Broken hand to sideline Barca defender Araujo for at least two weeks

MADRID, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona face being without central defender Ronald Araujo for around a month after the club confirmed on Thursday that the Uruguayan needs an operation on his right hand.

Araujo was substituted at half-time in his side's 2-1 Copa del Rey win away to Linares on Wednesday night when he was their best player, and on Thursday the club confirmed that he had suffered a "fracture in the