Peruvian national team: Miguel Araujo, defender of Emmen, was included in the ideal eleven of date 31 by the Eerste Divisie

The recent loss of Miguel Araujo due to COVID-19 from the match that the Peruvian national team will face Uruguay fell like a jar of cold water, both for the national team and for the same player. And it is that this decisive meeting will be missed that would define the chances of going to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. However, despite this situation, he was included in the ideal eleven of the 31st date in the Eerste Divisie playing for Emmen.

This news was released through social networks of the same championship. “This is the Keuken Kampioen Divisie team of the week! Who do you think was the best player last week?” , published in the text that accompanies the photo with the complete equipment. In it you can visualize the presence of the Peruvian with his teammate, the left-back Lorenzo Burnet.

The ideal eleven is made up of the following players: Helmond Sport goalkeeper Mike Havekotte is positioned under the 3 suits. In terms of defense, there is a line of 4 composed of Jong Ajax's right-back Youri Regeer, left-back Lorenzo Burnet of Emmen, while Miguel Araujo and Damon Mirani of FC Volendam are placed as central defenders. Now, in the midfield there is a line of 3 consisting of Kenzo Goudmijn of the Excelsior, Kenneth Taylor of the Jong Ajax and the Moroccan Ismael Saibari of the Jong PSV Eindhoven. For his part, there are 3 attackers in the offense: Ilias Alhaft of Almere City as the right winger, Joey Sleegers of FC Eindhoven as the left winger, leaving Dylan Seys from Helmond Sport as a center forward.

This inclusion of the national player among the 11 best players of the last day is a consequence of the great performance he had in the match that his team played against VVV-Venlo, which they managed to beat 2-0 away with goals from Portuguese Rui Mendes (67′) and French Azzeddine Toufiqui. At that meeting, Araujo made 2 blocks and 2 interceptions. In addition, he won 3 of the 4 duels he played on the field, as well as the only aerial duel he ever held. On the other hand, he made 50 of 55 passes, adding an accuracy of 91%.

However, Miguel has already been a constant and, probably, he is one of the most regular Peruvian players abroad. Not for nothing is he the captain of the Emmen, a club he arrived at in October 2019 from Talleres de Córdoba.

At first he started playing Eredivisie, facing big clubs from the Netherlands such as PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord or Ajax himself from Amsterdam. However, in the 2020/2021 campaign they entered a negative streak that put them at the bottom of the table. This is how they finished the second last, so they disputed the repechage for permanence against Brenda. Although they fell 4-3 through the penalty road and had to go down to the Eerste Divisie.

It should be noted that in this Emmen team, in addition to Miguel Araujo, were the Peruvians Sergio Peña, Jean Pierre Rhyner and Didier La Torre. But with the descent, the only one that remained was Miguel.

EMMEN SEASON

So far in the 2021/2022 season, Emmen are in first position with 67 points, 3 points behind the second FC Volendam and 8 from third Excelsior. All in the absence of 7 days before the championship ends. In fact, they are the great candidates to return to the top division in the Netherlands, so Miguel Araujo will undoubtedly be a fundamental piece in achieving this long-awaited goal.

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