Russian media COMPARES Dmitri Sichev to REY Pelé

[your_worst_night_mare]

Courtesy of Univision.com...original source: Kommersant Newspaper

MOSCÚ - El centro delantero Dmitri Sichev es la revelación de la selección de Rusia, el arma secreta del entrenador Oleg Romantzev, destacó hoy la prensa rusa, que comparó al joven jugador con el rey del fútbol, Pelé.

I did not had a chance to watch Russia's first game...but is Dmitri Schev that good? Or is the Russian media exagerating?

 

[Rising Sun]

I only watched the goals that were pretty good but still, I didn't even know the guy's name, I think the Russians are exaggerating

 

[your_worst_night_mare]

If Russia is able to advance to the 2nd. round (which they have a pretty good chance), for all of us that don't have a very good knowledge about this Russian ST...in the 2nd round we'll find out if he is as good as what the Russian media says he is.

 

[Help?]

Dmitry Sychev is fast and usually scores when his team has a hard time and then he comes on and scores. But only one 20 year old player with a bright future can't make the whole team winning, like Pele did in his times. If he would play for Italy or Brazil, he would score like Klose is i think.

 

[the -Russian Rocket-]

Nobody ever compared him to Pele. If anyone, it's the Univision channel that is over-exaggerating. He MIGHT have been called a "poor-man's version" of Pele, but that would be the farthest that it would go. In fact, he indeed has been dubbed the "Russian Owen" by Sport-Express, and that is actually a very good comparison - he's just 18, he's young, he's fast, he's a striker, and he actually scored a goal in the WC. Is he a player of Michael Owen's level? Hell no. Not yet, at least.

But he was THE only bright spot on the Russian team this year. 20-year old Izmailov also played really well, but Romantsev scratched him in the Belgium game. Back to Sychev - this guy had something to say in EVERY goal Russia has scored (4 altogether), and he's only the 4th youngest player EVER to score a goal in the World Cup (only behind Pele, Owen, and some Romanian guy at WC-'30). Reportedly, Juventus and Inter and a handful of other Italian clubs want to obtain an exclusive right to acquire Dmitri next year.

So, yeah, Sychev is indeed something special..

 

[FIFPRo]

I hope AC Milan gets him.
Would be really good for Russian football. Right now the problem with the national team is that most of the players play in the Russian league which is not that competative.

 

[the -Russian Rocket-]

I wouldn't say so. In the mid 90s nearly the whole Russian squad consisted of the players abroad - didn't really do much for the team. And this year I would think that legioners like Onopko only hurt the team.

However, yes, the specifics of Russian players staying or moving is really complicated. Guys like Tsymbalar, or Titov really lost a lot by staying - I think that Spartak should have sold Titov to Leeds for 15 million pounds in Autumn of 2000 when they had the chance. Now Egor is very pitiful... But leaving the country at the young age can also backfire sometime - Simutenkov was an extremely talented forward in Dinamo, but he moved to Reggiana and that's pretty much where his career ended (now he's in Kansas City). Same about Bestchastnykh - he could have waited a couple of years, but no - first he moved to Werder, then to Santander - and that's where he lost 3 good years of his development. Or Radimov - looked very promising, but moved to Zaragosa....and couldn't do much there. Even for Karpin and Mostovoi it took 3-4 teams to find THEIR club, Celta.

So leaving too early (Simutenkov) or too late (like Khlestov or Veretennikov) is very dangerous. Just as staying and passing by an excellent opportunity (Tsymbalar/Titov). So Sychev, in my opinion, should stay in Moscow for about 3 more years, and only THEN move to a GOOD club (like Milan)... Same with Izmailov.. It's all about THE right moment, really..

PS. Do you like System of a Down by any chance (punk-rock band)? Just wondering =)

 

[Digitarius]

Sychev is good, but I doubt he's that good. Pele is in a class of his own.

And for all time Russian disappointments, Igor Shalimov tops my list. Great for Foggia, huge money involved in his transfer to Inter, and what happened? Nothing. That's what happened.

Russia has struggled to really gain its former prowess ever since its dissociation, and if you imagine all the Russian federations joining together to give one team, that team would be quite fantastic. Shevchenko, Rebrov, Pahars, etc..

 

[FIFPRo]

Originally posted by the -Russian Rocket-
I wouldn't say so. In the mid 90s nearly the whole Russian squad consisted of the players abroad - didn't really do much for the team. And this year I would think that legioners like Onopko only hurt the team.

However, yes, the specifics of Russian players staying or moving is really complicated. Guys like Tsymbalar, or Titov really lost a lot by staying - I think that Spartak should have sold Titov to Leeds for 15 million pounds in Autumn of 2000 when they had the chance. Now Egor is very pitiful... But leaving the country at the young age can also backfire sometime - Simutenkov was an extremely talented forward in Dinamo, but he moved to Reggiana and that's pretty much where his career ended (now he's in Kansas City). Same about Bestchastnykh - he could have waited a couple of years, but no - first he moved to Werder, then to Santander - and that's where he lost 3 good years of his development. Or Radimov - looked very promising, but moved to Zaragosa....and couldn't do much there. Even for Karpin and Mostovoi it took 3-4 teams to find THEIR club, Celta.

So leaving too early (Simutenkov) or too late (like Khlestov or Veretennikov) is very dangerous. Just as staying and passing by an excellent opportunity (Tsymbalar/Titov). So Sychev, in my opinion, should stay in Moscow for about 3 more years, and only THEN move to a GOOD club (like Milan)... Same with Izmailov.. It's all about THE right moment, really..

PS. Do you like System of a Down by any chance (punk-rock band)? Just wondering =)

Yeah, you never know how it is going to affect the player.
But Milan is defenetely interested in pursuing him in the future.

Saw System of a Down once on MTV and was trying to figure out why they have an Armenian flag on their sleeves. Now I know.
Not much into punk-rock though.

 

[Help?]

I would like Sychev to play for Milan as russian fan and that's would be great. And Milan then will have one forward or striker from 3 main countries of former USSR! Shevchenko the best from Ukrainian national team. Kutuzov the best from Belarus national team and maybe Sychev the best from russian national team in forward category.

 

[the -Russian Rocket-]

The Belarus team has actually some depth - Kutuzov, Vasilyuk, Gleb.. But Vasilyuk and Kutuzov better start playing regurarly for their respective teams soon, though.. Has Kutuzov played a single game for Milan yet?

As for Sychev - it's been too fast for him. Of course once it is flowing quickly, it shouldn't stop or it'll be too late, I know (Titov is an example), but it's been TOO fast for Sychev.. Let it cool down, let him play a couple of seasons in Russia - only then he'll be ready. And if mentioning a departure to a foreign club, this club should be respectful, like Milan - a Reggiana-like move, which happened with Simutenkov, is a waste. That's why Nigmatulling should have waited before joining Verona - not only he didn't start a game, Verona has relegated to Serie B.

PS. Well, System of a Down's members are actually Americans - their ancestors came here during the genocide in Turkey, I think.. That's why they're so patriotic towards both nations.. I got interested in them after I learned that they were Armenians, btw =).. They did look "southern" to me in video-clips before, but I couldn't quite figure it out...

 

[Help?]

Kutuzov came on to play 10 minutes two times i think, in a Cup, but not in a league. He is good, but he just can't fight with the players like Shevchenko or other forwards. Vasiluk is not as good as Kutuzov. Oleg Romantchev not even thinking about him. He could play very good, but it's just that Vasiluk one of those players, that the manager doesn't look at you or letting you play. Oleg could put Roman atleast for a match in Union Cup(i think it's called like that in english). But no! If Vasiluk would be a bad player, he wouldn't score 4 goals to Dudek in match Belarus-Poland and those goals were very beautiful(saw it from the stadium) and Vasiluk can't move anywere, because not much clubs know about him.

And was Verona relegated? They started to play really bad, becuase Ferron was playing his last season and Verona wanted him to play in every match, because he was retireing. But if Nugmatullin played for Verona in starting line-up, then they wouldn't allow so many goals.

 

[chatterbox]

Oh so that' s what his name is ....REY PELE. How about Ronaldo and Rivaldo?

 

[Digitarius]

I think it's always unwise to move a player to a foreign country before they turn 20. It's too young for a player to leave their home country, with them having to battle different cultures, languages, etc..

If Sychev is to move, I wouldn't want to see him at a huge club, because he might struggle to get a game. He will be unlikely to dislodge established strikers such as Shevi at Milan, and also there is a restriction to Non-EC players like the Russians. He shouldn't go to the absolutely rubbish clubs like Reggiana, but maybe somebody like Bologna.

 

[Help?]

Good point there