MADRID.- The Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde He was taken to hospital after a violent fight with his French teammate Aurélien Tchouameni after training real Madrid this Thursday, several Spanish media published.
The Uruguayan international was accompanied by the coach Alvaro Arbeloa to the hospital, located near the club’s facilities in Valdebebas, and needed stitches to contain a bleeding wound on his face, according to the same sources.
The two footballers had already been involved in a heated incident on Wednesday in training, facing each other without attacking each other, but the tension carried over to this Thursday, where it broke out after practice.
According to the sports newspaper Marca, which revealed what happened, Valverde’s breach was a result of the incident, but it occurred “involuntarily” and “not caused by a blow from Tchouameni” directly.
Neither Real Madrid nor the players’ agents wanted to comment on what happened at the request of the AFP.
The story of the day in the Spanish press suggests that Valverde refused to shake Tchouameni’s hand before training, after what happened on Wednesday, and during the session there were violent tackles.
This fight comes at a difficult time for Real Madrid, which is about to complete a second straight season without important titles.
Removed from the King’s Cup for him Albacete (2nd division) and European Champions League for him Bayern Munich In the quarterfinals, Real Madrid only has a slim chance of winning the Spanish league.
There, Real Madrid is second, but 11 points behind the leader Barcelonawhen there are only four dates left until the end of the championship.
Barça can mathematically win the Spanish title if they score points on Sunday in the Clásico against Real Madrid in the Camp Nou.
Stuttgart-Leverkusen, a small final
With the Bayern Munich already a mathematical champion for almost three weeks, the recent interest in Bundesliga raced for positions Champions League and there a direct duel will be played on Saturday between two candidates, Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusenon the 33rd and penultimate day.
He Borussia Dortmund (2nd) has another of the Bundesliga places secured for the 2026-2027 Champions League campaign and the RB Leipzig (3rd) is very close to guaranteeing another of the tickets due to its four-point advantage over the trio of teams (Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Hoffenheim) that comes from behind.
Leipzig will guarantee their return to the Champions League, after a season out of European competitions, if they win at home on Saturday against one of the teams in the lower zone, the St Pauli (17th, penultimate).
