Valeriy Lobanovskyi: Football’s Forgotten Pioneer

When we look at how Barcelona, Manchester City, Ajax, even Sheffield United play, our minds invariably go back to the Total Football of Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff . The high press, positional rotations and pursuit of space preached by…

Valeriy Lobanovskyi: The Scientist Who Dominated Football in the ...

Photographer Stringer Russia Such was his commitment to the game that he even died on the job, suffering a heart attack in 2002 as Dynamo Kyiv played FC Metalurh Za

28 May 20207 min

By Ben Miles

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