Real Madrid’s season has already failed. Barring a miracle, while the Merengues have an appointment this Sunday with their Blaugrana counterparts as part of the 35e act of La Liga, Alvaro Arbeloa’s men will not be champions of Spain. In full continuity of a painful and laborious exercise, concluded prematurely in the Copa del Rey (in the eighth) and in the Champions League (in the quarter) as well.
Obviously, such a sporting failure generates tensions. And the frustration led to a muscular explanation between Aurélien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde this Wednesday in training. An altercation so violent that it was described as “ one of the most tense ever seen in Valdebebas » by the Spanish daily Marca.
It all started from a simple mistake observed during a confrontation. The tone would have suddenly risen between the French and Uruguayan internationals, to the point of seeing the two men take the step of the jostling to fight again in the locker room after a first break provided by the technical staff.
A completely disjointed locker room
Marca insists on the divide from which an entire group suffers today. “ The differences between the players are obvious and some of them barely maintain any relations with each other. Cohabitation with Alvaro Arbeloa is not easy either, in a context where pressure and wear and tear ended up causing the situation to explode, with six players even refusing to speak to him. »
Earlier in the week, Antonio Rüdiger and Alvaro Carreras also had trouble. “ Although there was a public attempt to downplay its importance by saying that everything had been forgotten and that it was a minor incident, tension reigns within the team. », underlines the publication in question, not unlike the famous recent escapade of an injured Kylian Mbappé who on the other side of the Pyrenees has already caused a lot of ink to flow.
