Barcelona will host Manchester United in the first leg of their Europa round of 32 clash. The biggest face-off the match being between Ronald Araujo and Marcus Rashford.
Ronald Araujo has been Barcelona most inform defender since his return from injury that could not allow him participate duly in the World Cup.
Barcelona head coach, Xavi Hernadez has pointed at the Uruguayan to be the one to man mark inform Man Utd attacker, Marcus Rashford.
The England international has scored more goals than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues this season with 21 goals across all competitions, including 13 goals since the World Cup.
The Barcelona manager has successfully deployed Araujo against Vinicius Junior in the past and now wants to use the same strategy on Rashford.
Araujo, who has acknowledged that he is playing his greatest football of his career, will be responsible for marking the Red Devil throughout the encounter at Camp Nou.
The Uruguayan was previously moved to right-back to make room for Vinicius, but the report claims he won’t always play there on Thursday.
Even if Araujo and Andreas Christensen could still play in the midfield, it is obvious that he will be tasked with containing Manchester United’s threat.
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