The performance of Ronald Araújo in Santiago Bernabéu explains, of some way, the victory of the FC Barcelona on the Real Madrid in the Classical of the gone of the semifinals of the Glass of the King 2022-2023. Once again playing like right side, a position in which it is not very 'comfortable', but in which equally it is a wall infraqueable. Vinicius Jr Has gone back it to check to finish frustrating.
There is not any doubt that the '20' of the Real Madrid is one of the most dangerous players of the actuality and that, if has few metres to run, goes to have opportunity -surely- of 'punish' to the rival. The Barça very well knows it and is one 'reality'. From it does a time, Xavi Hernández had understood that if his team wanted to impose in the Classical, had to find him an antidote. And it go that they have achieved it.
Ronald Araújo was an authentic wall in front of 'Vini'. It pursued him no rest and without despegarse, supported also by his mates Jules Koundé and Frenkie of Jong. The charrúa, that went back to play like right side after being 'consolidated' as central, denied each confined to the Brazilian and finished it desquiciando in each approach.
Oxygen and changes of position
It was a point that gave oxygen to the Barça,p orque usually the Madrid generates all his danger by the band of the attacker of 22 years. With him blocked, the Madrid tried to advance lines and presionar by his right band, with Luka Modric trying confine and the constants gone up of Dani Carvajal, but without effect.
The coverage of Araújo on Vinicius was so effective that there was a point in the party in which, without results by the band, the Brazilian had to adopt a more internal position in the research of spaces. It was not him sufficient, neither to him neither to the rest of madridistas, because the Barça knew to shut in his field to avoid the approaches of the madridistas.