Alex Baena’s legal case against Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde has been dismissed by a magistrates’ court as it is claimed there is no evidence of criminality.
Valverde, 24, was accused of punching Villarreal’s Baena, 21, during a furious confrontation in the aftermath of Real Madrid’s 3-2 home defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu in April.
The Uruguayan is alleged to have confronted Baena – a Spain under-21 international – in the area where the team buses park up at the stadium and threw a punch at him.
Baena, who was later seen with a bruised and swollen cheekbone, filed a...
