Ronald is back in Barcelona! Bielsa releases Araújo from Uruguay's 2nd friendly this break

Marcelo Bielsa has decided to free to five players of the selection of Uruguay, allowing that they travel to incorporate to his respective teams before the dispute of his friendly second in the current stop of selections. The list of footballers that will not play this Tuesday are Ronald Araujo (FC Barcelona), Matías Neighbouring (Lazio), Facundo Torres (Orlando City), Bruno Méndez (Granada) and Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Knickers), those who will not be presents in front of Ivory Coast in France.

Like this it communicated it of official way the Uruguayan selection, standing out that in the case of the defender of the Barça, decided free it not to take risks and that it can return to his team without adding greater loads in this straight final of the season. Besides, the Uruguayan press puntualizó that the technical body of Bielsa understood that the five players freed already fulfilled with the stage of the trainings and the friendly in front of Basque Country".

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Neighbour, Méndez, Torres, Araujo and Zalazar return to his previous clubs to the trip to France. #ElEquipoQueNosUne https://t.co/fdsc4xz7qq

— Uruguayan selection (@Uruguay) March 25, 2024

News very positive for Xavi

The news is an authentic balsam for Xavi Hernández and the Barça, taking into account that Araújo has come with some annoyances of knee from the past month of February and besides adding a lot of minutes in this 2024 by the change of Christensen to the pivote, the two injuries of Iñigo Martínez and the permanence of Koundé like right side. However, it has not informed of any physical problem with regard to this decision of Bielsa.

An Araújo very important in Barcelona and in Uruguay

In fact, the own central culé aimed before the friendly of the Saturday that "came a bit tired by the quantity of important parties in the Barcelona, but am well. Here we have a long time as to handle the subject of the loads and train, add sessions of work and learn what wants to say us Marcelo Bielsa", ensured.

In this moment Araújo also referred to the appearances that the Argentinian trainer asks him like player of the Uruguayan selection and of the influence that has inside his role in the team. "With Marcelo always are speaking, is a trainer that looks for to explode the best of vos and that always are in the best performance. Bielsa Asks me that it was leader, that drive to the team from backwards, that impose, that was leading with the ball to help to the team in the exits and guide to the defensive line", ensured.