The key facts

  • Matias Machado doubts Pablo Solari will be called up to the Argentina national team
  • The journalist recalled that Scaloni recently unexpectedly called up Vega from Zenit
  • Spartak thrashed Lokomotiv 4:0 in the last round of the RPL

Opinion from Argentina

Argentine journalist Matias Machado shared his opinion on a possible call-up of Moscow Spartak winger Pablo Solari to the national team, reports Euro-Football.Ru. According to him, it is hard for him to imagine such a call-up, but national team coach Lionel Scaloni is capable of surprising: recently he called up Vega from Zenit, which came as a surprise in Argentina.

Context of the player's form

The reason for the discussion, apparently, is Spartak's performance in the Russian championship: in the last round of the RPL the team thrashed Lokomotiv 4:0. The scoring opened in the 11th minute with an own goal by Lokomotiv player Aleksandr Rudenko, then Victor Parada (33rd minute) and Manfred Ugalde (45th) got on the scoresheet, and Ezequiel Barco put the finishing touch, converting a penalty in the 76th minute. Earlier, Spartak told how the team managed to thrash Lokomotiv.