Real Madrid’s Arbeloa asks to ‘turn the page’ after fight between Valverde and Tchouaméni
BARCELONA: Real Madrid coach Álvaro Arbeloa has defended players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni, saying their apologies for having scuffled were enough to settle the incident that led the club to fine both of them a whopping 500,000 euros ($590,000). “My players recognized their mistake, expressed their remorse and asked for forgiveness,” Arbeloa told reporters in Madrid on Saturday in his first public appearance since the fight. “That is enough for me,” he said. “What I am not going to do is burn them on a pyre in a town square, because they don’t deserve that.