Former Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko was displeased with the call of the striker “Krasnodar” Ari in the team. "We do not have our own Russian football players. I just will not watch the matches of the Russian national team with the participation of Ari. For me, this player causes special feelings after a fight in the final of the Russian Cup, "Pavlyuchenko quotes Sports. ru. The athlete did not hide the fact that he was annoyed by the composition of the current team, in which, according to him, “half of the players from Brazil, half from Russia”. According to Pavlyuchenko, the Russians should play in the national team. "We have forwards who can replace the same Dzyuba," says Roman.. The situation with the challenge Ari Pavlyuchenko called wild:

"After he hits the head behind the Russian players, and then he is called to the Russian national team. I think that this is wrong ", - stressed the former striker and added that he would not watch matches with the participation of the Brazilian legionary. May 2017. Ari, who played for Lokomotiv Moscow, received a red card for hitting the head of Ural player Artem Fidler. A Russian citizen of Brazilian descent received a call to the national team due to the injury of the attacker Artem Dziuba.