The new Puyol! Ronald Araújo saved Barça and returned to lead the defense

One of the big sins of the FC Barcelona was being the fault of defensive forcefulness that had the team. The Barcelona, in spite of being the team less goleado in League (six fit in dieciseis days), were conceding a lot of spaces so that the rivals approached to the area of Marc-André ter Stegen. In Champions League was where more noticed , but everything seems to indicate to that the Barça has found the 'antidote'.

In the previous of the crash of the culés against the Athletic of Madrid, did reference to that Ronald Araújo was the best possible signing for the Barça in this 2023. After several months 'KO' by an injury, the central has returned in style and goes back to be decisive for his team: Against the Intercity saw goal and, in the Cívitas Metropolitan, was imperial to the hour to defend.

It is the first party of the charrúa in LaLiga from the month of September and has marked the difference. Against the Athletic, in a party of maximum requirement in which it shared saga with Andreas Christensen (with a supreme performance, also), did notice and showed that it is the big leader that needed the Barcelona: A 'new' Carles Puyol that it can be decisive.

Araújo Showed his version more soberbia and justified the confidence inagotable that has him Xavi Hernández. It won an important quantity of duels and was hit in clear them aerial (a resource that the Athletic, usually, knows to take advantage of very very). It was a nightmare for the attackers rojiblancos and a blessing for the blaugrana, place was he the one who saved the clearest occasion of the Madrilenian picture in the discount.

And it is that, in the minute 90+6, Araújo took him out the balloon to Antoine Griezmann in the line to avoid the 1-1. The 'Principito' already was practically singing the goal, after winning to Ter Stegen, but the central appeared with a layer of hero to keep the goal in zero once again in what it goes of LaLiga.

A 'signing' sensacional

The charrúa is the most important defence for the Barça. It comes it showing since it rose to the first team, but in the past season finished to consecrate , in spite of the diverse physical problems that had along the course. With him, the trainer of Terrassa knows that has a 'plus' in the team that had been key in 2022 in parties that defined by details (and errors) defensive.

It returns, also, in a moment key in which the load of parties can be overwhelming for the culés. In the next two months, in addition to LaLiga, will play the Glass of Rey, Supercopa of Spain (this week) and the Europe League. Araújo, if it achieves to keep to 100% physically, can be a player that mark the differences in the team.