Fedor Smolov spoke negatively about his relationship with Victoria Lopyreva
Victoria Lopyreva and Fedor Smolov // Photo: Instagram
The FIFA World Cup starts in Russia on June 14. On the eve of the large-scale event, the national team striker, 28-year-old Fedor Smolov, became a guest of Ilya Kazakov’s author’s program “Foot’sick people.” The episode with the participation of the athlete was posted on the show’s YouTube channel. Smolov told the presenter about who influenced his development as an athlete, his income and his mood before the upcoming grand tournament.
We also talked about Fedor’s romance with model Victoria Lopyreva. The young people met at the birthday party of their blonde friend Inna Zhirkova. The athlete fell in love with Victoria and began showering her with gifts. After a while, the couple even had a wedding ceremony on the island of Bali, but did not register the relationship under Russian law. However, in May 2015, the beauty announced her separation from Smolov.
“Two super brands specially organized a meeting between Victoria Adams and David Beckham. This novel was in many ways, at least at the initial stage, a PR stunt. Then something grew out of it. One person from your circle said that your affair with Vika Lopyreva helped you a lot in terms of status and added worldliness to you. Did you have this feeling? – the presenter asked Fedor.
Victoria and Fedor were considered by many to be a very beautiful couple // Photo: Instagram
The football player agreed with the journalist. At the same time, Smolov believes that such a status did not have the most favorable effect on his professional activities.
“Yes, it’s stupid to deny it. At that time, I didn’t win anything and didn’t even really play,” the athlete shared. – But Victoria was with me, who was popular in the media. Well, yes, that was the case. Here the question is different. Did I like it? No. Did I realize that this was preventing me from playing football? Realized."
Over time, the situation has changed. Smolov called the upcoming championship the most important in his career. Now Fedor is actively filming for glossy publications and appears in advertising. “All these brands that I have agreements with and magazines are a cool image story. The financial side, of course, is also present, it influenced the decision,” the athlete explained.
Before the start of a significant event, Fedor has to constantly give interviews. The athlete admitted that he was tired of constant communication with journalists.
“There is now a lot of excitement and demand for players and coaches of the Russian national team. I developed a professional attitude towards interviews - come, say everything succinctly and leave. Really tired. I tell my advertising agent Lena: “I’m really tired, because it takes strength and a lot of energy.” No matter how good I look in the camera lens, it’s still not my profile, I don’t get pleasure from it,” Smolov explained.
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There is a small scandal in European football in which Russian football players are involved. Russian national team player Fedor Smolov depicted an eagle with his hands in a promotional photo - some were outraged by this. Let's explain what happened.
The former head of the All-Russian Fans Association Andrei Malosolov drew attention to the promotion of the Nations League matches that appeared on Twitter for the 2020 European Championship in St. Petersburg on September 1. The photo included national team striker Fedor Smolov, who depicted an eagle with his hands.
It would seem no big deal, but it is important to know the context. Firstly, on September 3, the national team plays with the Serbian national team, and secondly, the eagle is, among other things, a symbol of the state of Kosovo, unrecognized by many countries. Serbia and Kosovo have a difficult relationship, to put it mildly.
It might seem to some that Smolov supports the independence of the Kosovars and thereby trolls the Serbian national team. The importance of context was explained by Twitter about football news.
Here the questions should not be directed to Smolov, but to the authors of the collage (which, by the way, was posted back in March). The photographer could click Smolov with different gestures and then simply use these photos for posters and social networks. But the fact that the national team’s PR people don’t know the context is sad. pic.twitter.com/EMnjZo0Jkn
— Ofnews (@okolofnews) September 3, 2020
Many fans and Match TV commentator Roman Naguchev stood up for Smolov and the national team players. Roma believes that Smolov has not the slightest connection with Kosovo, so there is no need to look for any politics here.
Smolov is not a football player of Kosovo origin. The eagle is also a symbol of both Russia and Serbia. The eagle gesture (including Benfica, Eintracht and Lazio) is the same for everyone. It’s just that everyone sees what they want. I do not see anything.
— Roman Naguchev (@NagutchevRoman) September 3, 2020
The comments noted that Fedor is unlikely to understand what’s going on if Serbian fans ask him to explain his gesture. Judging by the jerseys of the players in the collage, the photographs were clearly taken not before the game with Serbia, but in general during the 2018 World Cup (now the national team has a different uniform).
They actually took pictures before the 18th World Cup
— Vlad Pryanik (@VLADYAtula) September 3, 2020
Football fans generally reacted calmly to the gesture of the national team striker and Lokomotiv Moscow.
On September 3, Euro 2020 Twitter apologized for the publication, explaining that an error had occurred. A few minutes later the post was deleted.
Later, Malosolov himself admitted that the incident was over.
Well, the story with the Albanian eagle of Fedor Smolov has been resolved. And most importantly, the original source of the collage was found. And this is not the RFU. Thank you for simply admitting your mistake and drawing conclusions. I think the incident is over. pic.twitter.com/uKyKSD6qRJ
— Andrei Malosolov (@AndreiMalosolov) September 3, 2020
This is not the last time in recent years when a conflict between two European states turns out to be indirectly related to Russia. In 2020, the Serbia national team played against the Swiss national team as part of the Russian World Cup; the latter included two ethnic Albanians - Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri. After scoring a goal, Shaqiri showed the eagle to his opponents with his hands.
- “We should be removed from the World Cup for this.” Harry Topor - about the behavior of Xhaka and Shaqiri
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Victoria Lopyreva and Fedor Smolov together again?
Fedor Smolov and Victoria Lopyreva // Photo: Instagram
This week, fans of Victoria Lopyreva and Fedor Smolov were seriously excited. The former common-law spouses met for the first time after a painful breakup that occurred six months ago. Many could not believe that the love between the model and the football player passed without a trace, because from the outside they seemed like an ideal couple. Therefore, when it became known that the stars would see each other again, all attention was focused on them.
The long-awaited meeting took place on the eve of the match with Croatia. Victoria, who is an ambassador for the 2020 FIFA World Cup, visited an orphanage in her native Rostov. The children asked her to introduce them to the Russian national team players. The athletes were waiting for Lopyreva and her players in the foyer of the new Rostov Arena stadium. Among them was Fedor Smolov.
In the general photo, the star's former boyfriend, whom she left because of the frivolity of his behavior, stood next to Victoria. The happy smile never left his face. The high spirits of Lopyreva and Smolov were noticeable to everyone present at the meeting. Vika's friend Inna Zhirkova quietly photographed the couple and published this picture on her Instagram page. “Well, I won’t write anything,” she noted mysteriously, adding the guys’ names and a heart emoticon to the signature. “The eyes are the mirror of the soul, there is no need for unnecessary words. Happiness to you,” “Ideal,” “Make peace soon,” fans of the couple hastened to comment on the photo.
Former lovers met // Photo: Instagram
At this point, rumors about the reconciliation of Lopyreva and Smolov could subside. However, Victoria unexpectedly published a photo of a huge bouquet of red roses in the shape of a heart on her microblog. “Vika, I’m very glad that you are with Fedor again,” “Gorgeous bouquet, looking at the night,” the model’s subscribers did not stop. Apparently, they really want to believe that Fedor can regain the affection of his former common-law wife, with whom he was once crazy.
Let us remind you that the podium star and the football player met three years ago at Yuri Zhirkov’s birthday. Since then, Victoria became friends with his wife Inna, who witnessed the development of their romance. Six months later, Smolov proposed to his chosen one. In December 2013, the couple flew to the Maldives, where they had a beautiful wedding. True, Victoria later admitted that she and Fedor never officially signed.
Victoria received such a surprise // Photo: Instagram
