- Russian artist Igor Gurovich designed the poster, which portrays legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin in his traditional uniform and also celebrates to the country’s...
- After his retirement Yashin coached different youth teams for around ten years, until he was hit by a thrombus in the leg that forced it to be amputated in 1986.
- His mom worked at the Krasny Bogatyr plant (Shoe factory), his dad worked at the aircraft factory in Tushino. The area which Lev Yashin spent his childhood.
- Chilean manager Fernando Riera selected Yashin as one of his goalkeepers. The previously written off Yashin played one of his most memorable matches...
- The film tells about the legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, thanks to which the USSR team in the mid-20th century won the most significant football awards.[5].
- Later that same year, Robinson enlisted in the British reserve forces and drowned during a training exercise on the River Derwent. Lev Yashin. 31 of 52.
- Yashin’s club team-mate, rival and mentor was ‘Tiger’ Khomich, the keeper of the Soviet national team, who had become famous for his role in Dinamo Moscow’s...
- Lev Yashin, the impregnable Spider
- Today marks the 30th anniversary of Lev Yashin’s passing
- He is widely regarded as the greatest goalkeeper ever
- Football News: Lev Yashin is considered to be the finest goalkeeper from the Pele era and has justifiably been made the poster boy for the World Cup in Russia.