Yashin moved before Rivera’s foot finished its follow-through. Not to the far post. To the near . He had read the deception in Rivera’s hip, in the way his plant foot had angled just one degree too inward. He dove horizontally, his body a black arrow across the gray sky, and caught the ball—not punched, not parried, caught —with both hands, pressing it to his chest as he landed in the mud.
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The Soviet bench erupted. Yashin picked the ball up, looked at Mazzola, and gave the slightest shake of his head. No. Not today. He had read the deception in Rivera’s hip,