Pablo Solari: from failing the River to becoming Gallardo’s new hope

With its goals Solar begins to excite River. And beyond his talent, the guy who dreamed of playing the Monumental with the red sash on his chest, and from which he recently arrived Colo Colo In exchange for $ 5 million for 60% of his pass, he has a first and last name to be successful in the club. And a story behind so much family passion and even a frustrated test in Núñez.

Life turns brought Solari back to River. And this At the age of eight, accompanied by his father, Pablo tried at the Núñez club but was ultimately unsuccessful.. It was a recruitment process that was interrupted in the midst of the presidential change of command following the departure of José María Aguilar and the arrival of Daniel Passarella, at the end of 2009, and the changes in the Inferiores team of technicians and coordinators.

Far from pissed off, the Solari boy continued to play and as a teenager he joined the Vélez de General Pico, in the Pampas. He did 150 kilometers to train. And there he saw Sebastián Pait, who coincidentally today is in charge of the River’s training football. But at that time he was working for Vélez. And he recommended it. In the Liniers institute they tried it as a “9” but he didn’t fit. Then the possibility of Talleres was born and they made him sign there, as a right-wing midfielder.

And from Córdoba he jumped to Chile, where he ended up being a Colo-Colo character, and a much loved player, especially after the historic goal that would have saved the Chilean club from moving to Serie B in the 2021 Promotion. In between, Solari participated with Selection in the renowned tournament of L’Alcudia, in Spain.

From Arizona, the town of San Luis – located 250 kilometers from Villa Mercedes and 345 from the provincial capital – where Solari was born and raised, his father and mother, fans of the River, followed him on television already on Saturday. he could not travel due to the health condition of Pablo’s maternal grandmother, Elva. And in front of the screen they were moved when they saw Pablito who grew up with his five brothers, Matías, Santiago, Mateo, Juan and Sofía.

Solari enjoys his days at the River and stays in touch with his family. He is so familiar that the celebrations for the goal, of bringing his right hand to his forehead and bowing, are in honor of his maternal grandfather Feliciano (who died when Pablo was very young), who had a long military career. And the “E” he drew with his fingers was for his grandmother, who is hospitalized in very serious health conditions.

Saturday’s brace against Newell’s not only excites the player and his family. Marcelo Gallardo and his technical staff also trust him a lot. In fact, they have already entered him as a starter because they saw that he immediately entered the team’s work dynamics and that he is a player he needs in attack because he gives the team depth, verticality and diagonals. And then he can contribute with goals, of course, as happened against the Rosario team.

Solari had already shown good credentials in his official debut against Gimnasia. In the next match, in Mar del Plata against Aldosivi, he also entered the second half and was one of the keys to unlocking the lines of “Tiburón”: his next appearance, after the absence against Sarmiento for influence, was already between 11 with Independent. And after in Avellaneda he was the engine of the attack, but with a very low effectiveness for the final touch, against Leprosy they all came out.

Born on March 22, 2001 in San Luis, his parents, Víctor and Susana, named him Pablo César for Aimar and on top of that he has a surname with the history of River Plate even if – as is already known – there is no relationship with the other Solar Footballers.

Until recently, the 21-year-old was one of the millions who once imagined stepping onto the playing field dressed in white and red. With the difference that he was already a professional footballer and broke it in Colo-Colo. Now they score goals for his love club. And so, Solari is experiencing what every River fan has ever dreamed of. He wears the red sash on his chest, scores goals and celebrates them at the Monumentale. And now he’s looking for more, of course.