My best friend

1.

My best friend
I'm going to tell you about my two best friends.
On January 16, 2023, I moved from Samara to Kazan to play for the Rubin football
team. That's when I first met Lisa. She is 2 years older than me, comes from the Rostov
region, came to play in Kazan with me on the same day.
We met on the very first day. We immediately found a connection and were on the same
wavelength all year.

2.

Lisa is a very good friend. There is always something to talk about with her. We were
constantly laughing, joking, and spending almost all our time together.
When it was hard, sad and lonely for me, I could always come to Lisa, ask for help, advice,
just have a heart-to-heart talk.
I shared a room with her, we had the most fun room. Also, if someone from the team needed
our help, they would come to our room and Lisa and I would talk to the girls. We were the
leaders of the team.

3.

Living in the same room with her and playing on the same team was the
best experience in the last 3 years.
We were constantly listening to music, having fun, and had a great
atmosphere in the room. Thanks to this atmosphere, it has always been
easy to prepare for training sessions and important games.

4.

I will never forget our heart-to-heart conversations in the room, how we
walked around Kazan, went to various beautiful places.
I will also not forget our cool workouts, how we supported each other
during them, joked, laughed. There were even a couple of moments
when we almost got into a fight in training, were very angry at each
other and constantly argued.

5.

• Once Lisa and I even got into a fight in the room before training. As usual, we
started arguing about something, no one wanted to agree with the other's
opinion and it came to a fight. She started provoking me, getting too close to
my face, I pushed her away and a fight started.
• Because of this situation, it was very difficult for me to train, all my thoughts
were only about this conflict, I was sure that Lisa was wrong, I was offended
that my best friend had fought with me, I felt lonely and thought that she and I
would not solve this problem soon.
• But fortunately, immediately after training, Lisa came up to me and
apologized, said that she was wrong, we discussed everything and I also
apologized to her because I felt guilty for pushing her.
• I believe that this situation has once again proved our excellent warm attitude
towards each other. I love Lisa very much and if someone starts to offend her, I
will immediately stand up for her, I will never let her offend and she will also
offend me.

6.

But in our company, a week after we met Lisa, another girl appeared. Her name is Vlada.
She came to our team from Yekaterinburg. We didn't become friends right away. As soon as
she arrived, she was shy of everyone, she went alone all the time, but at one point she came
into our room and we started listening to music and just dancing. Vlada unexpectedly for us
immediately relaxed to the music, began to sing and dance, and Lisa and I caught the same
wave with Vlada.
From that day on, the three of us began to be friends. Vlada lived in the next room, but she
often came to us, we sat together, talked, discussed training and everything else. Vlada often
even stayed the night with us, we talked a lot at night.
The three of us started going everywhere, walking around Kazan and other cities when we
had away games. It was a lot of fun, we had common jokes, common topics for discussion.

7.

I have a special connection with Vlada, I feel real with her, I do whatever my
heart desires.
• Now, being on another team, in another city, I don't have what happened with
them. I can't joke with the girls here either, share secrets, I can't be 100%
myself, I'm serious here almost all the time and without a smile. I miss the
emotions that I received from Vlada and Lisa, I miss the freedom and
lightness.
Being around them made me feel safe,
at home. They are my home.

8.

• I can't help but tell you how every morning we went to the dining room for breakfast with Vlada
while Lisa was sleeping. Lisa very rarely got up for breakfast, she preferred to get enough sleep
and get up closer to lunch, while Vlada and I got up at 8 a.m. and went to breakfast together. It was
a special event for us.
• We sat at the same table, took food, and started having breakfast in parallel, discussing personal
topics each time. We could tell each other everything, even the most intimate secrets, because we
trusted each other one hundred percent.
• We also told each other about all our experiences and certainly supported each other. For me, these
conversations were very important and necessary, it would have been very difficult without them.
• By radio, after breakfast we went to the medical office, stood on the scales and checked our weight
every day, then went to the sofas on the 1st or 2nd floor, sat on them and continued discussions. Or
we just went into mobile games and played together, waiting for Lisa to wake up and we would go
to lunch together, then we would prepare for training.
Here is just a photo from the 2nd floor when we were sitting on
the sofas in the morning after breakfast.

9.

Walking with three people was always cool. It has never been and will never be boring with them.
Although we have known each other for a little over a year, I am 100% sure that they are my best
friends. They're the coolest people I've ever met.
These are the people I'm on the same wavelength with and I'm not shy about doing all sorts of
nonsense.

10.

• When I came to this team, I was sure that I would stay in it for at least two years, I even said so to Lisa and
Vlada at some point, but due to some circumstances, I had to think about leaving for another team in the
winter. I was invited to watch the CSKA team, which became the champion of the season.
• It's my birthday in these photos, they gave me symbolic gifts that I kept to remember them. On this day, I
realized that the time was approaching when we would have to part with Vlada and Lisa, because the football
season was ending, we had only a few games left and then we were allowed to go on vacation, everyone
went home. I was a little sad because I knew that we would break up soon, this thought did not leave me that
day (October 16)…
• It was very hard to realize that I would have to leave Kazan, leave this team, the Rubin team became my
family, all the girls were sincere, simple and kind. The most difficult thing was to realize that I would break
up with Lisa and Vlada and would no longer play with them for the same team and live together.

11.

In fact, I still can't realize that I'm not with the girls, I really love them with all my heart and
soul.
From the moment I left and broke up with them, I cried a lot because I miss them every day.
I can't help thinking that I miss them here and now.
Despite the fact that we are far from each other now and we will not meet soon, we often
call each other on video, we often correspond, I am having a difficult period in the new team
right now and Lisa and Vlada support me, talking to them on video saves me every time, I
can express my concerns.

12.

I love Lisa and Vlada very much. I am really looking forward to our meeting in
the summer!!!