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Yeah, Nataly, sure
I wish I had been in Yaroslavl then 🥰🥹 Everybody is soooo happy about it!

«Как бы я вчера хотела там быть!»

Я живу в Стамбуле, но родом из Ярославля, города, который живет и дышит хоккеем много лет. Однажды нам стало практически нечем дышать… Но жизнь продолжилась. И куда бы ярославцы не уезжали, за хоккеем они/мы продолжаем следить и всей душой болеть за своих.

🏆Вчера случилось невероятное, но закономерное: ярославский Локомотив впервые в истории завоевал Кубок Гагарина!

It’s been a long journey for Loko. Beaten in the first Gagarin Cup final back in 2009, the Railwaymen suffered tragedy in 2011. Rebuilding from that took time, on and off the ice, but last season saw Igor Nikitin lead his team to the Gagarin Cup final.

Немного грамматики:

You’re talking about the past and saying that you regret or dream that something had happened differently.
“I wish I had been there” = I wasn’t there, and I feel sorry about it.

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