The newspaper “AS” revealed the expected duration of the absence of defenders Ronald Araujo and Jules Conde, following they were injured with Uruguay and France, respectively.
According to the newspaper, Araujo returned to Barcelona and is convinced that he can join the Clasico match once morest Real Madrid, next month. However, the newspaper revealed that the tests that Araujo underwent, on Saturday morning, confirmed the presence of a “rupture of the adductor muscle in his right leg.”
I also learned that the injury is so great that it requires a minimum of six or seven weeks to recover, so Araujo will not only miss the Clasico match, but will not catch up with Barcelona matches until the end of this year.
This news is a huge blow to Xavi, the Barcelona coach, for whom Araujo was one of the main pillars of his defense and absolute leader in the back defence.
And now Xavi will have to face important matches such as the two Inter Milan matches, the Bayern Munich match in the Champions League and the Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu without the Uruguayan League.
In addition to the loss of Araujo, it is necessary to think regarding the absence of Conde, who was confirmed by tests that he suffered an injury to the biceps femoris muscle in his left leg.”
And the newspaper “AS” said that the injury is less than expected, and the French international might return a little earlier than initially expected.
After the first tests in France, it was speculated that Conde will be absent for between four and five weeks, and now he is expected to be absent for between three and four weeks.
