Real Madrid is experiencing one of the most tense episodes of its season. Federico Valverde ended up in the hospital this Thursday, May 7, after a physical confrontation with Aurélien Tchouaméni during training in Valdebebas, where the Uruguayan suffered a cut on his face when he hit a table during the brawl in the locker room.
The club’s doctors initially treated the player at the facilities before transferring him to the hospital where they put stitches to close the wound, while the club’s board of directors, with the direct intervention of José Ángel Sánchez, urgently summoned the entire squad to the locker room to address the seriousness of the situation. The incident was not isolated. The day before, both players had already had a first “encounter” in training that the club had described as a simple clash between teammates that ended with a reconciliation in the locker room.
However, this Thursday the situation escalated significantly. VAlverde denied greeting Tchouaméni at the beginning of the session, the training had an unusual physical toughness with several hard tackles between the two and the accumulated tension ended up exploding in the locker room with pushes and blows that led to the Uruguayan’s fall and the cut on his face that forced him to go to the hospital.
Real Madrid described the situation as “very serious” and plans to open a disciplinary file against both players, even considering separating them from the team for a period of time.
Mbappé leaves laughing
In the midst of the scandal, the cameras of the program The Chiringuito They captured Kylian Mbappé leaving the Valdebebas facilities laughing in his personal vehicle, apparently in a hands-free telephone conversation, in a strikingly carefree attitude that contrasts with the tense atmosphere in the club and with the criticism that Mbappé himself has accumulated in recent days for his performance and his controversial trip to Sicily during his recovery period.
The incident between Valverde and Tchouaméni comes at the worst possible moment for Real Madrid, which this Sunday plays the Clásico against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, where the Blaugranas could mathematically be proclaimed LaLiga champions if they win the match.
A locker room in crisis, two injured players and the shadow of a season without titles complete the picture of a Real Madrid that is going through one of its most difficult moments in recent years. The sanction could include a financial fine and absence from several games, which adds more drama to an already complicated end to the season for the white team.