Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo rates Vinicius Junior as the best player in the world.

Araujo will be marking the Real Madrid star in tomorrow's El Clasico.

He said, “At the moment, I think Vinícius is the number one attacking player in the world when it comes to one-on-one situations.

"He's a very good player, he's a difference-maker.

"Playing against him is difficult, obviously. But I work hard to be able to do my best in matches like this. I'm glad things are going well."

On Barca, Araujo also said: "The team is doing well, I am doing well and really looking forward to playing in such an important game. I think we have to treat it that way (like a cup final) because it's a very important game and we know that we can open up a big gap with not many games left to play in LaLiga.

"Now we are seeing the results of everything we have been working on. Xavi arrived in the middle of last season and when you're playing a lot you can't work on a lot of things. I think that we were able to work on our defending a lot in pre-season."