RIYADH: Villarreal’s Alex Baena has informed police of an alleged assault, on him, by Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde following a La Liga game at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.
Uruguyan Valverde is reported to have waited by the Villareal team bus and punched Baena following Madrid’s 2-3 defeat.
Baena said, via his Twitter account, yesterday, that he had been subjected to an attack and denied that he had insulted Valverde’s family.
Baena wrote: “I am very saddened by the attack after the match, and I am surprised by what they say that I said, it is completely false that I said that.”
The Spanish newspaper Marca reported that sources close to Valverde said that Baena allegedly annoyed the Real Madrid player during the two teams’ match in the Spanish Cup last January by talking about his unborn child.
Valverde’s girlfriend Mina Bonino had revealed that the couple had feared that they would lose their unborn child, but that the pregnency was now progressing well.
And Marca reported that Baena allegedly referred again to Valverde’s child during yesterday’s match, which ultimately led to the confrontation.