It’s been 21 years, but the wound remains open in the memory of Sporting fans.
Key details
And this news could make it resurface again. After all, we are talking here about the renewal of one of the executioners of the UEFA Cup final lost by Sporting at home, against CSKA, in the 2004/05 season.
Newly turned 40, Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev has just renewed his contract with the Moscow club and will expand his legend.
Currently, the Russian international is already the player with the most games in the history of CSKA Moscow (818), around 300 more than the three who follow him in this ranking, with the curiosity of all of them having participated in the journey towards winning that UEFA Cup: Sergey Ignashevich (541), Vasily Berezutsky (531) and Aleksey Berezutsky (502).
Akinfeev’s debut for CSKA came in May 2003, and since then he has won six Russian championships, eight cups and eight super cups. In addition to the painful UEFA Cup at Sporting’s home.
Related Articles:
Read more in Serie A news. and related tags: Executioner of, Sporting.