necesidad de Cambiar Metodos”, Lucero believes there may be some fixes to what Rácing can do before the next match, but Celtic was clearly in better physical shape, quicker, and mentally sharper. Russian players train…
¿Soñar? Dale, que no cuesta nada
Although written more as a colorful commentary about the match than play-by-play reporting, Lucero's piece does reveal a change in tactics from Rácing: opening with their established "la olla" style and later reverting to the ultra-defensive style to…
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Diego Lucero sets high expectations for the final match, in what could be a first international world trophy for Argentina. According to the author, the games bewteen Rácing and Celtic began as a battle that was hard-fought, and also a bit…
El fondo de la Copa…
This account avoids a breakdown of the matches, instead focusing on the fans, coaches, players, the violence on the field, etc Incredibly, it takes the brief mention of the projectile that injured Ronnie Simpson, to chastise Celtic for using this…
Celtic Find Way Through Suffocating Defence
The Scottish press' coverage of Celtic's 1-0 win in the first game of a two-leg series is full of dismissive comments about Racing and stereotypes of the "Latin races." The author writes that everything will be against Celtic in Buenos Aires on…
FIFA Must Guide World Club Cup: Rous Call for Inquiry; Victory Without Honour for the Argentines
The first article offers an interview between journalist Geoffrey Greene and Stanley Rous, then FIFA President. It discusses the state of the Intercontinental Cup and solutions moving forward to ensure greater sportsmanship and wider participation by…
Football Discipline Facing Big Test in Argentina
Coverage begins of Manchester United's highly-publicized encounter against Estudiantes de La Plata in the first leg of the 1968 Intercontinental Cup. This opinion piece includes negative remarks about the "Latin" temperament, and the violence…
Football Veto: Estudiantes to Go Straight Home
Post-match report of the 1968 Intercontinental Cup becomes an opinion piece by Geoffrey Greene about the degree to which sports tensions become national tensions after the President of Argentina stopped Estudiantes from playing some "friendies" in…
Tampoco llegaron cuando se necesitaba el gol…
Piernes offers readers both insight into Rácing's performance in Scotland and an observation that the Argentines did not play at the level or style they were known for.
"Honrosa derrota", según el marcador
“Honrosa Derrota” [is this a tongue-in-cheek title?], but Argentine players were out of shape and “impotent” compared to Celtic players. The film from the game showed that this idea that the Argentines could control the ball better, and had more…
Dos a uno-goles de Gemmell (penal), Raffo y Cardenas; Atacarlo…atacarlo…
Despite the attack on Ronnie Simpson, the match went fairly well with exceptional officiating from the Uruguayan official. The attack on the Celtic goalkeeper before the match, however, was an embarrassment for the nation, but fans could not be held…
Llenó la página que teníamos en blanco
Piernes, who had been critical of Rácing during the first two matches, does an about-face and praises the team for becoming the first Argentine world champion club in fútbol. He cautions that this game must be analyzed slower before more praise is…
Este milagro llamado Racing
The language in this article is worth noting The same type of "anti-football", violent, and deplorable style of play that El Grafico-for years-had condemned, is now a sign of courage, temperament, and lessons learned By quoting players in the 1930…