“Of course Portugal is the favorite because they are the reigning European and world champions.
But our team is also strong, it showed it in the quarterfinals with Georgia and in the semifinals with Ukraine, ”TASS quoted Koloskov as saying.
According to him, in the final a lot will depend on how the teams will be prepared physically.
He recalled that the teams have already played five matches in the tournament.
The Russians in the 1/2 finals of the playoffs beat the Ukrainians with a score of 3:2.
The national team of Ukraine did not convert a penalty in the last minutes - the kick of Petr Shoturma was saved by Dmitry Putilov.
The Russia-Portugal match will take place on February 6 in Amsterdam.
The game starts at 19:30.
Earlier, the player of the Ukrainian futsal team Daniil Abakshin shared his emotions after the defeat from the Russian team in the semi-finals of the European Championship.