Ronald Araújo left the minute of play in this Friday’s friendly between Uruguay and Iran after feeling muscle discomfort in the adductor of his right leg.
Ronald Araújo felt discomfort in his right adductor and was replaced by Agustín Rogel. Getty Images
In the first moments of the match played at the NV Arena Sankt Polten in Vienna, Austria, the Asian team attacked quickly, forcing a quick retreat from Celeste.
The offensive finally did not generate danger, but before the minute of play was completed, goalkeeper Sergio Rochet approached his teammate Araújo, who the adductor of his right leg was taken confirming a muscular discomfort with his look of concern towards the bench of substitutes of the team led by Diego Alonso.
The Barcelona defender was treated by the Celeste health team and left the field of play without re-entering. A few minutes later was officially replaced by Agustín Rogelwho had to warm up quickly in the face of this unforeseen event.
Araújo’s injury was added to Uruguay’s several losses in defense, where Alonso cannot count for this double FIFA date (on Tuesday Uruguay will play against Canada in Slovakia) with the Diego Godín, Sebastián Coates and Josema Giménez were injured.
These injuries caused Sebastián Cáceres, defender of América de México, to start against Iran, having his first game with the senior team of his country; and the departure of Araújo generated the debut in the Celeste of Rogel, former defender of Nacional and Estudiantes, currently defending Hertha Berlin of Germany.
Diego Alonso, coach of Uruguay, commented after the game on Araújo’s physical problem: «It is a discomfort in his right leg that prevented him from continuing, we will see the evaluation in the following hours and we will talk with Barcelona about the steps to follow ”. The DT explained that he placed him as a central defender due to the aforementioned casualties: «He had already played with us as a central defender against Panama and it was an opportunity to see him again and see another teammate in his right-back position.»
This Araújo injury also It causes a lot of concern in Barcelona, which has seen how in the last few hours several of its players have suffered different physical discomforts playing for their respective teams.
For example, Ousmane Dembele something meaningful must have come out at 79′ of this Thursday’s match between France and Austria, a meeting where the French defender Jules Koundé he was only able to play the first 23 minutes (injury to the femoral biceps of his left leg).
Furthermore, in the clash between Poland and the Netherlands (also for the UEFA Nations League), the Dutch who play for Barça, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depayexpressed various discomforts that prevented him from completing the match: the midfielder was only able to play the first half (muscle discomfort), while the striker retired at 52′ (left thigh).