there was a lake nearby, and our legendary goalkeeper lev yashin loved to fish.d bought himself a fishing rod and went fishing. so what advice would this veteran player gifted a's team? of course, they need to be ready, physically and tactically. but more important than that, they need to be ready psychologically. will he be watching this time? are you kidding? 0f will he be watching this time? are you kidding? of course i will. that was the bbc‘s chloe arnold reporting. and for more about lev yashin, there is an in—depth look at the soviet goalkeeper on the bbc sport website. so russia come into this tournament of the back of a disappointing showing at the european championships two years ago, where a last—minute equaliser against england was about the best it got. that was their opening match of the group stage, but they went on to lose against wales and slovakia. but on paper, this russia side faced the ideal opponents to make a good start to the tournament tomorrow. as we have seen down the years that the world cup, you can never underestimate the power of ho