Xavi: “The doctor told us that Ronald Araujo is fine”

The coach of BarcelonaXavi Hernández, said that the team doctor explained to them that “Ronald Araujo is fine” after the Uruguayan centre-back was evacuated by ambulance from the field of play due to concussion after hitting his head with ‘Gavi’.

“He is conscious and out of danger. She will spend the night in the hospital as a precaution, but if everything goes well tomorrow she will be home”, he reported at a press conference. “At first we were very worried, fearing that something bad might happen.”, he added.

Regarding the match, in which Barça beat Celta de Vigo 3-1 at the Camp Nou, he said that his team lacked “pause, control and order”, although “in the second half” it was “a little better , but with the expulsion it is easier”.

At the beginning he surprised with 3-4-3 before Sergio Busquets was suspended due to suspension, a game system that did not go well: “The idea was to match Eduardo Coudet’s system, which is difficult to counter because he fills the midfield with many players. But we haven’t been comfortable, we haven’t played well. Even so, we’ve gone 2-0 at the break, which can be considered unfair”.

Despite the fact that the victory leaves them seven points above third-placed Sevilla, in the absence of the Andalusian team playing this day’s match, they do not believe that second place is sentenced.

”Today we take a very important step, but Sevilla and Atlético de Madrid still have to play. We have to play better than today in Getafe on Sunday. But today, without playing a good game, we have taken three points because we have been very effective”, considered Xavi.

The Barça coach also referred to the signing of Erling Haaland for Manchester City. “Wish you all the best. At an economic level we have not been able to compete with these figures, it has been impossible”, he admitted.