Villarreal's draw with Atletico Madrid on Sunday ended with a furious post-match clash.
The match ended at 2-2, as Atletico Madrid forced a late, late equaliser via Villarreal defender Aissa Mandi.
After the final whistle, the two sets of players - and coaching staff - clashed in the players' tunnel, with people being physically struck.
As quoted by AS, this was confirmed by referee Cesar Soto Grado in his match report, who recounted two serious incidents.
He wrote: "After finishing the match and finding ourselves in the dressing room tunnel, we witnessed a discussion between coaches and players from both teams."
A discussion in which, Villarreal assistant coach Imanol Idiakez, who acts as coach Unai Emery's prime No2, was the protagonist.
"We see him dealing with a local manager aggressively and having to be held by members of his team."
In the other incident, the protagonist was from Atletico.
"In the same way," writes Soto Grado, "we witnessed another incident where a person from the local club identified by the authorities as Mr. Pedro Tomás Reñones Crego hits the mouth of a member of the visiting coaching staff with his hand."
In the post-match presser, Villarreal coach Emery revealed that he'd spent half an hour "kicking the wall", before taking questions.
The result sees Atletico Madrid sitting in fifth place on the LaLiga table, while Villarreal are now in eleventh place.
- updated August 31
