CSKA Moscow’s goalkeeper and captain Igor Akinfeev answered Russian coach Yuri Semin’s question about the differences between Russian and foreign experts.
“Among foreign coaches, I worked with Guus Hiddink, Dick Advocaat, Fabio Capello. From Russian – with Valery Gazzaev, Leonid Slutsky, Viktor Goncharenko in the club (after all, it’s hard for me to see him as a foreigner), in the national team – with Yuri Semin and Stanislav Cherchesov.
I can’t say anything bad about neither the domestic school nor the European school. I have worked with great experts. So say a big hello to Yuri Palych, which is hard to answer. I was comfortable working with everyone, I am grateful to everyone.
Who will I be in contact with? Gus and I wish each other happy birthday. With Gazzaev – of course! Also with Goncharenko and Slutsky, ”explains the football player “Sport Express”.
Akinfeev is a CSKA graduate. He made his debut for the main team of Muscovites in 2003 at the Russian Cup in Zenit St. Petersburg against. He has 723 matches in total for the army club.
Together with the team, he became the Russian champion six times, won the same number of Russian Cups and became the owner of the UEFA Cup in the 2004/05 season.
Akinfeev made 111 appearances as part of the Russian national team. Together with the national team, he became the bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship and advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Championship.
Formerly Igor Akinfeev saidWhat he experienced after an unsuccessful performance at the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil as part of the Russian team.