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Diego Milito’s return to Racing as club captain has been the catalyst to their winning form which could culminate in a first championship in 13 years with victory against Godoy Cruz
• ‘I spied on Gérard Houllier’s training sessions’It is 13 years, 26 championships, since Racing last won an Argentinian title. Before that, they had not won it since 1966, the final year before the league was split into two championships. Often in Argentina these days, with economic circumstance dictating that the vast majority of half-decent players are enticed abroad as soon as they show even a flicker of talent, it can seem that the league is little more than a game of pass the parcel and that if you stay in the game long enough the music will eventually stop when you’re holding the prize, but nobody will be thinking that at El Cilindro on Sunday if Racing get the win they need against Godoy Cruz, or if River Plate drop points at Quilmes.
Racing’s first drought was long and painful. When they won the Copa Libertadores and then beat Celtic to lift the Intercontinental crown in 1967, it was the culmination of a rise under Juan José Pizzuti that – for all those games against Celtic degenerated into violence – can in retrospect be seen as the first steps away from the anti-fútbol that had dominated the decade.
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• ‘I spied on Gérard Houllier’s training sessions’It is 13 years, 26 championships, since Racing last won an Argentinian title. Before that, they had not won it since 1966, the final year before the league was split into two championships. Often in Argentina these days, with economic circumstance dictating that the vast majority of half-decent players are enticed abroad as soon as they show even a flicker of talent, it can seem that the league is little more than a game of pass the parcel and that if you stay in the game long enough the music will eventually stop when you’re holding the prize, but nobody will be thinking that at El Cilindro on Sunday if Racing get the win they need against Godoy Cruz, or if River Plate drop points at Quilmes.
Racing’s first drought was long and painful. When they won the Copa Libertadores and then beat Celtic to lift the Intercontinental crown in 1967, it was the culmination of a rise under Juan José Pizzuti that – for all those games against Celtic degenerated into violence – can in retrospect be seen as the first steps away from the anti-fútbol that had dominated the decade.
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