“Akinfeev could have played in Spartak in my time” – Kavazashvili

Former goalkeeper of the USSR national team Anzor Kavazashvili believes that CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev could play in Spartak in his time.

– Of course, Akinfeev could play in Spartak in my time. Why not? Would he be the main one or sit under me in reserve? I will not compare his game and mine, each goalkeeper has his own characteristics. This is the observance of ethics, goalkeepers should not humiliate each other. Goalkeepers are all different from each other.

Would Akinfeev win the competition from Yashin in the USSR national team? You can name at least the 1st century BC. I cannot compare the capabilities of different goalkeepers and say who is weaker. One has some qualities, the other has others. Yashin perfectly chose the position and played wonderfully on the exits. At the beginning of my career, I made many mistakes, but when I saw Yashin, I began to stubbornly repeat what he was doing in training. Then they told me that I had adopted Yashin’s style very well, – Legalbet quoted Kavazashvili as saying.

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