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Lew Jaschin is still the most famous Russian footballer. He was the only goalkeeper to receive the Ballon d'Or as Europe's Footballer of the Year in 1963. The FIFA named him "Goalkeeper of the 20th Century" at the turn of the millennium. The book tells Life and Career Lew Jaschins up to his death in 1990 and also the History of Soviet football. Chapters of his own are devoted to Jaschins playing style, the role of the goalkeeper in Soviet art and society, and people and politicians Jaschin.
What do other media say about the book?
The author also tells Jaschins as the story of football in the Soviet Union, about which there has also been little to read so far. And as an evolutionary story of goalkeeping, Jaschin was ahead of his time. (11Freunde)
An exciting book about a sympathetic, quiet superstar that also offers rare insights into football Moscow of the Stalin era. (Westfälischer Anzeiger)
Punctual for the Confederations Cup 2017 in Russia, football historian Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling, one of the most distinguished German sports biographers, has portrayed the legendary goalkeeper Lew Jaschin. The author puts the biography about the "Lion of Moscow" in the historical background of the Stalinist dictatorship in the faded Soviet Union. (Frankfurter Rundschau)
Jaschins popularity, his incredible athletic abilities, his game, which made him a kind of eleventh field player - all this connects Schulze-Marmeling to a fascinating portrait of a fascinating personality. (Westfälische Nachrichten)
Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling has succeeded in creating a truly readable biography of the Russian goalkeeper. Along Lew Jaschins career the story of Russian football is told at the same time. (Ballesterer)
A work to be recommended without reservation - once again, thanks to Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling. (Übersteiger)
Very knowledgeable and extremely precise. ... With "Lew Yaschin - The Lion of Moscow", the football friend gets a book that leaves nothing to be desired and considerably expands his horizons around round leather. (literaturmarkt.info)
The passages in the book in which the author characterizes Lev Yashin's significance for modern goalkeeping are particularly interesting. This always reads informative, but sometimes even exciting. (90minuten.at)
Lev Yashin: The good man of Moscow. Actually Jaschin wanted to become world chess champion, but then he found his purpose in the football goal. (The standard) "
