- There is not a football player or a football fan who does not know this name. Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours.
- But alongside the legendary forward was another man who earned revered status as part of the same generation – the late, great Lev Yashin.
- Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
- “The joy of seeing Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save” – Lev Yashin.
- Yashin's contemporary Vsevolod Bobrov is generally considered as one of the best Soviet/Russian players ever both in hockey and in football, as well as bandy.
- Lev Yashin never wanted to be a goalkeeper. In fact he never even wanted to be a footballer. But the young man who first tried boxing and then went through...
- The ‘Black Octopus’ saves his side again: Lev Yashin in action, USSR v Argentina, Buenos Aires 1961 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).Bulunamadı: left
- Lev Ivanovich Yashin, also known as the “Black Spider,” was a legendary goalkeeper who left an indelible mark on the world of football.Bulunamadı: never
- Buenos Aires, 1961. Six feet two, a flat cap, head to toe in black, with a Dynamo Moscow pin — Lev Yashin, also known as “The Black Spider”.Bulunamadı: left
- But, in 1962, Yashin seriously considered ending his sports career. Then, at the World Cup Lev, Yashin conceded seven goals in four matches.Bulunamadı: never
- Lev Yashin, nicknamed "the Black Spider," revolutionized football with his unorthodox yet highly effective goalkeeping skills.Bulunamadı: never
- There appears to be a consensus amongst experts on the game that Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow & CCCP) was the greatest goalkeeper of all time.
- Born to a family who worked in industrial settings, aged 12 Yashin left school to help family in the factories, as part of the war effort.Bulunamadı: never
- Lev Yashin Image source, Getty Images. The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union.