Safonov was substituted during the match against the team from Nicaragua.

Matvey Safonov, the goalkeeper playing for the Russian national team and the French football club PSG, was replaced during a friendly match against a team from Nicaragua after conceding a goal. The match took place on March 27 in Krasnodar and ended 3-1 in favor of Russia.

"The blow is very difficult. You can't even train that. They don't happen often. The national team has very specific balls — unusual for European championships. <...> I think one of the Nicaraguan players will tell me what he scored for me," Safonov quotes the "Sport-Express".

Safonov was substituted in the 67th minute. Anton Mitryushkin took the field instead.

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Matvey made the second "cracker" and remained the only Russian in the main European cup, Nikita missed five, but beat Courtois' achievement.

Juan Barrera, captain of the Nicaraguan national football team, called Safonov a benchmark player on March 26. In addition, he said that he was glad to host a friendly match between the national teams of Russia and Nicaragua on March 27 in Krasnodar.

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