It seemed that it was going to be another black day for Ronald Koeman’s Barcelona: Betis beat him 1-0 on a new LaLiga date and the visitor could not find the spaces.
But Lionel Messi came from the bench, changed the face of the team and with a goal in the 87th minute, the culé team won 3-2 to reach Real Madrid on points and seek to get closer to Atlético, the undisputed leader.
Similarly, not all of them were good: Ronald Araujo had to be replaced due to an injury and it would leave him out of the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Paris Saint Germain.
The club announced a “sprained left ankle”, but according to what Diario AS was able to find out, it is a grade two anterior indesmosis, something more complex than usual and would require at least three weeks of recovery.
Undoubtedly he will not be against Seville on Wednesday for the Copa del Rey or against Alavés for a local tournament on Saturday. The club will wait for him until the last minute, but it seems like an impossible mission for him to be on the Camp Nou pitch on February 16.
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The tests carried out this morning have confirmed that the first team player Ronald Araujo has a sprained left ankle. Evolution will mark your availability pic.twitter.com/6VUkj5i0YE
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es)
February 8, 2021
Ronald Koeman must already begin to move pieces in his head: Clement Lenglet, Samuel Umtiti and Óscar Mingueza, the options.
