English Press Hails Chile Win

English Press Hails Chile Win

A view of the Argentina-England match from the British press

Notice the language used by the British press to describe Argentine players ("bumped and battered," "henchmen," "rough tactics"). They singled out Navarro. Sam Leach, writing in the Sunday Pictorial, said that "England came out of this tough, testing World Cup tie. They stood up to an Argentine side that dished it out with their chins held high from the word go." The language here perpetuated the idea of the savage Latin American, as opposed to the more civilized English player.

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Buenos Aires Herald

4-Jun-1962

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