During these hours, the Italian media echoed a verbal exchange that featured Mariano Troiloemerged from Belgrano de Córdoba and current defender of Parma, with Nicolo Barellaone of the leaders of the Italian and Inter Milan team, which was crowned Serie A champion after the 2-0 victory last Sunday.
The clash occurred at the end of the match at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium. In a play in the visiting area, with the duel practically defined in the result, The Argentine defender came face to face with the Nerazzurri midfielderwho became angry and briefly grabbed him by the neck, and was restrained by Lautaro Martínez.
Seeing that his player was nervous and with the Calcio title almost assured, Inter coach Cristian Chivu opted to replace him and sending Davide Frattesi onto the field to face injury time. Coming out visibly irritated, The companions asked Barella what had happenedsince after the altercation the Italian continued pointing out Troilo and saying things from a distance.
As he shook hands with some of those sitting on the bench, Barella stayed talking with the Frenchman Marcus Thuramwho had started and scored the first goal, before giving way to Lautaro in the middle of the second stage. “Do you know what he told me? Shut up stupid, you’re out of the World Cup. But they don’t even know who he is in Argentina,” he was heard saying behind the wheel, while the French forward started laughing at the anecdote. And with everything it means that Italy has been left in the playoffs outside of a third consecutive World Cup.
Coach Chivu rushed through a change that was not in the plans and sought to calm his coach with a long hug, before his teammates tried to calm him down, while he told them what had happened.
Troilus has 22 yearsis central defender and it was the most expensive sale in the history of Belgrano (7.2 million euros, according to Transfermarkt). Although it is not very recognized in the country, Mariano had a stint with the national team last yearin June. A time-sensitive defender with a knife between his teeth, no one (almost, almost) had him in his portfolio, with one extraordinary exception: Lionel Scaloni, the coach who sees everything.
He did his childhood education at the EFUL soccer school, a classic establishment in Córdoba. In 2010 he moved to Pirata, although he began training with a higher category. When he played in the celestial reserve, he told part of his brief and intense story. “My whole life here… I had many good and bad moments. Many times I didn’t play. I only started playing in the fifth team of the AFA. Four years ago, I didn’t even go to the bank.. “The effort, in the end, has its reward,” he said, after some downpours. It was a very hard stage, as if the sun would never rise. He wanted to escape. He had exams in Defense and Justice and Lanús. It stayed, but I wasn’t sure.. And his father convinced him not only to stay in Belgrano: he shook his hand, a pat on the back, with the conviction that he should not let his guard down.
“I didn’t want to know anything about football anymore at that time.. I begged my old man not to send me any more, because I wasn’t having a good time. Everyone was playing, but not me. He was the one who put up with me, with my mother and my grandparents. “They were a great support in my life,” he said in 2024, when he also stated: “I have Cuti Romero as a reference, I reflect on him. My dream is to join the national team and become a world champion like him.”.
Weeks ago, in an interview with THE NATION Along with four other Argentines who make up Parma today, the defender emotionally recalled his meeting with Lionel Messi in Ezeiza. “It was crazy. Seeing Messi in person, training with him… I didn’t like it“In that context, he also experienced a situation that he remembered with some shame: some time before he had sent messages to the captain after winning the Copa América 2021.”I had sent him everything when he became champion. Later, when I had him there, I got nervous and didn’t want him to see the messages“He confessed between laughs. “They were going to grab me for the charge,” he added.
