Physical problems again 'stop' the almost impregnable Ronald Araújo

The last medical part of Ronald Araújo confirmed one overloads in the sóleo of the left leg, which prevented him contest the second part of the derbi in front of the Espanyol and, possibly, also leave him out of the gone of the 'Playoff' of the Europe League in front of the Napoli next Thursday. However, Xavi Hernández will expect until last moment by the 'charrúa', indisputable headline in this stretch of the season in front of the bad moment that cross players like Eric García and Óscar Mingueza.

For Araújo, the problem in the sóleo is the third injury of the season and the sixth that suffers from his debut with the first team in the 2020-21. The first injury of the central was muscular and had him 36 days of drop between 29 October and on 4 December 2020. It lost a total of seven parties by this physical problem. Later in this season, on 8 February, suffered a sprain of ankle that left him out of the field by 18 days, losing the party of gone of the eighth of final of the Champions League in front of the Paris Saint-Germain (1-4) and other four parties more.

Immediately afterwards it suffered another injury in the tobillor. 12 days more than drop and other three absent parties, included the turn of Champions in front of the PSG (1-1). Recently it could go back to train on 12 March. In June, the defender of 22 years suffered a muscular injury before initiating the pre-season with the Barça. 13 days of drop. To the equal that the previous season, the Uruguayan went back to lesionarse in October. 19 days of drop and five parties went by a problem in the right thigh.

His last injury had been on 6 January, a fracture in the second and third metacarpial bone of the right hand that forced him to operate , but only lost a party in five days of drop. Now, Araújo goes back to have problems in his right leg and can lose one of the most important parties of the season. The quality and the talent of the central are indisputable, but is clear that the physical fragility is his heel of Achilles. A defender can not give the luxury to happen so much time in the infirmary.

Xavi no him descarta for the Thursday

Although the panorama is not alentador, Xavi still no descarta to the Uruguayan for the Thursday. However, the one of Terrassa will not risk if the player is not to 100%, knowing his usual physical relapses. A new prick could marginarlo in the weeks to come with the team playing his contingent to the coming edition of the Champions League, a luxury that the culés today are not in conditions to give .

The injuries of Clément Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti, together with the doubts of Eric García and the fault of confidence in Mingueza do that the technical body need today more than ever so much of Araújo as of Gerard Hammered. The defence of the Barça recently begins to show guarantees to these heights of the calendar. A new low could be fatal with so much for playing in the coming weeks.