Uruguayan defender Ronald Araujo, the Spanish Barcelona player, sent a message to his club’s fans after the team’s farewell to the Champions League yesterday against Paris Saint-Germain, one of the reasons for which was Araujo’s expulsion at the beginning of the match.
Araujo said on his official page on the blogging site Happy, we will try again.
Ronald Araujo
On the other hand, Mexican Rafael Marquez, coach of the Barcelona youth team, is close to taking over as coach of the club’s first team, succeeding the Spanish Xavi Hernandez, the team’s current coach, who announced his departure from Barcelona at the end of the current season.
The Catalan newspaper Sport revealed that Rafa Marquez is the most prominent name nominated to succeed Xavi, as Barcelona wants to repeat the success story of Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola with Xavi and Marquez.
Barcelona lost its place among the clubs in the 2025 Club World Cup after exiting the Champions League in the quarter-finals, ensuring that Atletico Madrid secured the last Spanish qualification ticket alongside Real Madrid.
Barcelona lost to Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 in the second leg of the quarter-finals, exiting the tournament with a score of 4-6.
The clubs qualified for the 2025 Club World Cup came from Europe after Atletico joined as follows:
Manchester City – England, 2023 Champions League champion.
Real Madrid – Spain, 2022 Champions League champion.
Chelsea – England, Champions League 2021 champion.
Bayern Munich – Germany – by classification.
Paris Saint-Germain – France – by classification.
Inter Milan – Italy – by classification.
Porto – Portugal – by classification.
Borussia Dortmund – Germany – by classification.
Benfica – Portugal – by classification.
Juventus – Italy – by classification.
Atletico Madrid – Spain – by classification.
There remains a struggle for the last European seat, which is competed for by Arsenal and Austrian club Salzburg.
