Barcelona president Joan Laporta has stepped forward to defend Ronald Araujo after the captain came under a wave of criticism from fans following the 3-0 Champions League loss to Chelsea , which SoftFootball reported. The incident has created a lot of noise around the team.
Laporta insisted that the criticism has been too harsh, saying Araujo has always put everything he has into the club. He felt people were too quick to judge the defender after his red card, and he wanted to encourage him instead.
Laporta said in a post shared by Fabrizio Romano on his official X account that Araujo is someone who gives everything on the pitch, sometimes even too much because of how emotional he is with the game.