Barcelona hero Ronald Araujo speaks following 0-1 win against Real Sociedad

Minute 92 at the Reale Arena, scores tied at 0-0. A draw here could mean Barcelona six points astray from Real Madrid by tomorrow night.

A horrendous performance from Barcelona seemed all but capped off when Ilkay Gundogan threw a hail mary pass into the box, as Ronald Araujo sprinted from behind Real Sociedad’s defence, flung his head at it, and fell to the floor as the ball trickled into the net.

Offside is called, the Uruguayan has his face in his hands. However, a double-check confirms that he is, indeed, onside, and the goal is given. A Barcelona hero, once again, this time on the other side of the pitch.

“These are three very important points after losing El Clasico. We knew the difficulty of this match,” Araujo says after the win.

Barcelona’s underwhelming display was visible to all, and the 23-year-old had the best seats in the house for it. He quickly admitted that the team were rather poor in the first half, and only (minutely) picked up in the second.

“We didn’t play well in the first half, but we did better in the second half.”

“Real Sociedad played a very great match. They are a good team. Sometimes, there are matches that you have to win by any means. That was the case today,” Araujo added.

Barcelona only strung together a decent possession of passes after the 80th minute, after which they created a fair few chances, including a 1v1 for Gavi, who hit it straight at Alex Remiro.

“A draw would have been the fair result. Real Sociedad played very well,” Araujo had to say about the scoreline.

He only mentioned the winning goal at the end of the interview, saying, “I’m happy for scoring my first goal of the season, but the most important part is helping the team win the match.”

Source: MARCA