Ronald araujo, after undergoing the medical tests that confirmed his left ankle sprain yesterday, was the great absence in the training session this Tuesday, prior to the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa del Rey before him Sevilla this Wednesday at Sánchez Pijzuán (9 pm / Telecinco and DAZN).
Without Araujo, which will try to arrive or be infiltrated to the meeting next Tuesday before the PSG, despite the fact that the period of sick leave would approach four weeks, Ronald Koeman will have to improvise a new axis of the rear, since the Uruguayan had played 16 of the last 17 games with the Barça as holder.
Despite the absence of Araujo, Koeman has made use of the subsidiary, but not to make up for the absence of the Uruguayan. Besides the usual Óscar Mingueza, which is central but has so far been used as a winger due to injuries to Dest Y Sergi Roberto, the Dutch coach has called four other players from the reserve team: Ilaix, Konrad, Collado and the goalkeeper Iñaki Peña, which replaces Arnau
Hold on, who in recent training had been the chosen one.
The other two Koeman alternatives for the shaft
In fact, before the Sevilla, one of the alternatives to cover the loss of Araujo, would be that Mingueza leave the right side and return to the axis to form tandem with Lenglet. The other two possible options are that De Jong delay his position to that of central, as he did on Sunday against the Betis, when he bet that it was Frenkie who will enter through Araujo, or play with Lenglet Y Umtiti as a couple.
Before the session began, and given the importance of tomorrow’s game at the Sánchez Pizjuán, Koeman has given a talk to his footballers.
