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Zainutdinov: Penalties are a lottery. But when you have Akinfeev, it’s not quite a lottery.”
CSKA Moscow midfielder Baktier Zainutdinov spoke about his confidence during the penalty shootout in the FONBET Russian Cup Superfinal against Krasnodar.
On Sunday, CSKA won the Russian Cup by beating Krasnodar. 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. Igor Akinfeev parried two blows.
– A penalty is a lottery, but when you have Akinfeev, it’s still not quite a lottery. Confidence sat inside during the penalty shootout. Everyone on the bench felt that Olusegun would not score,” Zainutdinov told the “Championship”.
CSKA became the rival of Zenit in the match for the Russian Super Cup, which will be held on July 15 in Kazan and will open the 2023/24 football season.
Source: Sportbox
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