Mariano Troilo called up by Argentina after Barella spat
The Parma centre-back gets his first Argentina call-up, which Italian media see as revenge on Inter's Nicolò Barella after their clash at San Siro.
Parma defender Mariano Troilo has earned his first call-up to Lionel Scaloni's Argentina squad, and Italian media are calling it revenge on Inter midfielder Nicolò Barella. According to Football Italia, the pair clashed at the end of the last season, in Parma's 2-0 defeat at San Siro that mathematically handed Inter the Scudetto.
It started when Troilo stepped on Barella's foot, leading to a row and some shoving in the box. Later, from the bench, Barella reportedly told Marcus Thuram that Troilo had mocked him, saying he was out of the World Cup after Italy's play-off loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Barella hit back that nobody in Argentina even knows who Troilo is.
Troilo, 23, is one of seven Serie A players in the squad, alongside Balerdi, Soulé, Santiago Castro, Nico Paz, Perrone and Mastantuono. Parma have kept back-to-back clean sheets in the league.
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