Celta Vigo striker Fedor Smolov has disobeyed Spain's coronavirus lockdown to return to his home country to celebrate his girlfriend's 18th birthday.
In doing so, the 30-year-old became the second Celta player to break the rules of the state of emergency put in place to slow the spread of the deadly COVID-19 strain of the disease.
The Russia international flew back to his homeland on a private jet so that he could attend he could be with his fiancée Maria Yumasheva, who the granddaughter of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin. “The player repeatedly requested permission to travel to Russia for a personal matter,” said a club source. “The club could not give it to him because La Liga did not authorise it, but he promptly reported his
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