FROM VILLAIN TO HERO
Araújo redeemed Ünal from his penalty with a goal that is worth pure gold
Published:23/04/2021 - 00:19h
Updated:23/04/2021 - 00:19h
Ronald Araújo went from being the villain in the clash between Barça and Getafe, to being one of the scorers of the night with a goal that allowed the Catalans to breathe
In the football can happen to be hero to villain (and vice versa) within a matter of minutes and is what has happened him to Ronald Araújo tonight in the Camp Nou, in the victory of the FC Barcelona in front of the Getafe in The League. The Uruguayan, that went in in the beginning of the second part to substitute to Gerard Hammered, committed a very grave error that gave him wings to the ones of José Bordalás to believe in the tie, but shortly after redeemed with a golazo.
In the beginning of the second part, the Barça had lost spark and the approaches to the area of David Soria were explained, what gave foot to that the Getafe encouraged to surround the area defended by Marc-André ter Stegen. When it ran the minute 67, in a played without absolute danger, with Ünal of backs to the goal and with little angle, Ronald Araújo put the foot to take out the balloon but finished stepping to the forward 'azulón', that went to the floor and protested to the referee.
Figueroa Vázquez, referee of the meeting, said him to Ünal that raised , since for him had not happened at all. For the moment, Araújo had saved , but no by a lot. The VAR saw forced to take part and Hernández Hernández notified to the referee's body that there was a possible penal inside the area, inviting it to review the action from the monitor. Like this then , Figueroa finished giving the maximum penalty to the ones of José Bordalás, that was effected by the same Ünal, that won without complication to Ter Stegen.
Araújo Redeemed
The bronca of Ronald Koeman with his players was notable, but effective. The Dutch took out of the field to Óscar Mingueza, because it saw it like one of the 'culprits' of the approach of the 'azulones' and complained of which remained in the field. Besides, for this moment, the Barça had not finished to the area in the second part and the Getafe won metres in the field, but without sufficient danger.
To erase his asterisk, the charrúa dressed of hero and marked the 4-2 after a shot of corner of Leo Messi. The central, with soul of forward, was expecting the launching of 'The Flea' and cabeceó with power to command the spherical to the more bottom of the meshes and subtract him nerves to his team, that was having a bad time in this moment.
