Russian coach Igor Shalimov admitted to RB Sport that he expected to see Krasnodar goalkeeper Matvey Safonov in the FONBET Russian Cup Superfinal.

On Sunday, CSKA beat Krasnodar in the FONBET Russian Cup Superfinal. The main time of the meeting at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow ended with the score 1:1. In the penalty shootout, the army team turned out to be more accurate – 6:5. Igor Akinfeev parried two blows from Krasnodar players in the penalty shootout. The Krasnodar goal was defended by Stanislav Agkatsev.

– The final in Moscow, but still the chances were 50/50, and Krasnodar would have more possession of the ball – but for CSKA this is not a problem. CSKA feel calm under such pressure, rebuilding quite calmly.

I thought that Safonov would get into the squad. I am 100 percent sure that it was not without the opinion of Sergei Galitsky – now I will explain what I mean. Galitsky does not accept the logic “I replaced it with intuition”, “I see it this way”, all decisions must have their own logic, argumentation is needed.

As I see the logic here, Matvey played the matches of the last third of the championship uncertainly, there were mistakes, and this led to goals conceded. They gave us two games to rest, put Agkatsev in, he showed himself well. Then they again put Matvey in the match with Akhmat, he made a serious mistake – perhaps precisely because of the desire to show that he is in order, confident in himself, does not twitch.

The fact that Matvey deserved this finale with his career is not an argument in this case. The logic with Agkatsev was stronger, he played two games very confidently, just super, – said Shalimov.

21-year-old Agkatsev has played 8 matches for Krasnodar in all competitions this season, conceding 6 goals. Safonov is the main goalkeeper of the “bulls” (36 matches).