"After the match with Braga I spoke with Andrey Lunev and congratulated him. They did a great job for Azerbaijan".
Idman.biz reports that this was said by Vitaliy Kafanov, goalkeeper coach of the Russian national team.
He expressed his opinion about the goalkeeper of Qarabag Andrey Lunev: "The 1/8 finals of the Europa League is a success for the local team. It was very difficult to overcome Braga, but the players of Qarabag are grateful. With his saves, Lunev made a great contribution to qualify".
Kafanov considers Lunev as the best Russian goalkeeper playing abroad: "I know him from Ufa, when his career started. Maybe he will not agree, but I think that now is the best period of Lunev's career. It would not be fair to compare him with other Russian goalkeepers, because we don't play in the European Cups. Andrey has joined the symbolic team in the Europa League. We follow all the goalkeepers who play abroad. Now the best goalkeeper among Russians playing abroad is Andrey Lunev".
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