(Export News Intern Reporter Na Seung-woo) Uruguayan defender Ronald Arauho, who will face Korea at the Qatar World Cup, faced the greatest ordeal of his life. He has to make a decision about whether to play in the World Cup or have surgery.
On the 24th (Korea time), in the friendly match A match against Iran held at the NV Arena in St. Feuten, Uruguay, on the 24th (Korean time), Arauho grabbed the inside of his right thigh and collapsed within 40 seconds of the match. Shortly after, the club’s team, Barcelona, reported on the club’s official website that “Araujo will be absent due to a ruptured muscle in his right thigh.”
We are waiting for the results of the MRI scan, but the situation is not good. Surgery is unavoidable for complete recovery. The problem is the World Cup, which is two months away. In the meantime, Araujo has been running with the goal of participating in the World Cup as the Uruguay national team. It was impossible for Arauho to give up the World Cup.
Arauho has two options left. Spain’s Sport said, “Arauho is at a crossroads of choice. Either give up the World Cup and undergo surgery, or receive treatment instead of surgery to recover to the World Cup.” “At the moment, surgery is not his option.”
A centre-back born in 1999, Arauho is not Uruguay’s main defense, but he is a multi-resource capable of playing both centre-back and full-back. Debuting in Uruguay’s first team in 2020, South America played nine matches in the regional qualifiers and made a significant contribution to qualifying for the World Cup.
In this World Cup, Diego Godin and Jose Jimenez were most likely to play as right full-backs with central defense. For this reason, fans were expecting a match against Son Heung-min, who plays as a left wing striker.
If only treatment is carried out without surgery, Arauho may be able to participate in the World Cup he has dreamed of. However, his career after that is unknown. There is already a history of Barcelona senior Samuel Umtiti, who participated in the World Cup without surgery and was reduced to a glass body.
Attention is focused on what choice Arauho will make, who is at the crossroads of his career.
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