“I thought Safonov would play in the Russian Cup final” – Shalimov

Russian coach Igor Shalimov admitted to RB Sport that he expects to see the Krasnodar goalkeeper in the FONBET Russian Cup Superfinal Matthew Safonov.

On Sunday, CSKA defeated Krasnodar in the FONBET Russian Cup Superfinal. The main time of the match at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow ended with the score 1:1. In the penalty shootout, the army team turned out to be more accurate – 6:5. Igor Akinfeev parried two shots from Krasnodar players in the penalty shootout. Krasnodar’s goal was defended by Stanislav Agkatsev.

– The final in Moscow, but the odds were still 50/50, and Krasnodar would have more ball possession – but for CSKA that’s not a problem. CSKA feel calm under such pressure, rebuilding quite calmly.

I thought Safonov would come into the team. I am 100% sure that it was not without the opinion of Sergei Galitsky – now I will explain what I mean. Galitsky does not accept the logic “I replaced it with intuition”, “I see it this way”, all decisions must have their own logic, argument is necessary.

As I see the logic here, Matvey played the games of the last third of the championship in uncertainty, there were mistakes, and that led to goals conceded. They gave us two games to rest, put Agkatsev, he showed himself well. Then they again put Matvey in the match with Akhmat, he made a big mistake – perhaps precisely because of the desire to show that he is in order, self-confident, does not tremble.

The fact that Matvey deserved this final with his career is not an argument in this case. The logic with Agkatsev was stronger, he played two games with a lot of confidence, just great, Shalimov said.

Agkatsev, 21, has played 8 matches for Krasnodar in all competitions this season, conceded 6 goals. Safonov is the main goalkeeper of the “bulls” (36 matches).

RB Sports

Source : MatchTV

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