Parma defender Mariano Troilo has received his first Argentina national-team call-up from Lionel Scaloni after a reported clash with Inter midfielder Nicolo Barella.
Serie A players in the Argentina squad
Troilo is one of seven Serie A players in the Argentina squad, alongside Roma trio Leonardo Balerdi, Matias Soule and Santiago Castro, Como pair Nico Paz and Maxi Perrone, and Fiorentina’s Franco Mastantuono.
Troilo’s recent form
The 23-year-old centre-back’s Parma backline has kept consecutive clean sheets in Serie A over the last fortnight.
The incident at San Siro
Inter defeated Parma 2-0 at San Siro in the match that mathematically secured the Scudetto. Troilo trod on Barella’s foot, leading to an argument and pushing and shoving inside the penalty area. The pair exchanged further words over the following few minutes.
Cristian Chivu later substituted Barella because he feared the midfielder would get into serious trouble with the referees. When Barella was brought off and approached teammate Marcus Thuram on the substitutes’ bench, he said: “Do you know what he told me? ‘Shut up, Bobo, you’re out of the World Cup’”
Barella also said: “They don’t even know who he is in Argentina.”
