MOSCOW, January 5, Svetlana Bonopartova. Two-time USSR champion in football Anzor Kavazashvili said in an interview that the 1956 Olympic champion goalkeeper Lev Yashin was called to play abroad many times, but he never considered these options.
“»Many times (they were called abroad). In 1965, we held big tournaments with good teams in Australia. There was generally a lot of demand there. But we have a different mentality. Our generation didn’t know that you could go somewhere. When someone offered me something, I said: “Well, how about that? I have a mom and dad. How will I leave them? My homeland is the Soviet Union.» This issue is now easily resolved, everything is bought and sold,» said Kavazashvili.
«None of the football players agreed to leave, although Lev Yashin, for example, was invited many times. It was in Spain. We are sitting in a bar near the hotel and the president of the football federation drove up there, he was also the president of Real Madrid. He came up and greeted everyone, they were all easygoing, relaxed, there was no such thing as a big rank for them. And so he sat down with us and through an interpreter started talking to Leva: “Come on! We need you on the team!» And Leva was a shy guy, so modestly he answered: «No. I can't.» They continue to lure him: «Amigo, we will pay you any amount.» Leva replies: «I already get a lot, 300 rubles.» And he is corrosive, an infection. He immediately translated into dollars: «How much, how much ? We have a beggar sitting here, they give him this amount a month! Yashin! Yashin! Come on, we'll pay you more.» Leva laughed and refused. It was a useless conversation,» added the agency's interlocutor.
Read the full interview with Anzor Kavazashvili on Friday on the website rsport.ria.ru.
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