The present is historical. Historical present" at 22:12 on Radio Russia! Goalkeeper Valery Barinov: "Football reminds me a lot of theater. Yes, in the theater the end is known, the play is written, but each play is performed in a new way. This is its mystery and magnificence: it exists here and now, just like football. I recently became the winner of the Nikita Simonyan award in the "Football Friend" category. For me, this event became almost a journey of a lifetime: I saw my childhood idols. I support Locomotive: I have red-green blood. My childhood friend is the now legendary coach Yuri Pavlovich Semin. He and I grew up together: for as long as I can remember, I have remembered him for so long. Our parents were friends. And I remember that once Yura's father, David Pasha, gave him his first bullet - he went and bought the most expensive one. And it turned out to be a basketball: orange, huge. We played with this ball. He was alone in the whole area. At first we, Yura's peers, played with him, then older guys came, and in the evening the men came. Viora, because the ball was his, stayed on the football field. On my anniversary, Yura said: "What a blessing that the ball was given to me as a child, and not to Valreka, otherwise we would have lost such an artist. Well, I achieved something in football." It was wonderful." Guest: Valery Barinov - People's Artist of Russia. Presenter: Andrey Maliutin. Listen and subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram MAX and download the official app of Radio Russia!

The present is historical. Historical present" at 22:12 on Radio Russia! Goalkeeper Valery Barinov: "Football reminds me a lot of theater. Yes, in the theater the end is known, the play is written, but each play is performed in a new way. This is its mystery and magnificence: it exists here and now, just like football. I recently became the winner of the Nikita Simonyan award in the "Football Friend" category. For me, this event became almost a journey of a lifetime: I saw my childhood idols. I support Locomotive: I have red-green blood. My childhood friend is the now legendary coach Yuri Pavlovich Semin. He and I grew up together: for as long as I can remember, I have remembered him for so long. Our parents were friends. And I remember that once Yura's father, David Pasha, gave him his first bullet - he went and bought the most expensive one. And it turned out to be a basketball: orange, huge. We played with this ball. He was alone in the whole area. At first we, Yura's peers, played with him, then older guys came, and in the evening the men came. Viora, because the ball was his, stayed on the football field. On my anniversary, Yura said: "What a blessing that the ball was given to me as a child, and not to Valreka, otherwise we would have lost such an artist. Well, I achieved something in football." It was wonderful." Guest: Valery Barinov - People's Artist of Russia. Presenter: Andrey Maliutin. Listen and subscribe to Radio Russia on Telegram MAX and download the official app of Radio Russia!