The timing is sometimes teasing. Three days before the clash between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, Aurélien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde are once again in the news after their fight that occurred… a few days before the Clásico last season. As a reminder, a violent altercation broke out between the two Real Madrid midfielders. The Uruguayan even ended up in hospital to have several stitches put into his head. A case made public which led Casa Blanca to impose a fine of €500,000 on each player. For his part, President Florentino Pérez reacted… mainly by pointing the finger at the people who leaked the incident.
“I find it very bad, but the fact that they made it public is even worse. I have been here for 26 years, and it has always happened to me that at least two or four players come to blows. But it remains internal. Those who have spoken out about the affair are doing so because they are unhappy and fear being fired. They fight and then there’s peace! I will not tolerate the chaos that some have tried to create. The escape is worse than the affair. I believe that in 26 years of presidency, this is the first time that I have seen something like this. »
“There was no fight like people said”
More than five months later, Tchouameni returned to this event for the first time in the show he co-hosts, The Bridge. “I want to clarify things. There was no fight like people said. There were things that happened in the locker room, as happens everywhere. There are small scuffles, there was something bad. Except that, as you are at Real, the little thing takes on crazy media coverage and the problem, which was not necessarily one, becomes enormous. Everyone is calling you, everyone wants to know what happened. »
Relaunched to find out if his Uruguayan partner had really tripped (which would have caused his head injury), the French international (50 caps, 3 goals) nevertheless preferred to dodge. “Last time, I was watching a documentary about the NFL. Well, stuff like that happens all the time. Today, you go into the locker room, with Fede, we’re cool, life goes on. Someone told me that things like that bring you closer. I don’t have a problem. » End of story.
