Estudiantes' style of play, back in the late 1960s, came in stark contrast to the aesthetic-obsessed style of the Argentine league of decades previous, expressed in the almost mythical phrase La Nuestra (our style). Estudiantes' style was anti-fútbol, and that shouldn't need a translation. It was often incendiary. If an opposing player's daughter had just been taken gravely ill, Estudiantes would know about it and would use the knowledge to wind him up on the pitch. Today's scrapes down the backs of legs or sly tugs on shirts at corners would have been laughed at - elbows were used and even pins when the referee wasn't looking. With few, if any, TV cameras present, no holds were barred.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Sam Kelly in Argentina
Estudiantes' style of play, back in the late 1960s, came in stark contrast to the aesthetic-obsessed style of the Argentine league of decades previous, expressed in the almost mythical phrase La Nuestra (our style). Estudiantes' style was anti-fútbol, and that shouldn't need a translation. It was often incendiary. If an opposing player's daughter had just been taken gravely ill, Estudiantes would know about it and would use the knowledge to wind him up on the pitch. Today's scrapes down the backs of legs or sly tugs on shirts at corners would have been laughed at - elbows were used and even pins when the referee wasn't looking. With few, if any, TV cameras present, no holds were barred.
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