Goalkeeping coach of the Russian national team Kafanov called Igor Akinfeev the best goalkeeper of the team
The goalkeeping coach of the Russian national football team Vitaly Kafanov named the team’s best goalkeeper. The words of the specialist leads Sport24.
“First place – Akinfeev. Virtually no errors, the most stable. Silver of CSKA is his great merit. Further – no seats. Safonov, Selikhov, Shunin, Lantratov, Pesyakov,” Kafanov said.
Earlier, Akinfeev was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the 2022/2023 season of the Russian Premier League. He also won the “Best Assist of the Season” nomination for an assist made in the match against Sochi in the second round.
Akinfeev is a bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship as part of the Russian national team. Together with CSKA, he won the Russian Championship six times, the Cup and the Super Cup of the country seven times. In addition, as part of the army team, Akinfeev won the UEFA Cup.
Source: Lenta
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