New Addition: Full Magazines, Part one

Another new feature that I will be starting on this blog is to upload the entire issues of particular magazines

1- Magazine Name: Onze-Mondial

Issue: Number 62, March 1994

Language: French

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 62, March 1994

Onze-Mondial, Issue 62, March 1994

2- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: November 1974

Language: English

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1974

World Soccer, November 1974

3- Magazine Name: MondialIssue: Number 12, March 1981

Language: French

Photo From: Mondial, New series, issue 12, March 1981

Mondial, New series, issue 12, March 1981

4- Magazine Name: Fussball Magazin

Issue: Number 6, June 1986

Language: German

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 6, June 1986

Fussball Magazin, Issue 6, June 1986

Debate Topic, Part Seven

Topic

In Argentina you are either a ‘Menottist’ or a ‘Bilardist’

Which Manager do you believe was better for Argentina? Both won the World Cup with different methods and different circumstances

The stereotypes are that Cesar Luis Menotti is the apostle of attacking football and Carlos Bilardo is synonymous with negative football.

Where do you stand on this debate?

Photo From:  Onze, July 1979

(Cesar Luis Menotti)

Photo From:  World Soccer, October 1990

(Carlos Bilardo)

Diego Maradona and Michel Platini, Part Two

Diego Maradona

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, old series, issue 33, August 1979 / French By Antonio Cabrini) 

(Magazine / Language : Onze, May 1980 / French By Jean-Pierre Frimbois) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, New series, issue 9, December 1980 / French By Guillermo Blanco) 

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 1813, January 6, 1981 / French) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, new series, issue 16, July 1981 / French) 

Photo From : Mondial, New series, issue 9, December 1980

(Diego Maradona)

Diego Maradona

Michel Platini

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, Old Series, Issue 1, February 1977 / French By Michel Nait-Challal) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, Old Series, Issue 6, July 1977 / French) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, Old Series, Issue 8, September 1977  / French) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, old series, Issue 11, December 1977  / French) 

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 1662, February 14, 1978 / French By Ferruccio Berbenni)  

Photo From : Mondial, Old Series, Issue 1, February 1977

(Michel Platini, October 9, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Bulgaria 2-France 2)

Michel Platini

The uncapped, Part Two

1- Derek Mountfield

Defender Derek Mountfield was part of the excellent Everton side of the mid 1980s.

During the 1984/85, his excellent displays for Everton had many predicting an England National Team future for him.

However, England Manager Bobby Robson never selected him.

Photo from: France Football, Issue 2027, February 12, 1985

(Derek Mountfield with Everton, 1984/85)

2- Paulinho Cascavel

Paulinho Cascavel was a Brazilian striker that made his name in Portuguese League Football.

He was Portugal’s League top goalscorer with Vitoria Guimaraes during the 1986/87 season with 22 goals.

He earned a move to Sporting Lisbon and was once again top goalscorer the following season (1987/88) with 23 goals.

Despite these achievements he was never selected by Brazil.

Photo from: Mondial, new series, Issue 90, September 1987

(Paulinho Cascavel)

 

3- Benito Carbone

Benito Carbone was an Italian forward who played for Torino, Napoli and Internazionale Milano among others.

However, his best years were in the English Premier League after he joined Sheffield Wednesday in 1996.

He later played for other English clubs such as Aston Villa, Bradford City, Derby County and Middlesbrough.

Despite his fine displays, he was never selected by Italian selectors such as Cesare Maldini and Dino Zoff.

Photo from: Calcio 2000, Issue 18, April 1999

(Benito Carbone with Sheffield Wednesday)

4- Norbert Nachtweih

East German defector  Norbert Nachtweih would most certainly have gained caps had it not been for international rules that impeded International selection for defectors.

He joined Eintracht Frankfurt upon his defection in 1976 and with them won the UEFA Cup in 1981.

He joined powerhouse Bayern Munich and admirably performed for seven seasons as a defender and midfielder and won four Bundesliga titles.

Photo from: Foot Magazine, October 1986

(Norbert Nachtweih of Bayern Munich, September 27, 1986, Werder Bremen 1-Bayern Munich 1)

5- Ken Monkou

Ken Monkou was a dutch defender who started out at Feyenoord in the mid 1980s.

He joined the English League in 1989 and had a successful career playing for Chelsea and Southampton.

Despite his fine displays overseas, he weas never called up by Holland.

Photo from: 90 minutes, March 12, 1994

(Southampton’s Ken Monkou)

Football’s Quarrels and Feuds, Part two

1- Diego Maradona and Luis Reyna

Peru’s Luis Reyna would probably not be remembered today, were it not for his brutal treatment of Maradona during Peru and Argentina’s World Cup Qualifying clashes on June 23, 1985 (0 to 1 Peru win) and June 30, 1985 (2 to 2 tie).

Reyna’s handling of Maradona was similar to Italian Claudio Gentile’s during the 1982 World Cup.

Photo from: El Grafico Number 3429, 1985

(Luis Reyna and Diego Maradona)

Photo from: Mondial, new series, issue 65, August 1985

(Luis Reyna and Diego Maradona)

2- Gerard Houllier and David Ginola

In France’s crucial World Cup Qualifier on November 17, 1993 vs. Bulgaria (1 to loss Bulgaria win), with the match tied in the dying seconds, France had a free kick on the left side, David Ginola over hit a cross and gave the ball away to Bulgarians who scored through Emil Kostadinov on a breakaway in the last seconds and eliminated France.

Afterwards France Manager Gerard Houllier publicly blamed Ginola for giving the ball away and causing France’s elimination on his own.

He even said that France ‘were stabbed in the back’ by this action.

In 2011, Ginola sued Houllier for slander when he made disparaging remarks about him for the incident, but the lawsuit was dismissed.

Photo from: Onze-Mondial, Issue 49, February 1993

(France Manager Gerard Houllier)

Photo from: Onze-Mondial, Issue 59, December 1993

(Emil Kostadinov scoring the winner with Alain Roche unable to stop, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 1-Bulgaria 2)

Photo from: Les Bleus,le livre Officiel de L'equipe de France, Author Dominique Grimault

(David Ginola walking off dejected after the loss, November 17, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, France 1-Bulgaria 2)

3- Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham

Despite being teammates for a number of years, England and and Manchester United strikers did not speak to one another.

The incident that caused the rift was during Any Cole’s debut for the English National Team on March 29, 1995 at Wembley in a friendly vs. Uruguay (scoreless tie.)

In the 71^st minute, Andy Cole replaced Teddy Sheringham, and as Sheringham was walking off Cole extended his arm, but Sheringham ignored him and did not wish him good luck or anything of the sort.

Photo from: World Soccer, September 1997

(Teddy Sheringham with Manchester United)

Photo from: Onze-Mondial, Issue 70, November 1994

(Andy Cole with Newcastle United)

4- Luis Cubilla and foreign based Uruguay players

Upon taking over as Uruguay National Manager in 1991, Luis Cubilla had criticized the foreign based players for Uruguay’s failure in 1990 World Cup.

He had even excluded midfielder Ruben Pereira from the 1991 Copa America squad as soon as he joined an Italian club.

The leading foreign based players ,that included Ruben Sosa, Enzo Francescolli, Daniel Fonseca and Carlos Aguilera in effect boycotted the national team.

With the results not improving, finally in the summer of 1993, Luis Cubilla was forced to make peace with the leading players in time for the 1993 World Cup Qualifiers in July-August.

Despite their return Uruguay did not qualify for the World Cup and Cubilla resigned.

Photo from: France Football, Issue 2428, October 20, 1992

(Daniel Fonseca in action for Napoli, 1992/93)

Photo from: El Grafico, July 1993

(Enzo Francescolli upon his return to the National team, July 17, 1993, Uruguay 3-Peru 0)

Photo from: El Grafico, July 1993

(Uruguay Manager Luis Cubilla)

Photo from: El Grafico, July 1993

(Ruben Sosa, September 17, 1989, World Cup Qualifier, Uruguay 2-Bolivia 0)

5- Fernando Redondo and Daniel Passarella

Upon taking over as Argentina Manager had insisted on all National team players to have short hair.

Newspapers reported that Fernando Redondo was excluded because he refused to cut his long hair.

Passarella said that Redondo’s exclusion was based upon his insistence on only playing in central midfield, refusing to do it on the left side.

Nevertheless, efforts were made to include him.

On January 22, 1997, Fernando Redondo rejected the opportunity to play for Argentina and on n February 22, 1997 , Fernando Redondo announced his decision not to play for  the national team while Passarella was in charge.

Others thought his refusal to play under Passarella was because of the style and mentality of Passarella’s tactics. 

Photo from: Mondial, old series, issue 26, January 1979

(Daniel Passarella)

Photo from: World Soccer, July 1994

(Fernando Redondo)

Tributes

Tributes: Mario Esteves Coluna (August 6, 1935-February 25, 2014)

               Phillipe Mahut (March 4, 1956-February 8, 2014)

Over a month after Eusebio, another Benfica and Portugal Legend, Mario Coluna has passed away. RIP.

Also in the beginning of this month, former French defender Phillipe Mahut passed away. RIP

Unless you followed French soccer in the early 1980s you most probably would not be familiar with Mahut.

He was a defender who made his name at FC Metz and was part of France’s 1982 World Cup squad. He only earned 9 caps from 1981 to 1983. He was mostly regarded as a defensive cover option by Michel Hidalgo.

Articles:

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, November 1963 / English, By Jorge Rivera) 

 (Magazine / Language : Calcio 2000, Issue 18, April 1999 / Italian )

(Book / Language : 100 Melhores do Futebol Portugues, Vol II, Author Rui Dias, 2002 / Portuguese)

Mario Coluna

(Mario Coluna in an interview with BBC prior to the 1968 Champions Cup Final at Wembley vs. Manchester United)

Photo from: 100 Melhores do Futebol Portugues, Vol II, Author Rui Dias, 2002

(Mario Coluna)

Photo from: Onze, Issue 69, September 1981

(Phillipe Mahut during his first cap for France vs. Frank Vercauteren, September 9, 1981, World Cup Qualifier, Belgium 2-France 0)

Photo from: Mondial, new series, issue 30, August 1982

(Phillipe Mahut after joining AS Saint Etienne in the summer of 1982)

The First Time ….., Part Four

1-The First Time an Italian Serie A match was televised was on February 5, 1950 for the match between Juventus and AC Milan (1 to 7 AC Milan win). The commentator was Carlo Bacarelli.

Photo From: 100 Anni del Campionato del Calcio

(AC Milan squad during the first ever televised match, February 5, 1950, Juventus 1-AC Milan 7)

2- The First Time that a goalkeeper was ever sent off World Cup History was when Italy’s Gianluca Pagluica was ordered off during their match vs. Norway on June 23, 1994 at East Rutherford, New Jersey (1 to 0 Italy win) .

He was sent off for fouling Oyvind Leonhardsen as the last man. Italy used three substitutes for the first time ever in World Cup History.

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1994

(Gianluca Pagliuca, March 23, 1994, Germany 2-Italy 1)

3- The First Time that a son played in the World Cup Finals after his father was during the 1970 World Cup, on May 31, 1970, when Mexico’s José Vantolrá lined up vs. USSR (Scoreless tie).

His father, Martin Ventolra, played for Spain during the 1934 World Cup match vs. Italy on June 1, 1934 (1 to 0 Italy win).

During the Spanish Civil War, he had emigrated to Mexico, where his son was born. They are also the only father and son combination from different countries.

By the way the first father and son to represent the same nation were Roger and Patrice Rio of France.

Roger played for France vs. Austria on May 27, 1934 at Turin (3 to 2 Austria win) and Patrice played v.s Italy on June 2, 1978 at Mar Del Plata (2 to 1 Italy win).

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006

(Martin Ventolra, June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Football Magazine

(José Vantolrá with Mexico, 1970)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 10, October 1976

(Michel Rio with Nantes, 1976/77)

Photo From: Les Bleus Author Denis Chaumier, 2004

(Roger Rio)

4- The First Time that a player was sent off in a Final of a World Cup was during the 1990 World Cup Final match between Argentina and West Germany on July 8, 1990 (1 to 0 West Germany win).

Argentina’s Pedro Damian Monzón had come on as a substitute in the second half when he was sent off in the 63^rd minute.

He was followed by teammate Gustavo Abel Dezotti, 23 minutes later.

Photo From: Soccer International, July 1991

(Pedro Damian Monzón being sent off, July 8, 1990, World Cup, West Germany 1-Argentina 0)

5- The First Time that a player missed three penalty kicks in the same match was when Argentina’s Martin Palermo missed all his 3 attempts on July 4, 1999, during the Copa America macth vs. Colombia (0 to 3 Colombia win).

By the time the third penalty kick was awarded, Argentine Manager Marcelo Bielsa had been sent off. He had instructed Roberto Ayala to take the penalty kick, but his instructions sent by mobile phone did not go through.

Photo From: World Soccer, January 1999

(Martin Palermo with Boca Juniors)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1999

(Martin Palermo , July 4, 1999, Copa America, Colombia 3-Argentina 0)