AFTER witnessing a bust-up between team-mates first hand, when they faced Deportivo at the weekend, two Valencia players did the same on Wednesday, when John Carew and Mauricio Pellegrino squared up to each other during training.
The argument came about during a small practice match, in Wednesday morning's training session.
The game, interestingly, was refereed by Valencia manager Hector Cuper, and the Argentine coach will have been far from impressed with the actions of two of his key players.
The argument broke out after Argentine defender Pellegrino, became a little too physical for the liking of the big Norwegian striker, grabbing his shirt as he marked him.
This led the former Rosenborg striker to respond by striking his team mate.
28-year-old Pellegrino was less than happy with the actions of the striker, and showed his anger by striking the forward in the chest.
The attacker, who stands at nearly 2 metres tall, reacted by pushing his team-mate, before receiving a return push for his troubles, before the rest of the squad became involved, separating the pair.
The bust-up will come as a further blow to the Argentine coach, who is currently contemplating his future in Spain, following the interest from Inter Milan.
Ironically, it was Cuper, giving a penalty for the actions of the Argentine defender, who triggered the bust up with his decision. To make matters worse for the Norwegian, he failed to score from the spot. Tempers still seemed a little flared when the players took a break for drinks, Pellegrino and Carew could clearly be seen to be exchanging words with each other.
After training, both players seemed quick to play down the incident, although they both also gave conflicting information to the eager journalists. Pellegrino confirmed the players had spoken in the changing rooms after training, while Carew denied that they had spoken about the issue.
Following the actions of Djalminha in the match against them at the weekend, the Norwegian striker was quick to dismiss any parallels, saying: "It is not the same as what Djalminha did. Nothing happened. It was something normal in training, due to the temperament.
"Therefore it is not possible to compare this to what happened between Djalminha and his team mate. Cuper has not spoken with us, because no problem exists. I haven't spoke with Pellegrino either, because there is nothing to speak about."
Meanwhile, Pellegrino added: "There is always a little more friction in training, a strong challenge or a clash like this. But it isn't important.
"We all want to win in training, and nothing more. We spoke in the changing rooms, and there is no problem with this. Everything is solved and we shouldn't place any importance on this incident."
The argument came about during a small practice match, in Wednesday morning's training session.
The game, interestingly, was refereed by Valencia manager Hector Cuper, and the Argentine coach will have been far from impressed with the actions of two of his key players.
The argument broke out after Argentine defender Pellegrino, became a little too physical for the liking of the big Norwegian striker, grabbing his shirt as he marked him.
This led the former Rosenborg striker to respond by striking his team mate.
28-year-old Pellegrino was less than happy with the actions of the striker, and showed his anger by striking the forward in the chest.
The attacker, who stands at nearly 2 metres tall, reacted by pushing his team-mate, before receiving a return push for his troubles, before the rest of the squad became involved, separating the pair.
The bust-up will come as a further blow to the Argentine coach, who is currently contemplating his future in Spain, following the interest from Inter Milan.
Ironically, it was Cuper, giving a penalty for the actions of the Argentine defender, who triggered the bust up with his decision. To make matters worse for the Norwegian, he failed to score from the spot. Tempers still seemed a little flared when the players took a break for drinks, Pellegrino and Carew could clearly be seen to be exchanging words with each other.
After training, both players seemed quick to play down the incident, although they both also gave conflicting information to the eager journalists. Pellegrino confirmed the players had spoken in the changing rooms after training, while Carew denied that they had spoken about the issue.
Following the actions of Djalminha in the match against them at the weekend, the Norwegian striker was quick to dismiss any parallels, saying: "It is not the same as what Djalminha did. Nothing happened. It was something normal in training, due to the temperament.
"Therefore it is not possible to compare this to what happened between Djalminha and his team mate. Cuper has not spoken with us, because no problem exists. I haven't spoke with Pellegrino either, because there is nothing to speak about."
Meanwhile, Pellegrino added: "There is always a little more friction in training, a strong challenge or a clash like this. But it isn't important.
"We all want to win in training, and nothing more. We spoke in the changing rooms, and there is no problem with this. Everything is solved and we shouldn't place any importance on this incident."
