Madrid, May 8 -- Real Madrid is in crisis just days ahead of the El Clasico away to FC Barcelona as a result of the training ground incident between midfielders Aurelien Tchouameni and Fede Valverde, which ended with Valverde needing stitches in a nearby hospital.
The story broke on Thursday afternoon with the Spanish press reporting that after a heated discussion 24 hours earlier at Real Madrid's Valdebebas training ground, the two came toblows after tensions reappeared.
Such was the magnitude of the incident that Real Madrid was forced to issue a communique late on Thursday night, which reads "Real Madrid C. F. announces that, following the incidents that occurred this morning during the first team's training session, it has decided to ...