The newly founded TTC Neu-Ulm has a dream team at the start. Club boss Florian Ebner has put together an international, sensational all-star team around Dimitrij Ovtcharov. The coach is former professional Dmitrij Mazunov. Equipped with a wild card, the team immediately takes off in the Bundesliga and Champions League. But then homesickness, hubris, and sanctions abruptly end the club's high-flying success.