The Barça defender was sent off in the Champions League quarter-final defeat, five days before facing Real Madrid.
The second leg of the Champions League quarter-final tie against Paris Saint-Germain was going to plan for Barcelona up until Ronald Araújo was sent off in the 29th minute. The Catalans were 1-0 up on the night and 4-2 ahead on aggregate but conceded four times without the Uruguayan, suffering a hugely damaging defeat five days before El Clásico against Real Madrid in LaLiga.
Araújo was shown a straight red card by referee István Kovács for a foul on Bradley Barcola, who was closing in on the penalty area having being played through on goal. The match official ruled the centre-back had denied a clear goal-scoring chance, resulting in the sending-off.
With Barça still ahead in the tie at that point, they knew Araújo would miss the first leg of a potential semi-final, with a straight red card incurring an immediate one-match ban in the next game in an official UEFA competition.
“As a rule, a player or a team official sent off from the field of play and/or its immediate surrounds, including the technical area, is automatically suspended for the next match in a UEFA club competition (i.e. UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League or UEFA Super Cup),” reads Article 52 of the UEFA Champions League regulations.
In ordinary circumstances, red cards in the Champions League (or Europa League or Europa Conference League) do not carry over to domestic competitions, which means Araújo will be able to line up against Real Madrid in El Clásico on Sunday (21 April).
But the same Article 52 also states that, “In case of serious offences, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body is entitled
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