Former goalkeeper of Spartak Moscow and the USSR national team Anzor Kavazashvili in an interview legal betting He described how national team players drank alcohol at the 1962 World Cup in Argentina.
The 1962 World Cup was held in Chile, on the border with Argentina.
“We were invited by a millionaire to a luxurious, huge park! They gave us such a holiday there that you can’t even imagine! There was a very well-furnished table for about 50 people, and next to it they were roasting a bull on a spit. You can imagine how interesting this is!
With this we were all given red wine. Head coach Nikolai Petrovich Morozov told us through a translator not to give us drinks, but the team owner insisted! “They gave us wine, I put my tongue on it, it was delicious, I smelled it, it was nice,” said Kavazashvili.
Previously Anatoly Byshovets explained why commentator Konstantin Genich I couldn’t do it To play football.