Álvaro Carreras slapped in Madrid, ex-Benfica at centre of row | OneFootball

The atmosphere at Real Madrid is going through a delicate moment, and there is another episode deepening the crisis. This time, the focus falls on Antonio Rudiger and Álvaro Carreras, the former Benfica full-back - who already knows the date for the home match against Braga - who were reportedly involved in a tense moment in the Merengues' dressing room.

"It was a slap. A slap from Rudiger hurts, but it’s not an assault. It happened in the context of an argument. Rudiger had already had a few disagreements with Carreras. This happened in the week after Bayern Munich, that is, between the game against Alavés - which, interestingly, was Carreras’s last match as a starter for Real Madrid - and the game against Real Betis," said journalist Látigo Serrano, from Spanish radio station Onda Cero, on the program 'Radioestadio Noche'.

Adding to that, a difference between the players stands out: "It was in that round when there was a midweek matchday. It was at Valdebebas, in the context that they had already been getting at each other, because Rudiger understands football in a different way, he comes from a different generation than lads like Álvaro Carreras, and, well, at a certain moment..."

Despite the incident, the journalist himself sought to play down the situation, placing it in the context of the pressure experienced inside a high-performance dressing room, especially at a time when results have not been the best. "These are moments of great tension in the dressing room, they go beyond a disagreement, they go beyond a problem between players and coach," he stressed.

In conclusion, Látigo Serrano pointed to the 'naturalness' of the incident: "I’m not saying they started throwing punches, I’m saying he slapped him. You’ve seen Rudiger play. He’s hardly a little saint or a calm guy, and, in that moment, he must have lost his head, obviously. It did not go any further than that, and I am sure it is not the first time that two players from a professional team have fallen out in a dressing room."

This is not, however, the first time Antonio Rudiger has felt the need to call Álvaro Carreras to order. On April 4, during the 30th round of LaLiga, which ended in a 2-1 defeat away at Son Moix against Mallorca, streaming platform DAZN revealed footage showing the Germany international losing his head with the former Benfica player: "You’re a defender, you have to close him down."

Those words were spoken after the left-back had allowed Pablo Maffeo to cross the ball into the 'heart' of the penalty area, where Manu Morlanes appeared to redirect it into the back of the net guarded by Andriy Lunin in the 41st minute. A dressing-down that he would repeat moments later in a similar move.

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