Xavi’s frank confession to his assistants about Vinicius and Araujo after El Clasico
As it happened in the last El Clasico, Vinicius was much better than Araujo. The Uruguayan defender suffered every time he faced him, especially on the open field, and Xavi saw it.
In the recent clashes between Real Madrid and Barcelona, it seemed that whoever won the Vinicius-Araujo duel would be the one who would win the match. The Merengue could not find another way to attack the Blaugrana.
Araujo had outdone Vinicius. However, things changed in the last El Clásico. The Brazilian set out to win the game, creating a danger and even scoring a goal for Real Madrid.
In the second leg of the cup semi-finals, Real Madrid found other ways to attack, without relying too much on Vinicius, and the Barcelona coach realized that Real Madrid had surpassed them, especially in the second half.
But, in addition to that, he also saw the fact that Vinicius began to destroy his style with Araujo as the key. He put him at right-back because he was the only one who saw that the Brazilian winger could be stopped.
Xavi is aware of the virtues that Vinicius has, and discussed the match with his coaching staff.
In this analysis, he left a devastating sentence: “If we can’t stop him with Ronald (Araujo) already … bad,” the Catalan was honest with his fans, before the evidence of what happened in the Camp Nou.
Source: Defensa Central
