About the book: 2021 / The beginning of the 2000s. The famous football player Konstantin Petrovsky ended his professional career, returned to his hometown and started life with a clean slate. Having never won a single title, he resigned himself to being forever second. Life outside of football proved difficult. The business burned down, and the bandits demand money and threaten death. Only football can save you, but who needs a downed pilot? Fortunately, an ambitious team appeared in the Urals, ready for bold experiments. But even in her dressing room, skeletons are hidden in every closet. This is a fascinating story about how, at the turn of the millennium, a seasoned veteran, due to ambiguous circumstances, tries to fulfill a dream, the path to which is full of trials. And every step crushes and stings like thorns, even if they are on the soles of tattered boots. Contains obscene language.