The Coach. Youth Team

Dreaming of beautiful football? Forget it, Ivan Sergeyevich—big sports is completely controlled here; there’s no room for imagination. Don’t agree? You’re fired, damn pensioner!

And what’s next, when without football there’s no fire, no happiness? Without money, the wife left; friends turned away; life turned into slow fading. And then, in an alley, the former protégé— a knife under the ribs! And there was no life left either. But apparently there’s a football god for whom the main thing is the game, not profit. Ivan got a chance to fix everything. His consciousness was transferred into the body of a young football player.

It’s 1989. He runs across the field, while the stands chant: “Forward, Spartak!” But an injury takes him out of the game. Now he’s again a coach, but everything will be different. Who said fate can’t be changed? The whistle blows, and the match that lasts a lifetime begins…