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A serious injury to Igor Akinfeev will force Guus Hiddink and his assistants to puzzle over the choice of the main goalkeeper of the Russian national team. “Sport Today” appreciated the chances of potential substitutes goalkeeper CSKA to play for the national team in the upcoming qualifying matches of the European Championship.

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Vyacheslav Malafeev

It is logical to assume that the best chance of taking Akinfeev's place in this situation is with the second goalkeeper of the national team. With the advent of Zenit, Dick Advocaat Malafeev again became the main goalkeeper of St. Petersburg, displacing the Slovakian Kamil Chontofalski. However, Malafeev cannot boast of a stable game this season, alternating successful games with failures. After the removal in the 8th round match with Wings, the goalkeeper risks completely losing the place at the base of Zenit for a long time.

Odds : 60%

Dmitry Borodin

The third goalkeeper of the national team in the winter rejected the offers of several Premier League clubs and decided to spend the season with Torpedo in the first division. This year, Borodin will turn 30 years old - the age for the goalkeeper is by no means critical, but he cannot be called a promising player who is patiently waiting for his chance. So for Borodin, Akinfeev’s injury becomes in some way a moment of truth, one of the last chances to prove himself at a high level.

Odds : 20%

Vladimir Gabulov

Gabulov, unlike fellow countryman Mandrykin, sitting on a bench in CSKA only benefited - since Vladimir regularly played in the army reserve and even won the doubles championship with him. In the current Kuban, Gabulov is undoubtedly one of the best players - only six goals conceded in eight championship games testify to this.

Odds : 5%

Alexander Makarov

Last season, Makarov played confidently in Wings and even won the call to the Russian national team. Starting the new season as the main goalkeeper, Alexander lost the goal to the Chilean Lobos, having settled in the reserve after replacing the second leg against Moscow in the quarterfinals of the Russian Cup during the break.

Odds : 5%

Anton Shunin

The young Dynamo player, who had experience in playing for the youth team, quite unexpectedly replaced the more experienced Karchemarskas during the season - who seemed to wait so long for his chance that he no longer had the right to miss him. In three matches, Shunin, who recently turned 20, lost only one goal, twice defending to zero.

Odds : 5%

Dmitry Khomich

Despite the first number on the T-shirt, Khomich in Spartak is only the second goalkeeper. Two dry matches in his performance (in the Cup with “Siberia” and “Dynamo” in the championship), apparently, were not impressed enough by the Spartak coaching staff. So at the moment Dmitry is only an understudy of the Pletikosa without special prospects.

Odds : 5%


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