Kafanov Requests Not to Compare Akinfeev with Other Goalkeepers

Vitaly Kafanov, the goalkeeping coach of the Russian national team, has urged against comparing Matvey Safonov and Stanislav Agkatsev with former national team goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. "Do not compare Igor Akinfeev with anyone.

Look at his career with 900 matches. Even if you combine all other goalkeepers in the RPL, they would not collectively play that many games.

Igor is a one-of-a-kind goalkeeper," Kafanov told "RB Sport" in an interview. Igor Akinfeev played 111 matches for the Russian national team, keeping a clean sheet in 48 of them.

The CSKA goalkeeper played his last match for the national team in 2018. At that time, the Russian team was defeated by Croatia in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup held in Russia.

Sardor Ergashev

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