Federico Valverde reportedly punches Baena over painful comments about wife

In a thrilling La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu, Villarreal upset Real Madrid 3-2 with two goals scored in the closing 20 minutes.

Alex Baena and Federico Valverde, who had clashed throughout the game, later got into a fight in the parking lot, but the drama didn’t end there.

According to Marca, Valverde punched the Villarreal winger for allegedly making remarks about the Uruguayan’s then-unborn child during the teams’ January Copa del Rey matchup with Villarreal.

Valverde’s partner had a stillbirth scare, but thankfully everything turned out okay.

And Marca added that during the match, Baena said to Valverde, “cry now that your son is not going to be born,” after fouling him during the Copa match.

Federico Valverde punched Alex Baena after Madrid's defeat to Villarreal, sources have confirmed to ESPN.

Valverde reacted angrily to alleged remarks that Baena made about his unborn child, sources said. Valverde and his partner Mina Bonino had a miscarriage scare in February. pic.twitter.com/0Q8Xr8Dtsq

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Goal claims that Villarreal has video of the alleged incident, and police are aware of it. Meanwhile, in his response to the incident, Baena insisted that he had never previously insulted Valverde.

He wrote on Instagram: “Thrilled by the team’s impressive victory at the Santiago Bernabeu, but also saddened by the abuse I received after the game and taken aback by what is being said about me personally.

It is totally false that I said that!”

Valverde dreams of Real Madrid captainship

Meanwhile, Federico Valverde believes he will one day captain Real Madrid as long as he continues playing at the highest level for the Spanish champions, SB Nation reports.

The Uruguayan was speaking ahead of Real Madrid’s Club World Cup semi-final clash against African champions Al Ahly on Wednesday, February 8.

Valverde is bidding to win another major tournament with Real Madrid after emerging as a Champions League and La Liga winner with the Spanish giants.

Valverde scores goal of the season Sports Brief had earlier reported that Federico Valverde’s rocket against Sevilla will contend for the Goal of the Season Award in La Liga.

Real Madrid opened the scoring through Luka Modric but Erik Lamela found the equaliser 10 minutes after the interval.

Two minutes later, Valverde then smashed an unstoppable right-footed shot into the top corner from just outside the penalty area to make it 3-1.