The sanction fell this Friday, Could 8. THE Real Madrid introduced that it had imposed a positive of 500,000 euros on Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni after an altercation during training and having led to the harm of the Uruguayan midfielder. The Madrid membership specifies in a press launch that this sanction “thus closes the inner process” initiated in opposition to the 2 gamers and provides that they “expressed their honest regrets and mutually apologized”. Nevertheless, no sporting sanction has been determined two days earlier than the Clasico in opposition to the FC Barcelona.
In response to the knowledge reported, the 2 midfielders had already had a primary dispute on Wednesday earlier than a brand new altercation on Thursday, throughout then after coaching. Federico Valverde, sufferer of “head trauma” in line with Actual Madrid, should “stay rested between 10 and 14 days” and will likely be forfeited for the journey to Catalonia. In a message revealed Thursday night on Instagramthe Uruguayan worldwide mentions an “incident” with a teammate with out citing Aurélien Tchouaméni and explains having “unintentionally hit a desk” throughout an “argument”. “At no time did my teammate hit me, and I didn’t hit him both,” he assured.
“What occurred (…) is unacceptable”
For his half, Aurélien Tchouaméni reacted on Friday after the announcement of the monetary sanction. “What occurred this week in coaching is unacceptable,” stated writes the French player on Instagramsaying he was “above all sorry for the projected picture of the membership”. He additionally believes that “these incidents, even when they will occur in any locker room, are usually not worthy of Actual Madrid” and affirms that the gamers stay “centered on the Clasico and the remainder of the season. The pictures launched Friday by the membership present the French midfielder current in coaching with the group.
This affair comes throughout a fragile interval for Actual Madrid, eradicated within the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Bayern Munich and relegated 11 factors behind Barça in La Liga. Sunday’s Clasico may be decisive within the title race, with the Catalans being topped within the occasion of a positive end result. Excellent news, nevertheless, accompanies Madrid’s preparation with the gradual return of Kylian Mbappé. Hit within the left thigh round ten days in the past, the French striker “participated in a part of the coaching with the group” on Friday and will play a part of the match.
