“Then, well, you shouldn’t say it, but I never thought Lev Yashin was quiet what they made of him out to be. Yes, he was good, very good, but they needed a hero. He was a good party man. He had an aura. He played for Dinamo. He had big hands and great presence; he looked like a goalkeeper should. But he made mistakes and this was a bad one, just a couple of minutes after Edik’s goal. I’m not goalkeeping specialist, but it was obvious to me that he was flat-footed, so had to dive to take a cross he should have been moving his feet for”.
