Former head coach of the Russian national team, Boris Ignatiev, talked about the inclusion of the friendly match against Cuba in the Russian Book of Records as the number of goals scored in a match. In a chat with socialbites.ca, he wondered what this adds to Russian football.
“I don’t even know. It’s commendable that many players manage to score goals. But I don’t think it would be right to take this into consideration and put it in the Book of Records. Frankly, I don’t know what this will bring us and what it does. Since there is such a holiday, let’s celebrate it. But it is not that serious.” I don’t think it is an achievement. The victory of our team, the game; it makes sense to talk about it. We are somehow used to celebrating everything. I understand that France will score eight goals and they will all be different players. Then it is worth talking about, nothing more. So I can’t say anything , I’m not interested,” said Ignatiev.
The match played between the Russian and Cuban national teams on November 20 ended with the Russian team winning 8-0. The goals were scored by Ivan Oblyakov, Alexander Golovin, Anton Miranchuk, Alexander Silyanov, Alexander Sobolev, Danil Prutsev, Nikita Krivtsov and Andrey Mostovoy. For the first time in the history of the Russian national team, eight different players scored eight goals in one match. The previous success was achieved in 1978, when the USSR national team defeated Finland 10:2; Seven different players stood out in the Soviet team at that time. This record was repeated in 1995 when Russia defeated San Marino 7-0.
Previously, the CSKA veteran said after the match between Russia and Cuba in the name Cancel Fan ID.
Source: Gazeta
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