Discipline
Tunnel brawl follows Real Madrid's 3-0 win at Valencia
Reports say players and staff clashed at halftime at Mestalla, and the referee's report names Valencia sporting director Braulio Vázquez.
Golviva Newsroom
Real Madrid won 3-0 at Mestalla on Saturday through goals from Federico Valverde, Arda Güler and Kylian Mbappé, moving to second in La Liga with 30 points. José Gayà was sent off for Valencia in the 79th minute. The match was overshadowed by a clash in the tunnel at halftime, when players and staff from both sides argued about refereeing decisions.
Several outlets report that blows were exchanged. According to Mundo Deportivo, citing the referee's match report, Valencia sporting director Braulio Vázquez Benítez was involved in an altercation in the tunnel and confronted the referee's first assistant. Record reports that the referee's report names only Braulio.
El Mundo reports that police were called in and names Bellingham, Maffeo and Rüdiger among the players involved. RMC Sport reports that Rüdiger struck a security officer and that Bellingham had a dispute with a club official, while L'Équipe describes only an altercation between Rüdiger and Valencia players.
Valencia, 19th with 9 points from 12 games, host Tavernes in the Copa del Rey round of 128 at Mestalla on Tuesday 10 November.
Sources
This article is based on reports by:
- L'Équipe — Tensions entre Antonio Rüdiger et des Valenciens dans le tunnel à la mi-temps de Valence-Real Madrid
- AS — Tangana en el túnel de vestuarios: Rüdiger se enzarza con un seguridad
- RMC Sport — Coup de Rüdiger sur un agent de sécurité, embrouille entre Bellingham et un dirigeant: scènes de chaos à la mi-temps de Valence-Real Madrid
- Record — Caos no túnel do Valencia-Real Madrid: Rüdiger, Bellingham, polícia... e omissões no relatório do árbitro
- El Mundo — Tensión en el césped y bronca en el túnel de vestuarios de Mestalla con intervención de la Policía: "Hubo alguna palabra que otra"
- Mundo Deportivo — Esto dice el acta del colegiado del lío en los vestuarios
- Foot Mercato — Real Madrid : graves accusations contre Bellingham et Rudiger
Written by the Golviva newsroom from the reports below, with figures from Golviva’s own database. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. · How we report
