Vinicius Jr is the best player in the world – Barca defender admits

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Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has had many duels with Vinicius Jr this season, as both sides have faced each other up to five times this season.

Vinicius Jr has admitted that Araujo is the toughest he has come up against, while the Barcelona defender recently admitted that the Brazilian is currently the best player in the world in one-on-one duels.

“For me, Vinicius Jr is currently the best player in the world in one-on-one duels,” Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo told Radio Sport.

“Defending against Vini? You have to be focused throughout the game because he is a very unbalancing player and he makes a lot of runs and changes of pace at all times,” Araujo explained the secret behind defending against  the Brazilian winger.

“He [Viní] has that physical ability to go from 0 to 100 very quickly and you have to be very focused and physically fit.”