Lev Yashin is a famous Soviet footballer. He was the best goalkeeper of the 1950s and 1960s and the greatest goalkeeper in the history of world football. Pele, the king of the ball, has highly praised his performance. "To break through Yassin's door, you need to work twice as hard.
In 1970, English Football World voted the world's best player, Yassin was ranked second after Pele, and in 1963 Yassin was elected European Footballer of the Year, the only goalkeeper to receive this award
Another amazing record for Yassin is that he has saved a total of 98 penalties in his football career. In 2000, he was named the goalkeeper of the century by FIFA
Receive awards
mainland
Soviet ice hockey league champion 1 time
Soviet football league championship 5 times
Soviet Cup winner 3 times
Best goalkeeper of the USSR 3 times (1960, 1963, 1966)
Order of Lenin (1967)
Hero of Socialist Labor, Order of the Golden Star (1989)
international
Olympic football champion 1 time
UEFA European Football Championship 1 time
Runner-up of the European Football Championship 1 time
1 European Footballer of the Year Golden Ball Award (1963)
World Cup 1 time (1966)
FIFA Awards 1 time (1971)
Olympic Medal (1986)
FIFA Gold Medal (1988)
FIFA Squad of the Century and Goalkeeper of the Century (2000)
Known as the father of the world's goalkeepers, Yassin had an amazing body shape: 1 meter 85 tall (a big man at the time), long arms, long legs and wide palms. In addition to completing his own training subjects every day, he also practices according to the subjects of other members of the team. Naturally superior conditions coupled with acquired efforts Yasin soon showed off his green wizards in front of the goal with very peculiar personal skills. His long arms, combined with an unusually precise sense of beat, make his "air superiority" stand out when grabbing high balls, and he is the supreme master of high balls. He also has a strong sense of movement judgment, so he can cope with the low ball at the end of the goal line. He receives the ball steadily, giving the impression that his hands are like a fast magnet, able to accurately suck the ball into his arms. Many players who missed the penalty helplessly laughed at themselves and said that the ball was not kicked by me but by Yasin. Yassin pays great attention to his own image, always wearing a duck-tongue hat and a black jersey when playing, plus he can guard the gate firmly, and the gate he guards is like a spider web, because people give him a nickname: "black spider".