Ronald Araujo Thigh injury while representing Uruguay internationally, Barcelonathen adding to Blaugrana’s defense problems Jules Kounde suffered a hamstring injury. Araujo took his place within five minutes of Friday’s 1-0 loss. Uruguay After crashing early in the game in Austria in a friendly match against Iran.
Jules Kounde was replaced during France’s victory over Austria in the Nations League on Thursday, and the French Football Association announced earlier Friday that Kounde would be leaving Didier Deschamps’ camp.
Barcelona have officially revealed the extent of the two players’ injuries, with Araujo’s right thigh avulsion fracture and Kounde’s left hamstring biceps femoris injury. Blaugrana did not provide a timeline for the return of either defender, but sources outside of Spain indicated that both could be out for about a month.
For Xavi, who made both Araujo and Kounde defensive stalwarts in his revamped team, losing either player for any time would have been a serious blow. Araujo has started each of Barça’s six LaLiga games this season, with Kounde, a right-back who has been filling his place since joining from Sevilla, with two assists in three league games for the Catalan heavyweights.
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Ronald Araujo is not the only Barcelona player injured in international duty.
Barcelona’s Memphis Depay, Ousmane Dembele and Jules Kounde were injured while serving their country. All three had excellent nights as their countries beat the Netherlands and France beat Poland and Austria 2-0. However, from a personal point of view, things did not go so smoothly.
With 49 minutes in Warsaw, Memphis fell to the ground clutching his hamstrings and was quickly replaced by Vincent Janssen. Dembele came into the game in the last 10 minutes and had muscle pain before the end of the game in Paris, while Kounde had to leave the game in the 23rd minute due to injury.
The situation of the other two does not look as promising as for Dembele, whose injury is believed to be minor and could allow him to play for France on Sunday.
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