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Real Madrid Falling Apart From Inside: Valverde and Tchouameni Physically Pulled Apart in Training

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Real Madrid is falling apart from the inside. According to „Marca", Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni had a fierce incident in training that had to be physically pulled apart by their teammates.

It started with a sharp duel in a series of intense drills, escalated with words, then turned into shoving. Teammates and the coaching staff had to intervene to stop it from becoming a fight. The argument continued in the dressing room - a sign that this isn't about a training session, but a symptom of something much deeper.

The Madrid dressing room is split into cliques that barely speak to each other. A season that started full of promise has ended with not a single trophy, and the fatigue, pressure and frustration are now spilling out through the smallest things. Internal tensions have spread to the coaching staff too.

This incident is not isolated. A few days ago Antonio Rüdiger and new signing Alvaro Carreras also clashed, something the club publicly downplayed as „nothing serious". How many times do you say „nothing serious" before it becomes serious?

Then there's Kylian Mbappe - the factor that helps nobody. The reports say he's unhappy and capricious, still hurt over Xabi Alonso's dismissal. Unhappy with teammates. Unhappy with the medical staff. Unhappy that he was given a break. And his teammates are unhappy with him: his low defensive workload doesn't sit well, and neither does the time off he took.

All of this lands on the head of coach Alvaro Arbeloa, and on Sunday he faces El Clasico against Barcelona. The Catalans only need one point to lock down the title. A loss would crown Real's worst season in the last decade.

When a team falls apart from the inside, every training-ground duel becomes a „Marca" headline. The question isn't whether there will be more incidents - but how long Arbeloa stays on the bench to deal with them.