In Madrid, Real Madrid’s meeting with Elche offered a small but telling image from inside the squad: Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde were back in the starting side together, and the Frenchman and the Uruguayan shared an embrace.
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The gesture followed months of reported tension in the Real Madrid dressing room. Tchouaméni and Valverde’s reunion in the line-up against Elche, capped by their embrace, suggested that the difficult spell between the two midfielders has been brought to a close.
