Wings of the Soviets forward Vladimir Sychevoi told Metaratings.ru why he had an unsuccessful first match against Spartak.

Sychevoi moved from Orenburg to the Samara team in the winter transfer window. In the second part of the season, the 26-year-old plans to play under the name Pisarsky.

– After all, you started the season as a substitute, after a hat-trick for Ural you burned out in a match with Spartak, for some time then you didn’t always get into the squad. What happened to you at that moment?

– The first game with the “Wings” lasted only 15 minutes for me, I did not feel anything. When I scored a hat-trick in the second match against Ural, I was confident in myself. Before the match, the coach scolded us. We with Kaplenko and Kovalev were laughing at something in the locker room. One of Marcel Lichka’s assistants said that this was unacceptable, that we should seriously tune in to the game. I think otherwise. Then I told the guys that even though I remain on the bench, I will still score when I enter the field, and we will celebrate with laughter. And so it happened. The commentator, I remember, did not understand why we are so happy.

For me it was incredible. He went to the RPL and scored a hat-trick, a great achievement in life. I, the guy who played in the yard, after this I will play with the great Spartak! But on emotions I, apparently, burned out. I was afraid to meet the ball, did not show what I was capable of. The half with Spartak turned out to be bad. I didn’t even want to meet with the ball, because there are a lot of spectators, but on the contrary, a strong team.

After this match, we had to get together. It took a couple of games to come to my senses. It turned out to be a quick journey from the top, when I made a hat-trick in the RPL, to the bottom. Played badly, faced criticism. Many said that I was lucky, these were my last goals. I’ve been both upstairs and downstairs, so in the next matches I went out without pressure.

A month after the “Ural” began to score again, it gave confidence. When I feel confident, everything goes well for me, luck comes. Even the ball comes in situations where it shouldn’t. For me, all further goals have become the norm. Just at that moment, I realized that if I go out on the field and do not score, then for me this is a bad match. Now he has moved to another team. I hope that I will score in the first match, so that there is even more confidence. I hope everything goes well, and the records will be beaten. I hope the fans will be interested in watching me.

Sychevoi scored 14 goals in the current Russian championship and shares the first place in the scorers race with Quincy Promes from Spartak.

The 2022/23 season in Russia will resume with the matches of the FONBET Cup of Russia in February, the meetings of the 18th round of the WORLD RPL will be held in early March. Broadcasts of games can be watched on the Match TV federal channel, as well as on the holding’s thematic channels and on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.