“This is the most emotional match of my career, although I did not go out at the start, but only in the third period. I have never experienced such emotions in my life. In overtime, the most important thing was not to lose concentration and catch the puck, ”Sport24 quotes Miftakhova.
He also emphasized that it was not very difficult for him to enter the game during the match, since the goalkeeper should always be ready for any development of events.
Russia in overtime beat Sweden with a score of 5: 4. In the final, which will be held on January 5, wards Valery Bragin will play with the winner of the match Canada - Finland.
Earlier, Vasily Podkolzin admitted that he was in the "astral" after the match with Sweden at the MFM.