{"id":99202,"date":"2025-12-30T04:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/araujo-returns-barcelona-prepares-catalan-derby-with-fans-and-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T04:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:57:19","slug":"araujo-returns-barcelona-prepares-catalan-derby-with-fans-and-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/araujo-returns-barcelona-prepares-catalan-derby-with-fans-and-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Araujo returns: Barcelona prepares Catalan derby with fans and news"},"content":{"rendered":"SANT JOAN DESP\u00cd (Barcelona) \u2013 FC Barcelona began preparations for the Catalan derby against Espanyol with an open-door training session at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Araujo is back<\/h2>\n\n\nThe main novelty was the return of Ronald Araujo, who rejoined the group after overcoming mental health issues. The Uruguayan defender trained at the same pace as his teammates in front of 5,530 fans.\n\nAlthough Araujo has returned to training, his participation in the derby is not yet confirmed. Pau Cubars\u00ed and Gerard Mart\u00edn are the main options for the center of defense, with Jules Kound\u00e9 and Eric Garc\u00eda as alternatives.\n\n<h2>Pedri and Kound\u00e9, ready<\/h2>\n\nPedri, absent in the last match due to discomfort, also trained normally and is expected to return to the starting eleven. Jules Kound\u00e9, who was substituted as a precaution in the match against Villarreal, completed the session without problems and will be available.\n\nThe main doubt is Dani Olmo, who suffered a dislocated left shoulder. The attacking midfielder did not participate in some exercises and his presence is uncertain.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Festive Atmosphere<\/h2>\n\n\nThe training included activation exercises, physical work, rondos, and a final match. Players from the subsidiary such as Jofre Torrents, Tommy Marqu\u00e9s, and Pedro Fern\u00e1ndez &#8216;Dro&#8217; participated. Lamine Yamal, Pedri, and Raphinha were the most applauded footballers.\n\nThe absences were Gavi, in the process of recovery, and Andreas Christensen, due to a knee injury.\n\nCoach Hansi Flick led the session after the Christmas break. The team&#8217;s goal is to maintain the four-point lead at the top of the standings.\n\nAfter the training, the players interacted with the fans.\n\nAll proceeds from the event will go to the &#8216;Azulgrana Bracelets&#8217; project of the FC Barcelona Foundation.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANT JOAN DESP\u00cd (Barcelona) \u2013 FC Barcelona began preparations for the Catalan derby against Espanyol with an open-door training session at the Johan Cruyff Stadium. Araujo is back The main novelty was the return of Ronald Araujo, who rejoined the group after overcoming mental health issues. The Uruguayan defender trained at the same pace as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[8713,2360,2022,10902],"class_list":{"0":"post-99202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-derby","9":"tag-fc-barcelona","10":"tag-hansi-flick","11":"tag-ronald-araujo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}