Wings of the Soviets forward Vladimir Sychevoi told Metaratings.ru how his conflict with Jimmy Marin ended over a “stolen” goal.

In the home game of the 15th round of the MIR RPL “Orenburg” against “Torch” (4: 1), Sychevoi kicked the ball into an empty net with his heel, but Marin finished off the ball, thereby scoring a brace. Sychevoi said after the game that Marin had done wrong.

– Do you keep the rule “if you didn’t score, it means you didn’t play well”?

– Yes, that is right! For example, I will play a good game, but I won’t score. The game will be forgotten. And if I play badly, but score, then the goal will remain in the protocol, in history. That’s why it’s great when you play well and score goals. But if I was given the choice of playing well and not scoring, or playing badly and scoring, then I would choose the second option.

– You put Ronaldo higher than Messi, an ugly goal before a gorgeous assist, got angry at Marin when he cut the goal. An attacker is supposed to be so selfish and you are?

– Of course, the attacker must be selfish. There are different situations on the field. It happens that you need to give, but I basically take everything on myself. I am very selfish in this regard.

– And with Marin, by the way, how did it end?

– To be honest, I was angry with him, but after the whistle I was released. We won, and this is the most important thing. They hugged and laughed with Marin after the game. Everyone remained on good terms. In the game, I did not behave very nicely, but people did not know the whole situation after the match. In the first seconds after some events in life, you do not always react adequately, but then time passes. With the same Marin, they just had fun later. In place of Marina, I would have done the same, most likely. So there were no grievances and misunderstandings between us.

– You also said that it is difficult to perceive criticism from the outside, do not pay attention to it. Doesn’t it seem that this way you can reach the state of Ronaldo, who has recently been unable to see problems in himself and blames everyone around?

– If we talk about criticism, I still think so, I do not refuse my words. Ronaldo has achieved a lot in his life. Anyone in his place would behave the same way. I don’t see anything wrong with his behavior. This is his life, his thoughts. He thinks so, why should he listen to others and try to be beautiful to someone? He lives only for himself and his family.

– But Manchester United began to play much better without him and win much more often.

“Maybe it’s just a coincidence. There is nothing to prove now. Maybe few people like his behavior lately, but such people look only at the bad and forget all the good that he did. So I don’t think it’s worth criticizing.

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 the 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.