River Plate 1940s – it takes a team to tango

River Plate 1940s – it takes a team to tango

HISTORY tells us that in the early 1940s, River Plate had an outstanding team that dominated Argentinian football. In those far-off days, it was a reputation built on rumour, second-hand accounts and the occasional article in a newspaper. The River team of that era could not possibly have been well known in Europe, largely because the World Cup did not return to action until 1950 and in any case, Argentina had withdrawn from that competition bef…