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Akhmetov: “Akinfeev is a big figure. We understood that it’s better not to bring it to a penalty shoot-out”
Krasnodar midfielder Ilzat Akhmetov said that the team understood the undesirability of bringing the match with CSKA in the FONBET Russian Cup Superfinal to a penalty shootout.
On Sunday, CSKA won the Russian Cup. The main time of the meeting, held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, ended with a score of 1:1, in the penalty shootout the army team turned out to be more accurate – 6:5. CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev parried two shots.
– I didn’t know that Akinfeev had never lost a penalty shootout for CSKA, but he has a lot of experience – he is a great value. All this speaks for itself [то,] How many matches did he go through? We understood that it was better not to bring it to a penalty shoot-out,” Akhmetov told the “Championship”.
CSKA won the Russian Football Cup for the eighth time in history.
Source: Sportbox
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