Russian national team goalkeeper Matvey Safonov became the main anti-hero of the first half of the friendly match between the Russian team and Nicaragua, which ranks 129th in the world rankings. The goalkeeper of the French “Paris Saint-Germain” made a wild blunder, missing a very simple goal.

The Russians opened the scoring in the first attack, but got a goal in response in the 16th minute. Guests of the stadium in Krasnodar took advantage of a small gap in the opponent's center of the field. Left back Oscar Acevedo received a pass 22 meters from Safonov’s goal and decided to take a direct shot.

The goalkeeper of the national team of the aggressor country saw perfectly what was happening, but for some reason he took one step towards the post to his left, and then fell absurdly, missing the ball at hand. For the Russian Federation, this is the third match in a row in which it failed to keep a clean sheet..

Note that the Nicaraguan authorities recognized the occupation of Crimea, part of the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. After this, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced the severance of diplomatic relations with this country.