THE 'CHARRUA' WILL NOT TRAVEL TO HIS COUNTRY
Barça will preserve Ronald Araújo during the next national team break
Published:20/08/2023 - 09:20h
Updated:20/08/2023 - 09:20h
Ronald Araújo will not play with Uruguay at the start of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. This is what FC Barcelona has planned, prioritizing the recovery of the 'charrúa' for the start of the Champions League in mid-September
The FC Barcelona will not free to Ronald Araújo for the next stop of selections. The defender has suffered a break in the biceps femoral of the left leg this week that will keep him at least four weeks ofdrop , by which the club already has informed to the Uruguayan selection that the central will not travel for the beginning of the eliminatory sudamericanas for the World-wide 2026.
Uruguay debuts the Friday 8 September home in front of Chile and, four days later, will visit to Ecuador. Araújo Already lost the World-wide of Qatar by physical problems and the Barça does not want to run risks with an injury that, if no healthy properly, can leave was to the 'charrúa' by the rest of 2023. In this sense, the priority of the club is to recover him for the debut in the Champions League the third week of September, just after the stop of selections.
The date in which it could reappear Ronald Araújo
If the recovery advances without setbacks, Ronald could reappear in the fifth day of LaLiga the Sunday 17 September in Montijuïc in front of the Real Betis. The ones of Xavi Hernández will debut in Champions three days later, the Wednesday 20, with a rival for defining. That is the party to the that aims the central, but see minutes in front of the Betis will be key so that it can be headline in the European debut.
In this way, the Barça already has descartado to Araújo for the parties in front of Cádiz, Villarreal and Osasuna, this last just before the stop of selections of two weeks. To international level, the one of Rivera will have opportunity to reappear with his selection in October during a new double date of eliminatory in front of Colombia and Brazil. The calendar of the clasificatorio includes two parties more in November for Uruguay against Argentina and Bolivia.
Araújo Will not risk with Uruguay
As sucedió during the World-wide of Qatar, Ronald Araújo will prioritise his recovery before risking with his selection. The central already suffered a break in the aductor of the right leg in a friendly international that forced him to go through the operating theatre before the tournament. In front of the possibility of a relapse, the one of Rivera opted by not playing in the phase of groups, a drop that, although it conditioned the performance of the 'celestial' in Qatar, allowed him reappear with the Barça in January.