BARCELONA, 17 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The FC Barcelona player Ronald Araujo could not recover in time from a muscle overload suffered last weekend in the derby against RCD Espanyol and is out for the Europa League ‘Play-offs’ match against Napoli, this Thursday at the Camp Nou.
Araujo suffered an overload in the soleus of his left leg in the first part of the derby, which ended in a draw (2-2) thanks to a late goal by Luuk De Jong for the ‘culers’.
Without the Uruguayan central defender, the Blaugrana coach, Xavi Hernández, will have to look for an alternative in Eric Garcia or Òscar Mingueza to accompany Gerard Piqué in the defensive axis since he also has Clément Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti injured.
In addition, forwards Memphis Depay and Ansu Fati and defender and midfielder Sergi Roberto will be absent for this first leg match against the Neapolitan team. In addition, Dani Alves, Ferran Jutglà or Abde are not registered.
The list of participants is as follows: Ter Stegen, Dest, Piqué, Sergio, Riqui Puig, Dembélé, Adama, Braithwaite, Neto, Nico, Pedri, L. De Jong, Jordi Alba, Ferran, F. De Jong, Mingueza, Eric , Aubameyang, Gavi and Arnau Tenas.