The Real Madrid star is threatened with a 12-match ban

Real Madrid's Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde faces a 12-match ban for assaulting Villarreal winger Alex Baena, after the two teams' match in La Liga.

And Spanish press reports revealed that Valverde waited for Bayena after the Real Madrid and Villarreal match that was held at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium on the eighth of April, outside the stadium and punched him in response to Bayena kicking the Uruguayan player during the meeting and provoking him by saying: “Cry now, because Your son will not be born."

The newspaper "AS" reported that the Spanish National Anti-Violence Committee decided to refer the case of Valverde and Bayena to the Competition Commission.

The newspaper added that the Competition Committee will hold a meeting the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, and Valverde and Bayena will be summoned to testify in the case, and indicated that the possible punishment for the Uruguayan player will be suspension between 4 to 12 matches, and a decision is expected within a month and a half.

And all this in relation to the sporting sanctions against Valverde, given that the criminal case remains pending after the Real Madrid player's complaint to the police was made by Bayena.