Real Madrid and Barcelona are once again two of the best teams in Spain and this time around, it looks like the La Liga title race is going to be very tight. The defending champions have added Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Tchouameni to their squad, while losing Casemiro to Manchester United. On the other hand, the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde, Franck Kessie, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen, Marcos Alonso and Hector Bellerin have arrived at Camp Nou.
Real Madrid have made a perfect start to the season, winning all their games. And while Barcelona have not been that good, they are not a million miles behind either.
Thus, it is once again expected to be a great spectacle when the two sides meet this season. The first game is scheduled to be on October 16. And unfortunately, Barcelona have been handed some bad news heading into the game.
Barcelona announced on their official website that tests were also conducted on Ronald Araujo and he has an avulsion fracture of the adductor longus tendon in his right thigh. And as reported by AS, the injury is of such magnitude that the minimum time off will be between six to seven weeks.
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It goes without saying that Barcelona will miss the presence of Araujo at the back against Real Madrid.
He has been one of Barcelona’s best players for a while now and him missing one of the most important games, in fact several important matches, is the last thing that the club would have been hoping for.
Now, it remains to be seen how long it takes for Araujo to recover. It is possible that he could end up missing the rest of 2022 and the World Cup as a result.