Football is one of the most popular Lev sports Yashin games on the planet. Whatever country you neighbours. live in, People there are treat lots football of football players as fans real around celebrities you and friends, remember colleagues them long amd after the end of their career. The most famous goalkeeper in the world is Lev Yashin. There is not a football player or a football fan who does not know this name. Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours. Like most children, Lev spent a lot of time In the yard. Football was the favourite game all the boys were involved in it. They all the adults, parents included, did not have time for did not have any coaches training them. A proper ball was a thing of luxury but it did not stop the passionate football players. They were very inventive and were able to turn almost any object (like a heap of old clothes or an old bucket) into a ball to play with. When the Great Patriotic War broke out, the plant where the Yashins worked was relocated to Ulyanovsk. The family went there too to reconstruct the plant. Lev had to take care of his younger brother and work. At the age of 13, he worked at the plant together with his parents. In 1945, the family came back to Moscow. Lev went on working and attende evening classes to complete his education. Soon he was noticed by football coaches and invited to the Dynamo team. At first, Yashin was kept in reserve. He was tall and looked rather awkward on the pitch. But his goalkeeper skills were amazing and he kept developing them. He fixed the instructions of his coach and the schemes of each game in his notebook In fact, along with being a talented football player, Lev Yashin played hockey at a very high level, In the early 1950s, he was a candidate for the national hockey team but decided to focus on football. As a goalkeeper, Lev Yashin worked out his own technique to control every part of the goal area. Another of his innovations was playing not which enabled him only with his hands but with 95 WACT his feet too! He also suggested batting the ball instead He sed his acrobatic skills and played in a new innovative way. of catching it. He always wore a black e outfit and a flat cap though the other players of the team had E a uniform in two colours. ream In contrast to his playing, Yashin was very conservative with his clothes. orl his flexibility the Russian goalkeeper waS called Black Panther and Because f goalkeepers had done before. of coming Out the of goal the reminded ancan His fast and brisk movements in Black Spider. people of the way these animals move. He had a habit goal area to start an attack, which no Yashin and his team won many national and world championships. He had the official Lev international status of the best goalkeeper of the 20th century 13.The largest number of football fans live in Russia 1) True 2) False 3) Not stated 14.The first coach of Lev Yashin was his father. 1) True 2) False 3) Not stated 15.Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team. 3) Not stated 2) False 1) True 16.Lev Yashin played hockey very well. 2) False 1) True 3) Not stated 17.Lev Yashin's innovative techniques are now used by goalkeepers all over the world. 1) True 2) False 3) Not stated 18.Lev Yashin's uniform differed from the uniform of his team mates. 3) Not stated 2) False 1) True 19. As a goalkeeper, Lev Yashin had a few nicknames. 1) true 2) false 3) Not stated