USSR the Cup

 

Cup Final [Aug 8]

DINAMO Moskva           2-1  Dinamo Tbilisi 
  [Vladimir Eshtrekov 17, Gennadiy Yevryuzhikhin 62 – Shota Khinchagashvili 66. Att: 103,000] 

Eshtrekov (out of the photo) scored the opening goal in the final for Moscow. Urushadze is helpless.

Moscow's captain Viktor Anichkin lifts the Cup.

Good season for Dinamo (Tbilisi), but they were unable to win the Cup. Strong squad with 5 players at the World Cup (Murtaz Khurtzilava, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Kakhi Asatiani, Givi Nodia, and Slava Metreveli – who didn't play at the Soviet Cup final).

Dinamo (Moscow) – the winners. Standing from left: A. Golodetz – assistant coach, K. Beskov – coach, L. Yashin, V. Smirnov, V. Utkin, V. Zykov, V. Shtapov, V. Illin – assistant coach. Crouching: A. Kosmynin – doctor, Yu. Semin, Yu. Avrutzky, V. Kozlov, V. Eshtrekov, G. Evryuzhikhin, V. Maslov, V. Anichkin.

Three of them went to Mexico – Yashin, Zykov, and Evryuzhikhin – but the team had enough good players and excellent coach to prevail over Dinamo (Tbilisi). This was the last trophy for Lev Yashin. Valery Maslov was not only football player – he was equally good, if not better, at bandy and successfully combined both sports on top level: football in summer; bandy in winter. Konstantin Beskov was already a leading coach,yet, really famous he will be years later with Spartak (Moscow). And Yury Semin will be better known as a coach rather than a player. The squad seemed transitional with few aging stars – Yashin, Anichkin, Avrutzky – but for the moment looked like there will be no problems in the future.

Dinamo (Moscow) failed to win the championship, but won their 4^th Cup.