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Uruguay will play in El Alto at 4,150 meters above sea level, and the center-back is not among the two players ruled out by the Argentine coach.
Barça was closely monitoring Marcelo Bielsa's squad list for Uruguay's second match of the international break. The reason is that the Uruguayans, after facing Argentina in their first World Cup qualifying match, now have to play Bolivia in El Alto, at 4,150 meters above sea level, a circumstance that greatly affects players unaccustomed to the situation.
The coach left the door open to a possible exclusion of the Blaugrana for this match: "Surely players who were against Argentina won't play. Some will, others won't," he said. Finally, Ronaldo is among those who will be included because the two internationals who have been left out are Giorgian De Arrascaeta and Nicolás De La Cruz, meaning Araujo, who played the full ninety minutes against Argentina, will again be available to Bielsa against Bolivia.
This is a decision that puts Barça on alert, as they are closely monitoring all of their international players, as has been demonstrated, for example, with Pau Cubarsí, but also with Íñigo Martínez, who was called up by De la Fuente for Spain, but stayed in Barcelona due to injury and, above all, to avoid further damage.
Uruguay will play Bolivia this Tuesday, March 25, at 5:00 PM (9:00 PM CEST), which will complicate their presence against Osasuna, who visit Montjuïc on Thursday to play the match postponed due to the death of first-team doctor Carles Miñarro. Barça, in this regard, plans to charter a private plane to carry its South American players, along with those from Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, to Spain.
It remains to be seen how much Araujo plays against Bolivia, although he's obviously a very important player for Marcelo Bielsa, as are, for example, Fede Valverde and Giménez.
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