Goalkeeper coach of the Russian national team Vitaly Kafanov told that when calling up goalkeepers to the national team, he pays attention to the playing style of the clubs they play for.
For the training camp of the Russian national team, which began on March 14 in Novogorsk, Andrei Lunev (Qarabag), Alexander Maksimenko (Spartak), Matvey Safonov (Krasnodar) and Yuri Lodygin (Panathinaikos) were called up among the guards.
— All things being equal, will whoever wins or loses their club’s last matches get a place in the goals?
– Neither. We don’t look at the results, but the quality of the goalkeeper’s play. All things being equal, the advantage goes to the goalkeeper whose team plays in a style in which the goalkeeper is often used as an outfield player, Kafanov told .
March 21st Russian team will play a friendly match with Serbia, the match with the Paraguay team will take place on March 25. Both matches will take place at the VTB Arena in Moscow.
The channel will broadcast live friendly matches of the Russian national football team with the teams of Serbia and Paraguay.
Source : MatchTV
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