The Uruguayan was the only footballer to stop the Brazilian last year
He Football club Barcelona He arrives touched at the Cup Classic at the Santiago Bernabéu. Added to the defeats against Manchester United and Almería is the misfortune of Robert Lewandowski’s injury, which, along with those of Pedri, Dembélé and Ansu Fati, seems to condemn Xavi’s team to a miracle to achieve a good result this Thursday.
However, if there is one footballer that the Barça fan should cling to with all his hopes, it is without a doubt Ronald Araujo. The charrúa is the great defensive stronghold of the Catalan team and is establishing itself as one of the great central defenders of the moment. However, everything indicates that Xavi’s plan for the cup game will be to put him on the right.
Araujo has the ability to performing at a huge level, both center back and right back and that’s where it helped a lot, so that two of the last three Clásicos have been won by Barcelona. With Araujo as winger, Barça conquered the Bernabéu a year ago (0-4 and a goal from the Uruguayan) and also took victory in the final of the Spanish Super Cup more than a month ago (3-1… Benzema’s goal came without him on the field).
It is evident that Real Madrid bases much of its attacking action on the verticality and insolence of Vinicius Jr, one of the best football players in the world and perhaps the one who is in the best shape today. But untill now, the Brazilian has failed to deal with the Uruguayan giant, who managed to put him in those two Clásicos. Quite the opposite of the Clásicos in which Araujo did not play due to injury or play at centre-back, with Real Madrid taking victory with Vinicius as one of the key players.
So if the culé fan needs reasons to get excited for this Thursday, Ronald Araujo must undoubtedly be the main nail to hold. With him, Barça always competes at the highest level.
Source: Goal