ЖЗЛ. Тренеры советского футбола

V sovetskiĭ period otechestvennyĭ futbol vydvinul nemalo vydai͡ushchikhsi͡a trenerov. O samykh avtoritetnykh i uspeshnykh iz nikh rasskazyvaet ėta kniga. Zhiznʹ ėtikh li͡udeĭ kak v futbole, tak i za predelami poli͡a protekala otni͡udʹ ne gladko. Kazhdyĭ poznal vzlety i padenii͡a, sluchalisʹ i nespravedlivosti, kotorye ne mogli ne otrazitʹsi͡a na trenerskikh sudʹbakh. Tem ne menee oni - li͡udi so stoĭkim kharakterom, krepkie dukhom - nakhodili sily preodolevatʹ trudnosti i prodolzhali bezzavetno sluzhitʹ svoemu delu. Imena geroev knigi khorosho izvestny mnogochislennym futbolʹnym bolelʹshchikam, no lishʹ nemnogim znakomy te peripetii ikh zhizni, o kotorykh bez prikras, bez gli͡ant͡sa, kak ėto bylo svoĭstvenno izdanii͡am bylykh let, rasskazyvaet avtor knigi.

During the Soviet period, Russian football brought forward many outstanding coaches. This book tells about the most reputable and successful of them. The lives of these people, both in football and off the field, were by no means smooth. Everyone has experienced ups and downs, and there have been injustices that could not but affect coaching fates. Nevertheless, they were people with a strong character and spirit, who found the strength to overcome difficulties and continued to selflessly serve their cause. The names of the book's characters are well known to many football fans, but only a few are familiar with the twists and turns of their lives, which are without embellishment, without gloss, as was typical of the publications of former years, says the author of the book.