Coluna do Fla
·8 Juni 2026
World Cup: injured Uruguay player's brother blasts Marcelo Bielsa

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·8 Juni 2026

The Uruguay National Team is going through a tense moment due to a series of injuries among the called-up players on the eve of the World Cup. This time, it involved Ronald Araújo of Barcelona (ESP). Given the situation, Maikel Araújo, brother of the ‘Celeste’ center back, blasted Marcelo Bielsa’s coaching staff.
Through social media, Maikel shared Uruguay’s post announcing Ronald’s injury. Along with the image, the player’s brother said the following: “Thank you for injuring players days before the World Cup”. After the post went viral, the defender’s relative deleted the ‘stories’ on Instagram.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO RONALD ARAÚJO WITH THE URUGUAY NATIONAL TEAM?
Ronald Araújo suffered a minor muscle strain during Uruguay’s World Cup preparations. As a result, the center back left the ‘Celeste’ camp and traveled to Spain to begin treatment. At first, the player will not be removed from the squad list.
WHAT IS ARRASCAETA’S SITUATION WITH URUGUAY?
It is important to point out that Arrascaeta went through a similar situation with Uruguay. Flamengo’s number 10 suffered a calf injury due to the heavy physical load during training. Given this situation, Rubro-Negro released an official statement highlighting that the Celeste professionals disregarded the plan made for the midfielder.
Amid this injury, Arrascaeta was at risk of missing the World Cup. However, also in an official statement, Uruguay confirmed the player’s injury but kept him on the squad list. Finally, there is now anticipation to find out in which match the Flamengo midfielder will be fit to play.
WHEN IS URUGUAY’S WORLD CUP DEBUT?
Uruguay is one of the national teams in World Cup Group H. Therefore, the Celeste’s debut in the competition will take place against Saudi Arabia next Monday (15), at 7 p.m. (Brasília time), in Miami.
After that, Uruguay faces Cape Verde on June 21 (Sunday), at 7 p.m. (Brasília time), also in Miami. Finally, the Celeste wraps up the group stage against Spain on 06/26, at 9 p.m. (Brasília time), in Akron.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
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