Chempionati mira po futbolu. 1930-2022

Georgy Cherdantsev is a well–known Russian football commentator and TV presenter, author of books and articles, winner of numerous journalism awards and awards. In 2019, he was awarded the Certificate of merit of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation "For merits in the field of physical culture and sports". Georgy Vladimirovich Cherdantsev commented and covered the matches of five World Football championships. The history of one of the most anticipated and popular international competitions dates back almost a hundred years. It seems that it is not much, but it is not at all enough for one sport that gives an endless holiday to millions of fans from different countries and continents. This book is not only about the events that surrounded the World Championships, but also about people who have become football legends. Pele and Maradona, Puskas and Fontaine, Yashin and Netto, Zidane and Beckham, as well as many other stars of different eras — through the eyes of the author. This edition also includes amazing, sometimes funny and curious, and sometimes tragic stories told in the first person by the heroes of Soviet football — Nikita Simonyan and Valery Nepomnyashchy, Anatoly Byshovets and Vladimir Ponomarev. Interesting facts about the preparation of the Russian national team and details about how they managed to achieve significant success at the 2018 championship will be told by coach Stanislav Cherchesov. This book about the heroes, events and legends of the World Football Championships, like a time machine, will take you through decades, make you empathize, wonder, rejoice and be sad, and the QR codes placed will convince you that the story on the pages of this publication comes to life. 

Author: Cherdantsev Georgy Vladimirovich
Year of publication: 2022
Number of pages: 384.