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The captain of the Russian national team Yuri Stoleshnikov does not score a penalty in the last minutes of the decisive qualifying match for the World Cup with the national team of Romania. Then he knocks down an opponent, screams at the judge, gets a red card and, leaving the field, starts a fight with the fans. As a result, the team loses 0: 1, and Stoleshnikov receives an annual disqualification, leaves the "Spartak" and decides to retire. Two years have passed, Stoleshnikov never found a job. Suddenly, he is offered the post of head coach of the team "Meteor" from Novorossiysk, playing in the second league of the Russian championship.

Olya Zueva, who worked with Danila Kozlovsky in the film In the Hood (2018), initially asked for the role of Varya. But Danila felt that she did not fit in the style and image, and continued to look for another performer. Meanwhile, Olya Zueva reworked the script, giving the character of her character more strength, courage and a bit of eccentricity. The director positively evaluated the proposals and approved the actress for the role.

This film is the directorial and screenwriting debut of Danila Kozlovsky.

Initially Danila Kozlovsky thought that he would participate in the project only as an actor and producer. However, in the end, he also became the director of the project, as well as a co-author of the script.

All the workers of the set were dressed in the branded jackets of the Meteor team. If the camera captured one of them when shooting, that person fit into the frame as an employee of the club.

About three thousand professional football players auditioned for a role in the picture, from whom the creators of the project selected about 200 people. Among them were Alan Gatagov and Dmitriy Sychyov; the latter compared Kozlovsky with Guus Hiddink based on the results of the shooting, who combining exactingness and democracy, managed to lead the national team to bronze medals of Euro 2008. For two months, the team, assembled from athletes and professional actors, lived on a tough athletic regimen. Kozlovsky trained with them too.

The filming process continued in 2017. The training base of FC "Meteor" was shot at the Central Stadium of Novorossiysk - the home arena of FC Chernomorets. In total, six football stadiums were used in the film, including "Otkritie Arena", "Arena Khimki" and "Krasnodar Stadium".

Danila Kozlovsky previously played the role of a football player in the film Garpastum (2005) directed by Aleksey German Jr..

The project was created with the support of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation, the Russian Football Union and personally Vitaliy Mutko. Also the film received financial support from the Cinema Foundation of Russia.

User reviews


  • comment
    • Author: blac wolf
    60/100 the sports inspiration film, finally did not reverse the fate of penalty spoon penalty, unfortunately
  • comment
    • Author: Mash
    The summary of the movie sums up pretty much the whole movie. The story is not very interesting - struggling team gets a struggling player as their coach. Struggling coach falls in love with struggling girl. So everyone is struggling at some level and the solutions come quite easy and cheesy... And the most disappointing part is that actors are good. They can show much more than this script had to offer to their characters. So yeah, just casual happy ending and some soccer. Nothing special.
  • Credited cast:
    Vitaliy Andreev Vitaliy Andreev - Zuev
    Oleg Androsov Oleg Androsov
    Vilen Babichev Vilen Babichev - Fanat
    Dmitrii Chebotarev Dmitrii Chebotarev - Masyanya
    Alan Gatagov Alan Gatagov - Petrovskiy
    Irina Gorbachova Irina Gorbachova - Lara
    Igor Gordin Igor Gordin - Prezident Spartaka
    Aleksandr Ilin Aleksandr Ilin - Mekhanik
    Vladimir Ilin Vladimir Ilin - Berger
    Askar Ilyasov Askar Ilyasov - Raf
    Egor Kelli Egor Kelli - Bandit
    Vladislav Khatazhenkov Vladislav Khatazhenkov - Zorik
    Igor Kosterin Igor Kosterin - Trener
    Aleksandr Kovalyov Aleksandr Kovalyov - Trener
    Danila Kozlovsky Danila Kozlovsky - Yuriy Stoleshnikov
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