Soccer-Real Madrid fine Valverde and Tchouameni 500,000 euros each after dressing-room fight

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Knockout Phase Playoff - Second Leg - Real Madrid v Manchester City - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - February 19, 2025 Real Madrid's Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs/File Photo

MADRID, May ⁠8 (Reuters) - Real Madrid ‌tried to put a lid on a boiling ​dressing room ⁠on Friday ⁠by fining Federico Valverde ⁠and Aurelien ‌Tchouameni 500,000 euros ⁠each after a training-ground ​fight ‌that left the ⁠Uruguayan midfielder ​with a head injury.

The incident, ⁠which club sources ​said took place at Real's Valdebebas training ⁠base on Thursday, ended with captain Valverde being taken ​to ⁠hospital with a ​cut head ‌before he was ​later discharged.

(Reporting by Fernando Kallas)