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Real Madrid players fined $589K each for fight
Key takeaways
- The two got into a fight at the end of a training session, and the altercation led to Valverde being taken to the hospital with a cut on his forehead.
- The fight came just a day after another incident on the previous day, and Madrid had announced disciplinary proceedings had been begun into the two players.
- "During the appearance, the players expressed their deep regret for what happened and apologized to each other," the LaLiga club said in a statement on Friday.
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The two got into a fight at the end of a training session, and the altercation led to Valverde being taken to the hospital with a cut on his forehead. He was subsequently diagnosed with a "cranioencephalic trauma" and has been ruled out of this weekend's Clásico against Barcelona.
The fight came just a day after another incident on the previous day, and Madrid had announced disciplinary proceedings had been begun into the two players.
"During the appearance, the players expressed their deep regret for what happened and apologized to each other," the LaLiga club said in a statement on Friday.
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