“It's nice that we won, it’s not so important that we managed to defend“ to zero ”. Today the merit of the whole team was merit, they cleaned a lot for me, and I had to enter into the game at some points. I heard that we won the biggest victory over Canadians in history, it’s nice, but we even talked in the locker room that we don’t have to keep track of the score, play like 0-0, ”Sport24 quotes the athlete.
Miftakhov also thanked Russian fans for their support. According to him, they were heard throughout the game.
“They drove us forward, so it was. We have already cooled down a bit from this game, we talked now in the locker room that we need to play further, the tournament has just begun. Once we hooked on a good game, we must continue it, ”stated the goalkeeper, recognized by the organizers as the best player of the match.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian team won the largest victory over Canada at the MFM.