Sports Weekly all-media reporter Liang Hongye reports
On Thursday, a shocking news claimed that Valverde, the captain of Real Madrid, was admitted to the hospital by Chuameni, and this news turned out to be true. Afterwards, Real Madrid launched a disciplinary investigation into Valverde and Chuameni. Valverde made a statement on his own that he knocked over the table and that the two did not beat each other. However, no one would believe this statement.
Who is the victim, Valverde or Chuameni?
On what day did Valverde and Chuameni get into a scuffle? The day before the fight, the two had an argument and pushed each other, but were separated by members of the coaching staff. On Wednesday, Valverde, one of the team captains, apologized to the entire team, but did not apologize to Chuameni. The incident was soon known to the media. Just when everyone thought the matter was over, before training on Thursday, Valverde, as captain, shook hands with others. When Chuameni was about to shake hands with Valverde, Valverde once again refused. During the subsequent training, Valverde made many vicious tackles against Chuameni. Everyone could see what Valverde had in mind, which was to injure the Frenchman. However, he failed to achieve his goal. Coach Arbeloa stopped the training in order to create a harmonious team atmosphere. After the training, Valverde and Chuameni returned to the locker room one after another. In the locker room, Chuameni asked Valverde for an explanation and asked Valverde why he did this, because Chuameni was already suing for peace. At this time, the two sides evolved into a physical conflict, and it was a real physical conflict, not just limited to pushing each other. During the fight between the two parties, Valverde accidentally fell and hit his head on the table. Valverde felt dizzy at first and eventually went to the hospital in a wheelchair. Arbeloa accompanied Valverde to the hospital. However, when the two were fighting, Arbeloa was not in the players' locker room. Real Madrid later issued a statement that Valverde would be sidelined for two weeks due to traumatic brain injury, indicating that the Real Madrid captain will definitely not be able to participate in the weekend's game of the century. And Real Madrid general manager Sanchez immediately called all Real Madrid players for a meeting after the fight. This meeting was intended to adjust the atmosphere within the team and also to find out what happened between the two. It is understood that what made Valverde extremely angry was that the Uruguayan felt that it was Chuameni who informed the media of all the conflicts that occurred between them the previous day.
At the moment, Real Madrid has made a decision. After the season ends, President Florentino will convene a meeting with each of his trusted senior managers to evaluate Real Madrid's operations in the past two years and prepare to implement "major changes." The scope of this major change involves not only getting rid of those "toxic players" who do not follow the rules, but also the management that is inactive or misbehaves will be cleared out. The media learned from the Real Madrid players, not from the coaching staff, nor from the staff, that the situation in the Real Madrid locker room was not just a bad atmosphere, it was as simple as gang rivalry. The gang rivalry within the team had developed to a point where it was like fire and water and could not be adjusted at all. The bad atmosphere inside it was far beyond the imagination of the media.
After the fight in the team, everyone had the impression that Valverde was the victim and Chuameni was the perpetrator. Valverde issued a long statement afterwards, denying that the two had fought each other, saying that he hit the table, which seemed to protect Real Madrid's face, and denounced someone for informing him. However, Chuameni did not issue any statement or give any explanation. It seems that Chuameni is indeed the unreasonable party, otherwise why didn't he speak? But because someone fully explained to the media how Valverde teased Chuameni, which ultimately led to the Frenchman taking action, the media felt that Valverde should bear greater responsibility in this incident. At the same time, the guy in the team who "reported" to the media also commented to the media that within the Real Madrid team, there are many different opinions on the appointment of Valverde and Vinicius as captains. They feel that these two people who cannot control their emotions at all cannot shoulder the responsibility of Real Madrid captain.
Real Madrid continues to stage The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
Lopez, who is known as a commentator on Real Madrid, commented that if Real Madrid is a circus, it is also a circus that performs sensational scenes. What is performed is the kind of circus where a dwarf transforms into a tall man, and the tall man transforms into a dwarf, and the lion also eats the trainer.
Real Madrid has been experiencing internal strife recently. First, Ceballos, after an argument with Arbeloa, announced to his teammates in the locker room that he would not play again this season, and the matter was revealed to the media. Then, in February, Rudiger gave Carreras a big mouth, which was revealed to the media three months later. During this period, there was also controversy over Mbappé going on vacation with his girlfriend after being injured. In addition, there is a confrontation between Arbeloa and first captain Carvajal. In the end, it was Valverde and Chuameni who fought hard, pushing the plot to a climax.
Why Real Madrid is in such chaos this year and why this chaos has arisen has to start with Xavi Alonso’s taking office and the battle of the century at the end of October last year. After Alonso took office, he set out to re-employ the French gang headed by Mbappe. The heroes Vinicius, Valverde and Bellingham were left out. Later, in the World War of the Century against China, Vinicius was substituted, which lit the fuse. Vinicius openly complained that Alonso always substituted him, and even threatened to leave Real Madrid. After the incident, Vinicius refused to apologize to Alonso, and the club did not impose penalties on Vinicius. As a result, Alonso's power weakened and he lost control of the management of the locker room. Finally, after losing to Barcelona and losing the Western Super Cup, Alonso was relieved of his position and dismissed.
In addition to Vinicius's blatant confrontation with Alonso, Valverde once refused to serve as a right back and reacted negatively when he was told to warm up as a substitute. After Bellingham returned from injury, he was unable to play in the main team. His father, who is an agent, personally called Florentino to complain that Alonso's coaching was rigid and showed boring tactical videos to the team every day.
The success of the coup initiated by Real Madrid's veterans left a very bad psychological implication for the entire team. The success of this coup can be called the Empire's Counterattack. This shows that Real Madrid is in a land without a master. As long as someone is ruthless enough and dares to rebel, they can make a profit. Therefore, this season Real Madrid continues to stage the Empire's Counterattack and Return of the Jedi.
Arbeloa hopes to use senior people like Vinicius to once again promote Real Madrid's revival. This in itself shows that it wants to suppress the French-speaking group led by Mbappe. Just like before the Copa del Rey game against Albacete, Arbeloa expressed his gratitude to Vinicius for being willing to come here to participate in such a low-level event. Does this mean that Mbappe, who did not come, is unwilling to come? Arbeloa recently said that the history of Real Madrid was not created by players wearing uniforms. Players have to run and they should run ten times to receive the ball once. These are obviously meant for Mbappe.
However, Mbappe's French-speaking gang did not give up counterattack. It was like the return of the Jedi. The French always had a way to deal with it. At that time, Mbappe chose to return to Paris to diagnose his knee injury, but was criticized by the Spanish media and accused of returning home with his girlfriend for vacation. At this moment, a shocking and absurd news emerged, that is, doctors in Madrid diagnosed Mbappe with a wrong knee. This made it more reasonable for Mbappe to return to Paris for medical treatment.
When Avellino caused trouble for Mbappe every day, he was also plotted against him. In addition to the team getting nothing, Ceballos quarreled with him, captain Carvajal confronted him, and the old player Rudiger slapped the new player Carreras was exposed, which showed that Avellino had no control over the locker room.
As things develop this week, they have reached an uncontrollable situation. Chuameni is a player in the French gang who has a recent relationship with Mbappe. He is an important player who clearly expressed his support for Alonso at that time, and is a stable main player. And Valverde, as the second most important figure in the "Axis of Evil", is also an indispensable main player. Valverde acted in an extremely childish way, just like a child in kindergarten who reports to the teacher after being beaten and gets preferential treatment as a victim, and the person who committed the violence should be punished, or even expelled from the team. Valverde successfully angered Chuameni, and he went to the hospital in a wheelchair and was judged to have a traumatic brain injury and thus became a victim. However, the French gang was definitely not in a weak situation. The group of people immediately disclosed the cause and effect of the incident to Ochoa, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Marca". Immediately afterwards, "Marca" immediately publicly informed everyone of the entire incident in the form of a near real-time live broadcast. It has to be said that the media and the public were already aware of the entire fight before Real Madrid's senior management investigated and understood it.
As the leader of Real Madrid, Florentino has been in charge of Real Madrid for more than 20 years. He is a senior figure in Europe's top football who has experienced the coming and going of many of the world's top stars. Couldn't he see what these young people under his command are doing? This is the crux of the problem. Just because Florentino has not played the role of talker this season, there has been a power vacuum within Real Madrid. Of course, he is neither willing to give up Mbappe, who has been obtained after many years of seeking talents, nor to give up his 18-year-old career. He has been cultivating Vinicius, the current star, since he was young, and firing Alonso can be said to be a very bad first move by Florentino this season. After that, he made one wrong move and every wrong step, and eventually evolved into allowing the two major forces in the team to compete for control of the team. In the end, the nominal free fighting actually became free fighting.
I still remember that when Alonso was dismissed from get out of class, there were reports in the media. The report said that Alonso felt that he had been relieved. This person thought that when he came to Real Madrid, he would lead a top team with the most professional qualities. However, he did not expect that the team he came to lead would be a "kindergarten team." To this day, before the second game of the century, the facts finally proved for Alonso that Real Madrid is indeed a kindergarten team, and its coups and internal strife are all kindergarten-style.