World Cup. 1930-2022

Georgy Cherdantsev is a famous Russian football commentator and TV presenter, author of books and articles, winner of numerous journalistic prizes and awards. In 2019, he was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation “For Merit in the field of physical culture and sports”. Georgy Vladimirovich Cherdantsev commented and illuminated the matches of the five world football championships. The story of one of the most anticipated and popular international competitions has almost a hundred years. It seems that a little, but there is not a few at all for one sport that gives an endless holiday to millions of fans of different countries and continents. This book is not only about the events that surrounded the world championships, but also about the people who became the legends of football. Pele and Maradona, Pushkash and Fontent, Yashin and Net, Zidan and Beckham, as well as many other stars of different eras - through the eyes of the author. The publication and amazing, sometimes funny and curious, and sometimes tragic stories told in the first person by the heroes of Soviet football - Nikita Simonyan and Valery Nepomniy, Anatoly Byshovts and Vladimir Ponomarev. Interesting facts about the preparation of the Russian team and details on how we managed to achieve significant success at the 2018 championship, coach Stanislav Cherchesov tells. This book about the heroes, events and legends of the World Cups, like a time machine, will transfer you through decades, make you empathize, be surprised, rejoice and sad, and the placed QR codes will convince you that the story on the pages of this publication comes to life