Russia's golden generation falls short

An all-time great Soviet player talks the disappointment of losing one of the most memorable FIFA World Cup matches of all time and suffering from "Maradona's other hand of god".
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[@gunnyakdo1653]

the cccp jerseys were just great

[@yonatanpetliar30]

Gunny Akdo sssr

[@fernandoarias2294]

I totally agree. I want one badly!

[@vik4487]

it's Soviet Union's not just russia.

[@zbailey]

Was*

[@vik4487]

@etty77 mostly Ukraine SSR ...

[@vik4487]

@etty77 only angloids and muricans call the soviet union, russia

[@luishernandezblonde]

Why don't you blame FIFA for recognising Russia as successor then.

[@Vpr2255]

@@luishernandezblonde it's FIFA not UN 😂

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

The USSR team of 1986 made me fall in love with them as a young lad. They played a style of football I had never seen before. The players were real athletes who could shoot from anywhere. I was GUTTED when they lost to Belgium so unfairly. Then 2 years later, they had a real chance but blew it in the Euro final against Holland. 1990 was, I think a step too far for them. Despite having players still in their prime, I think the belief was ebbing away. They had even dropped their famous CCCP shirts for some reason. Belanov was omitted from the squad and a few of the newer players were below par. They truly are one of the greatest teams to have never won a major tournament.

[@harambeepstein8009]

The mighty Magyars are by far the best team to never win a major trophy and also the ussr won the first ever European championship great team they had in the 80s though must of been a pleasure to watch

[@wolftone6]

The Soviets were robbed in 86 v Belgium. 4 off side looking goals. 4 3 robbery

[@TheNeutralViewFromSwedenAKAHer]

You need to learn the offside rule.

[@wolftone6]

@@TheNeutralViewFromSwedenAKAHer no I think you need to re watch that match. Maradona took the headlines but the USSR where robbed not England in 86.

[@miltonconde2696]

@@TheNeutralViewFromSwedenAKAHer they were robbed 86. And 90 almost on every match. And don't play neutral Sweden. I'm from Argentina, they robbed them against Argentina etc maradonas hand and the ball was outside the line. And then Argentina was robbed against west Germany in the final..

[@TheNeutralViewFromSwedenAKAHer]

@@miltonconde2696 LOL! Argentina robbed in the final 1990? Wow, just wow. Only a pyjamas fanboy from Argentina could claim that.

[@ReubenSempleJones]

@@wolftone6 Just because you don't like England doesn't mean we weren't robbed you can say both sides were robbed. Maradona's goal was a blatant handball and that handball was the deciding factor of the game therefore we were robbed due to an awful refereeing decision.

[@fernandoarias2294]

Love from Costa Rica to all ex soviet nations!

[@iamdp]

These videos are great. Fifa should release videos of all the old World cup matches on KZbin as well.

[@jerelampinen5838]

Rinat Dasajev was GREAT!!

[@tomi2943]

it's not my favorite team ... it's OUR TEAM.

[@benpasquale6353]

the 86 match with belgium and ussr was the best game of that tournament...belgium didnt win that game...ussr lost it

[@maxforsberg8852]

An interesting tidbit is that it was the same referee who missed the offsides against Belgium and Maradona’s handball four years later.

[@m.chellezhang]

These videos are amazing.

[@N_B_123]

It was an Eastern European all star team

[@sayakmajumdar7669]

After 2 years, They won olympic gold medal

[@zack137]

why "russia"??????

[@paulwilson8061]

Захар Симчич для иностранцев безразницы

[@zack137]

ну якщо їм нічого не говорити, то і не дізнаються

[@cool22]

Because it's Russia.

[@leonardoholanda2651]

O correto mesmo seria URSS (UNIÃO DAS REPÚBLICAS SOCIALISTAS SOVIÉTICA)

[@NuisanceMan]

Only half of the Soviet Union's population lived in Russia.

[@mohammedshaheen1429]

That goal for belgium.... clearly offside

[@secoulte]

Are we just going to pretend this team didn't go to the Finals of Euro 88? Not even mentioned in this video.

[@nickk8836]

yeah why does the title say Russia??? somebody at fifatv is slow in the head

[@cool22]

Russia is the reincarnation of the USSR. The USSR is recognised as Russia, because the Russian SFSR was head of state, had the capital and was the leader of the Soviet Union. If your from the Soviet Union your recognised as from the "Soviet Union" or that your "Russian".

[@MrKiljeaden89]

Since it was mainly made up of russians. Somebody is slow in the head, and its you.

[@thehomie1255]

MrKiljeaden89 only half of the population was russian

[@cordovanyt9639]

MrKiljeaden89 the 1986 side was mostly Ukrainian. Not Russian.

[@cordovanyt9639]

MrKiljeaden89 and the 1982 side was mainly Georgian and Ukrainian.

[@josemiguelvillasenorbello2171]

A team robbed by argentina trickery and an incompetent referee. Of course they never mention it. Always crying for the ones against them. Where was the conspiration then?

[@altovelli0883]

I'm Mexican and this game is heartbreaking....I was really pulling for this Russian team n his star Belanov.

[@SHILTONFEDERICO]

Muy lindo Documental !!!!!!

[@PaulyDizzle2]

Hey FIFATV, make one of these videos for Mexico

[@leonardoholanda2250]

Essa camisa da URSS na copa 1990 é simplesmente LINDA!

[@showkathossain9638]

Most of their great players belonged to Ukraine & other republics

[@sboubalouta]

They were playing for the CCCP. Were the West Germans of 1982 playing for Suebi or Frederick?

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@sboubalouta RINAT DASSAYEV WAS MUSLIM.

[@juliusroxas2108]

In 1990 the USSR was handed a tough draw. Argentina Romania and Cameroon had tough teams, put them in a weaker group they probably advance.

[@broothan]

It wold sound averagely stupid from a person, but from an official fifatv? What a shame to call that ex-country incorrectly.

[@KentDonaldson]

Great team!

[@tomi2943]

it's not my favorite team ... it's OUR TEAM.

[@chileno415]

If those bad calls didn't happen i think maybe there would be a lot more great players

[@gamer_gk6144]

only if lev yashin was playing at that time it would really be the golden generation

[@danduong1445]

CCCP jersey made by Adidas :)

[@juliogalvan2832]

1:00 Spain 82 2:48 México 1986 4:07

[@user-lb7uf1ic9g]

either "ussr's" or at least "ukrainian's golden age", definitely not "russian"

[@cool22]

Russia is the reincarnation of the USSR. The USSR is recognised as Russia, because the Russian SFSR was head of state, had the capital and was the leader of the Soviet Union. If your from the Soviet Union your recognised as from the "Soviet Union" or that your "Russian".

[@broothan]

cool - you have no idea what you're talking about, it's never right to call Soviet people Russians, and especially in football, where 80-90% players were other nations than Russia

[@gianpierod.429]

@@cool22 It looks as if you're a bit misinformed about it......unless you've got Soviet history info from the Simspons cartoon series.... : )

[@Lennonlover06]

People in the crowd enthusiastically waving lenins red banner

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Wonder how a modern USSR team would’ve done in 2018. Russia by itself almost went to the semis, imagine what they could’ve done with the help of Ukrainian players.

[@marcosparedes201]

Ese equipo de Rusia era hermoso ,fue. Robado contra. Bélgica,el robo fue 2goles en posición de adelanto de los. Belgas

[@robertengstrand4314]

Excluding Stephane Demol's amazing header (which meant 3-2 for the Belgians) from this clip was a bad move.

[@Intendante_1]

Yes, great Russian players from Moscow Lev Yashine, Igor Netto, Eduard Streltsov won Euro, Olympic golden medal, 1/2 Word Cup. and in this video ukranian players won nothing, they are not great. and now Russian soccer club win 2 UEFA cups, one Supercup of UEFA and Russia team play every Euro and Word cup tourneers. ukrianain club win 1 UEFA cup and the national team sucks everytime.

[@sdot5389]

Meh. Ukraine made it to QF of Euro 2020. Russia finished last in their group.

[@Intendante_1]

@@sdot5389 Russia: semi-final Euro2008

[@sdot5389]

@@Intendante_1 Cool - 13 years ago. It doesn't prove your point that "Ukranian National team sucks everytime" The current Ukraine team is much better than the current Russian team - higher ranked, play in higher Nations League, etc.

[@mosesrocco6614]

@@sdot5389 Russia: Emperors Cup 1861

[@ricardoteodoro7010]

Ukraine sucks? What is Russia compared to Ukraine?? Dynamo Kyiv was the best team in the USSR won the most championships finishing above all mighty Spartak🤣, Dynamo also won the most European competitions between soviet and ex soviet teams (3) in total with two cup winners cup trophies and one European super cup... And Shakhtar won the Europa league so that makes 4 European titles just for ALL Ukraine... 2 of the 3 Ballon d'or winners of the USSR where UKRAINIANS for your information... BELANOV AND BLOKHIN... And the only country with a player that won a Ballon d'or after the fall of the soviet union was Ukraine with Shevchenko one of the best strikers that ever played... Ukraine in its history already reached the Quarter finals of both World cup and Euro... Ukraine has the best current national team and has higher ranking... Ukraine has know players that play regularly champions league and are in top 5 championships in Europe like Malinovsky (Atalanta) , Yaremchuk (Benfica) ZINCHENKO (Manchester CITY)... And also NO Russian players Have EVER WON A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE! While Shevchenko and Tymchuk won a champions League with MILAN and BAYERN respectively...and I'm not even going the mention that in the two only games that Russia and Ukraine played against each other UKRAINE WON and drew after in Moscow... So don't compare a insignificant country in Football with NO KNOWN PLAYERS and that finished bottom of their group last Euros with just 2 goals scored... AND ALSO THE BEST SOVIET COACH OF ALL TIME WAS VALERIY LOBANOVSKYI THAT TRAINED DYNAMO KYIV AND ACHIEVED THE BEST RESULTS WITH THE USSR... Bro don't even try more! 😭😂

[@bnegs521]

Maradona should have been given a straight red (AGAIN!!) He was such a cheater. Too bad they did not have VAR then.

[@guillezorro]

Shouldn't have needed it. The referee was looking directly at it from about 2-3 metres away. But we're talking about a country that's achieved almost nothing without some form of cheating, dishonety, etc, so what do you expect?

[@bnegs521]

@@guillezorro so you are saying the ref saw it no doubt and ignored the blatant handball. I get it. But with VAR he would have been called over and had no choice at that point to reverse the goal.

[@miguelangelprietovalero9939]

ahora todos se copiaron de Gelman

[@boringman8673]

USSR, my best team!

[@tomi2943]

it's not my favorite team ... it's OUR TEAM.

[@paulocezardecarvalho7112]

Os goleiros de hoje , tinham que ver os vídeos do dassayev . Pra aprender a sair do gol . Pois pedem goleiros de 1,90 cm , pra ficar dentro do gol . E ainda toma gol por cobertura . Hoje é piada esses mão de pena .

[@paulocezardecarvalho7112]

Detalhe , nessa época , não existia treinador de goleiro .

[@edtim1984]

Brazil vs Soviet Union (1982) Rinat Dasayev (Russian) Tengiz Sulakvelidze (Georgian) Aleksandre Chivadze (Georgian) Sergei Baltacha (Ukrainian) Anatoliy Demyanenko (Ukrainian) Andriy Bal (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Bezsonov (Ukrainian) Vitaly Daraselia (Georgian) Yuri Gavrilov (Russian) Oleh Blokhin (Ukrainian) Ramaz Shengelia (Georgian)

[@SHILTONFEDERICO]

Oleg Kustnetzov ???? Stanislav Cherchezov ????? Uvarov Goalkeeper ???

[@rachidbendahar3594]

Presence of georgian playerq because of Dynamo tbilissi

[@sciaszenka3376]

Kuznetsov was the Dynamo Kyiv player, originally from Chernihiv, Ukraine. Cherchesov played only for Russia at WM94, Uvarov for USSR at WM90, and yes they are from Russia both

[@SHILTONFEDERICO]

Muchas Gracias por tus respuestas !!!!! From Argentina !!!!!

[@ArmenianMaps105]

yashin👏❤️

[@user-om9du4wv3i]

in 1982 the referee canceled a goal against brazil in 1986 the referee appoints offside goal, which was recorded by the side referee in 1990 the referee does not appoint a penalty against argentina the world championship is a commercial enterprise that is not truly sport and the winners there are very conditional you may have a great team, but biased refereeing will negate all your efforts

[@manuelaprade]

Pq q n tem nenhum br aqui nos coments?

[@lkrnpk]

Were there really bad calls or is it just the usual Soviet whining (like Russian now) about everything? Even though the team was mostly Ukrainian.

[@ankanmaitysec-broll-5048]

Nope USSR contained everyone

[@incognito7843]

Russia? The majority of these players were Ukrainian...

[@andrekoerber7334]

Most of these players were Ucrainians and Georgians not Russians.

[@user-rt3fd1mz6w]

Almost Ukrainian Players

[@cool22]

Russia is the reincarnation of the USSR. The USSR is recognised as Russia, because the Russian SFSR was head of state, had the capital and was the leader of the Soviet Union. If your from the Soviet Union your recognised as from the "Soviet Union" or that your "Russian".

[@ElusiveRIDE]

It's all thanks to Ukrainian people that there were so many sports and military achievements/inventions during Soviet Union era. People commonly refer to Russia as Soviets... Ukraine made Soviet union great and so advanced (even during ww2 Ukrainian squads were the once to push through German lines and take Berlin all the way from moscow...). This right here is another example, almost the entire team was Ukrainian.

[@gianpierod.429]

Actually those Soviet teams included Georgian, Belarusian and Armenian players too.

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@gianpierod.429 RINAT DASSAYEV IS MUSLIM.

[@ricardoteodoro7010]

@@shahrulamar5358 tatar**

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@ricardoteodoro7010 Renat was among top 5 goalkeepers in the world during late 1980s. ⚽⚽⚽

[@ricardoteodoro7010]

@@shahrulamar5358 yes but he was Tartar and that's why he was Muslim I guess... He can't even be considered Russian because in those times Russians deported tartars to Siberia and mostly where deported from Crimea... Just giving my opinion... Still a class goalkeeper in those years

[@systemworkmanagementswm7576]

Ukrainian's golden generation , not Russian

[@Andrij_Kozak]

Our golden generation is right now. We can achieve the best result as Independent nation ever at Euro 2020. Minimum aim is 1/4 final BUT 1/2 final is possible.

[@gianpierod.429]

'Last Soviet golden generation' would be more appropriate. But the director who dealt with this video should back to school.

[@phunguyen-pl5gh]

Russia never had a great team...the best USSR soccer team ever was a Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine under Lobanovski, a Ukrainian indeed ...Russian soccer team always sucked back the like they do right now...there's no such golden generation of Russian soccer team ever.

[@Pryanikfim]

lmao if ukraine is so good how come they never make it to the world cup or euro cup?

[@Pryanikfim]

phu nguyen exactly they “were once” powerful but not anymore. No one’s even talking about clubs. I’m talking about national team.

[@phunguyen-pl5gh]

"the great Russia genaration" this clip mentions about is actually " Dynamo Kiev plus the goalie Rinat Dassaev, a Tartarian" ...there's zero Russian player in this what's called "greatest Russian team" here. ..like I said "there's no great Russian soccer team in the past and Russian still suck now...like they always do"

[@Pryanikfim]

phu nguyen wow its actually impossible to talk to you since you keep missing my point and bringing up different matter

[@danielshifron5672]

Bruh you should of watched the recent world cup. The Russians did great. Plus the Ukrainians only made it to world cup only once by themselves.

[@Lee-mh4mm]

Most of the squad wa ucranian

[@Dietrich71]

Ukraine

[@samirriani]

russia is a potential World Cup winner, ....as argentina who bought the World Cup in 1978 .....corruption and money would dominate this tournament as the fifa who promote "financial fairplay" and fairplay in the game

[@kevinreid5427]

samirriani They had a good run!

[@Aqtava]

6 ukrainian players. Dynamo Kyiv its the best team ever in ussr history. russian's golden generation? 🤣🤑

[@user-nc4be5qk7i]

Не русское, а украинское поколение. Там русскими и не пахло.

[@quangminhtran6691]

world cup is considerable

[@user-be2cq4wk5j]

Blokhin .zavarov .dasajev .