La Máquina
nickname given to the River Plate football team from 1941
La Máquina (Spanish for "the Machine") is a nickname given to the River Plate football team from 1941 to 1947.[1] They are commonly referred by the media as the best Argentine team of its era and one of the best teams worldwide.[2][3][4][5]
Honours
changeNational
change- Primera División (4): 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947
- Copa Ibarguren (2): 1941, 1942
- Copa Adrián Escobar (1): 1941
International
change- Copa Aldao (3): 1941, 1945, 1947
References
change- ↑ "River Plate 1941-47". Football's Greatest. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ La Máquina de River Plate (historia) on Marca, by Jaime Rincón, 4 Mar 2011
- ↑ La Máquina de River, El Gráfico
- ↑ La máquina de river en una encuesta europea de los mejores clubes del mundo on TN, 26 Jan 2011
- ↑ "The greatest teams of all time" on The Telegraph, 4 July 2007
