The goalkeeping coach of the Russian national team, Vitaliy Kafanov, positively assessed the performance of Matvey Safonov, the goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain, in the friendly match against the Nigerian national team held in June. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
This match took place in Moscow and ended with a score of 1:1. The only goal of the game was scored by Nigerian players after a serious mistake made by Safonov.
According to the specialist, Matvey Safonov made important saves in the match against Nigeria that not every goalkeeper could achieve. These actions were crucial in the match, as he did not allow the opponent to take the lead at 0:0 and prevented them from equalizing at 1:0.
A few days later, the Russian national team won 4:1 against Belarus away. Earlier, it was reported that the team, led by Valeriy Karpin, might hold friendly matches in the fall against the national teams of Uruguay, Argentina, or Chile.
