
‘Keep fighting for the badge’: Arbeloa makes passionate defence of Real Madrid fight duo
Coach insists he is ‘proud’ of Valverde and TchouaméniFrance defender is in squad for game at BarcelonaÁlvaro Arbeloa insisted Fede Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni should be given the chance to “keep fighting for the badge” after a second dressing-room bust-up in two days left the Uruguayan on the floor and needing to be taken to hospital for stitches in his head.The morning after Real Madrid fined the players a record €500,000 each for the incident and the morning before they face Barcelona in the clásico, the coach gave an extraordinary press conference in which he claimed the dressing…
Coach insists he is ‘proud’ of Valverde and TchouaméniFrance defender is in squad for game at BarcelonaÁlvaro Arbeloa insisted Fede Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni should be given the chance to “keep fighting for the badge” after a second dressing-room bust-up in two days left the Uruguayan on the floor and needing to be taken to hospital for stitches in his head.The morning after Real Madrid fined the players a record €500,000 each for the incident and the morning before they face Barcelona in the clásico, the coach gave an extraordinary press conference in which he claimed the dressing…
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