Former goalkeeper of Spartak and the USSR national team Anzor Kavazashvili told he was considering the goalkeeper CSKA Igor Akinfeev strongest in its position in Russia at present.
Earlier, goalkeeper coach of the Russian national team Vitaly Kafanov said in an interview with that Akinfeev would still be the main goalkeeper of the national team if he had not finished his career there.
— I agree with Vitaly Kafanov, Akinfeev is currently the strongest goalkeeper in Russia. Igor’s skills and experience accumulated over years of performance speak for him. And also the enormous confidence of the defenders and, in general, of all the players on the field, so preference would be given to Akinfeev,” Kavazashvili told .
Akinfeev is 37 years old. As part of CSKA, the goalkeeper became the champion of Russia six times, won seven national cups and supercups, and also won the UEFA Cup. With the Russian team he became a bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship, and at the home World Championship in 2018 he reached the quarterfinals with the team. In 2018, Akinfeev announced his retirement from the Russian national team.
This season, Akinfeev has played 18 matches for CSKA in all tournaments, missing five of them.
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Source : MatchTV
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