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On April 22, 2022, Spartak, one of the most famous football clubs in the world, will turn 100 years old. This is an important date not only for the history of the club, but for the entire national football as a whole. Popular love that goes far beyond Moscow and even Russia is something that no club in our country can boast of. Golden times are replaced by trophy drought, great coaches are replaced by mediocre ones, great victories alternate with the most offensive and even shameful defeats. But the love of the fans and the passion of the fans is the foundation on which the club stands.

In 2008 Zenit turned into a European top club. The blue-white-blue not only won the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup, but also beat Bayern and Manchester United en route to the trophy. Andrey Arshavin, Anatoly Timoshchuk, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Zenit fan Mikhail Shats and others will tell you everything about the formation of that team, head coach Dick Advocaat and the hardest path to victories that have gone down in the history of Russian sports forever.

In 2008, the Russian national football team led by Dutchman Guus Hiddink sensationally won bronze medals at the European Championship. In the quarterfinals, Russia defeated the main favorites of the tournament - the Netherlands, giving a sleepless night of happiness to the whole country. In the documentary Andrei Arshavin, Sergei Semak, Sergei Ignashevich, Konstantin Zyryanov, Dmitry Sychev and many others recall Euro 2008 and talk about how Guus Hiddink changed Russian football.

Enthusiasts from Russia take on the challenge of restoring one of the most famous British football clubs, which has fallen into decline. Their journey is marked by cultural differences, organizational hurdles, and skepticism from those around them. Gradually, a personal initiative transforms into something greater — an attempt to prove that a love for the game can transcend borders and bring together people with vastly different perspectives.

A story about the Zenit football club and its century-long history: interviews with veterans and current players, former and current managers, cult fans, historians, musicians, theater and film actors, and many others.