Russian players punished for €250,000 champagne party
Two Russian national team players have
been punished by their clubs after video of them at a champagne-fuelled
party in Monaco following the squad’s dismal exit from Euro 2016 sparked
outrage.
Russian media reported that midfielder
Pavel Mamayev and forward Alexander Kokorin allegedly splashed some
250,000 euros on 500 bottles of champagne for revellers at a night club
in Monaco.
Shaky internet footage of event that
went viral showed waiters carrying dozens of bottles of bubbly with
sparklers attached to them as the Russian national anthem blared out in
the background.
Kokorin’s club Zenit said late Tuesday
that they had demoted him to the reserves while Mamayev’s team FC
Krasnodar announced he would be training with the youth squad. Both
players were also fined.
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