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¿El gran jugador de antes podría jugar ahora? Fútbol de antes y de ahora
Ardizzone selets a few "crack" players from the so-caled "golden age" of Argentine fútbol and measures each players' strengths and weaknesses in order to assess whether they could succeed in the modern game.
Boca y Huracán: responsables de un fútbol que no debe continuar
Citing that the poor play by two of the top teams in Argentina is neither old nor modern, the paper describes this match as one lacking in tactics and intelligent play. Instead, it was a match where tactics, technique, speed, effort, love for the…
Sívori el Napoleón del fútbol
Great interview with Sívori, who remember a lesson Néstor Rossi taught him at the 1957 Copa Sudamericana. Useful article to see how Argentines followed the successes of players plying their trade in Europe.
Rattín y un "ladrón de pelotas", motivos de discusión y de triunfos
Rattín symbolized the decade of "scientific", "modern" fútbol as the epitome of a cuadillo. This article is one example of the discussions swirling around Argentine fútbol
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Photo of the 1945 Argentine league champions: the River Plate team dubbed "La Máquina"
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Photo of the 1947 Argentine league champions: the River Plate team dubbed "La Máquinita"
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Photo of the 1948 Argentine league champions: the River Plate team dubbed "La Máquinita"
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Photo of three star players for the national team and River Plate
Probarán 3 santiagueños, no habrá amnistía
In the wake of the players' strike, the informant "JI-JI" offers his take on the fate of players on strike, club transactions, and other soccer gossip involving Néstor Rossi and Eduardo Ricagni
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Rumors swirl about Néstor Rossi becoming a part of Boca (he won't, leaving for Colombia) and Eduardo Ricagni leaving for Italy (which he does). AFA's President Oscar Nicolini is promoted to a cabinet level position in the Perón administration…
River daría marcha atrás: no cedería a Rossi
Although Rossi does not become a part of Boca, an extensive profile is published on one of the more popular players in the country. Most likely, this profile was drafted thinking he would join the club and for editorial reasons they ran it anyway.
Rattín: "Estaré en la selección"
Néstor Rossi, once the undisputed "no. 5" (often called a "caudillo" on the pitch, the field general), offers praise to his successor Ubaldo Rattín–an undisputed piece to the national team undergoing a bad run of form for Boca Juniors. This article…
Fútbol: una empresa para perder
Article examines how fútbol officials risked a lot of money in trying to arrange matches with foreign teams.
La hora de la humildad
The rise of the celebrity coach, only magnified when former star players assume control of teams, means that their window for success is becoming smaller each year.
Una receta nueva: juventud y espontaneidad
The legendary Argentine team at the 1957 Copa Sudamericana mixed veteran talent and new "cracks"� a�most of whom would leave for Europe before the World Cup the following year and thus did not represent Argentine (playing overseas in the 1950s…
Quince goles en tres partidos nos colocan a un paso del campeonato
Great article to see how journalists created notions of identity--national and soccer--through playing style.