Ronald Araujo: Barcelona star leaves pitch in ambulance after head clash with Gavi

There were worrying scenes at Camp Nou during Barcelona’s La Liga clash against Celta Vigo on Tuesday evening.

Ronald Araujo clashed heads with his own teammate, Gavi, midway through the half.

Play was stopped as both players fell to the ground.

Araujo appeared to be in bad shape and, after having treatment, he was put on a stretcher and into an ambulance.

Ambulance straight on for Araujo, fans changing for the Uruguayan pic.twitter.com/iVpBbhYQel

His name was sung and a round of applause broke out as the ambulance departed from the pitch.

Araujo now taken off in the ambulance. Barca players were gathered around for quite a long time, hoping it’s a good sign that they are happy to play on pic.twitter.com/csDmV2WPaO

Play was stopped for just under 10 minutes while Araujo received treatment. Gavi, meanwhile, was able to continue.

Everyone at GiveMeSport wishes Araujo all the best and a speedy recovery.

Barcelona were leading 3-1 at the time of the incident.

The home side went into the break with a two-goal lead thanks to strikes from Memphis Depay and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Aubameyang netted his second just after the break, only for Celta to reduce the deficit to two goals once again through Iago Aspas.

More to follow…