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Sergio Ramos has played down a training ground bust up with a Real Madrid teammate while under pressure coach Julen Lopetegui insisted *he is not aware of reports that he is close to being sacked*..
A video emerged, which showed the Madrid captain reacting to be struck with an elbow by Sergio Reguilon during a training session by booting a ball in the direction of the youth team player. However, he later posted a message on Twitter, suggesting it was more innocent than it seemed.
"Although it may not seem like it, they are quite common situations, but it is not an excuse, my reaction should not have been that," Ramos wrote.
"We always go full, right, Regui? In the end team victory together."
Aunque no os lo parezca, son situaciones bastante habituales, pero no es excusa, mi reacción no debió ser esa.
Nosotros siempre vamos a full, ¿verdad, Regui? ¡¡Al final victoria del equipo juntos @sergio_regui!! ????
Carpetazo ? y a por el partido de mañana.#HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/PIFNFqV6mj— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) 22 October 2018
Meanwhile, Madrid coach Lopetegui has said he cannot confirm anything about his future other than that he "will be the coach tomorrow."
Lopetegui goes into Tuesday's Champions League clash with Viktoria Plzen at the Bernabeu under huge pressure following three straight defeats including Saturday's La Liga 2-1 home defeat to Levante, with the local media claiming club president Florentino Perez is considering a long list of potential replacements including Antonio Conte, Michael Laudrup and current Madrid Castilla coach Santi Solari.
Asked at the prematch news conference if he had been told by Perez that his job was safe, the former Spain national team boss said he was keeping away from all the noise over his future and just trying to do his day-to-day job as well as possible.
"You think that I am reading and listening to what is being said?" Lopetegui said. "I see things in a much more normal way, I am going day-to-day the same as always. That is the only thing we can control.
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"I am just preparing my team for the game. I do not look any further than that, which is my responsibility as a coach. We are excited and motivated for tomorrow's game in an important competition like the Champions League.
"I cannot confirm anything apart from that I will be the coach tomorrow. If you ask me what will happen in a month, in a year, I cannot say. I am just focused on the present, and tomorrow's game."
Lopetegui said that he had learned from his time at the Bernabeu that the club battled their way through difficult moments.
"What I have learned at this club is to battle -- that is the DNA of this club," Lopetegui said. "We will battle, as a team, as a coaching team. We know the situation is not the best, but also that we have time to turn things around."
Asked how the dressing-room was dealing with the difficult situation, Lopetegui called on players who have won four of the last five Champions League trophies to stand up and perform as they can.
"This is a strong dressing room, and it is not by chance that they are champions," he said. "In difficult moments champions come through, and not by listening to what is being said.
"The team is alive, we are looking forward to playing a great game tomorrow. We need to be more effective in attack, not making such mistakes at the back. That happens through improving on the things we have been doing."
Madrid eased to a 3-0 win over Roma in their first Group G game of the season, but were then shocked 1-0 at CSKA Moscow last time out.
Plzen are currently bottom of Group G, having drawn 2-2 at home to CSKA, then lost 5-0 at Roma.
Source: espn.co.uk