Things got heated at half-time during Real Madrid’s 3–0 win over Valencia on Saturday, with a multi-player “scuffle” unfolding in the Mestalla tunnel.

Madrid took a 2–0 lead into the break with Federico Valverde and Arda Güler’s goals making life diffiult for La Liga’s 19th-placed club.

However, things might have been different for Los Che. Guido Rodríguez thought he’d opened the scoring for the hosts after 20 minutes only for the goal to be ruled out for a tight offside. Not long after, Real Madrid took the lead with Valverde slamming home from range in characteristic fashion after Kylian Mbappé’s free kick had rebounded back off the wall.

The free kick had been the result of Pablo Maffeo shoving Mbappé when through on goal on the edge of the area, an action that earned him a yellow card. The only controversy at the time appeared to be that Maffeo escaped with only a booking.…