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XAVI WILL HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES IN DEFENCE

Ronald Araújo's red card against Madrid will prevent him from playing in the Copa del Rey

Published:15/01/2024 - 16:06h

Updated:15/01/2024 - 16:06h

FC Barcelona finished the Super Cup match with one player less. Araújo was sent off for a double yellow card, something that will leave the Uruguayan out of the Catalans' next match

Calendar of FC Barcelona

After the Real Madrid-FC Barcelona of the final of the Supercopa of Spain arrived the referee's record that collects the expulsion of Ronald Araújo by double yellow. The first was in the maximum penalty on Vinicius of the first period that the referee punished with yellow and later would arrive an infringement, also on the Brazilian, that would finish sending to the defender to the changing rooms. Like this it reviewed Munuera Martínez the actions:

  • "In the minute 37 the player (4) Ronald Federico Araujo Gives Silva was admonished by the following reason: For attaching to an opponent in the dispute of the balloon, demolishing him."
  • "In the minute 71 the player (4) Ronald Federico Araujo Gives Silva was admonished by the following reason: For demolishing of reckless form to a contrary in the dispute of the balloon".
  • "In the minute 71 the player (4) Ronald Federico Araujo Gives Silva was expelled by the following reason: double yellow."

Good news for the Barça

That last action, like sucede with almost all, will do that the Uruguayan have to fulfil a party of sanction. But, luckily for the Barcelona club, the party of sanction will affect him in the following meeting of the Barcelona. In this case in the duel in front of the Unionistas of Salamanca by the Glass of Rey. Of this way, the Uruguayan will be able to be in front of the Real Betis the next weekend in Benito Villamarín.

Although it still remains for expecting the official communiqué official, the Article 56 of the Disciplinary Code collects that it has to fulfil in the following meeting of the team, in spite of being an expulsion by Supercopa. "The suspension by parties that was consequence of the Supercopa of Spain with independence of his gravity, will involve the prohibition to range , act, access to the terrain of game, to the bench and to the zone of changing rooms, in so many those as it cover the sanction by the order in that they take place, although by alteration of calendar, postponement, repetition or another any one circumstance, had varied the preestablecido to the beginning of the competition", explains the rule.

Xavi and some changes in his defence

Although clearly it is positive that Araújo can until in a so complicated field in LaLiga, Xavi Hernández will have to do some changes in his defence. The Uruguayan, that had acting like head office, will have to be replaced by Jules Koundé that this Sunday delivered very little security. This, added to the injury of Cancel, would leave to Héctor Fort like big candidate to be in the right side from the beginning of the duel of Glass.