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| | SoccerBlog.com: Lev Yashin, the Black Panther: USSR's soccer talisman |
 | | But it is left to Lev Yashin, the goalkeeper known as the Black Panther to define soccer in the Soviet era. |
 | | When asked for his secret, he would say the trick was "to have a smoke to calm your nerves, then toss back a strong drink to tone your muscles." He played for Dynamo Moscow and in four World Cups for the USSR (1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970). |
 | | Lev Yashin's FIFA testimonial match in 1971 was held at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow with 100,000 fans attending, and a host of stars and superstars, including Pelé, Eusebio and Franz Beckenbauer. |
| www.soccerblog.com /2006/05/lev_yashin_the_black_panther_u.htm (456 words) |
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