The league’s top scorer has a left rectus femoris injury. In his place, in Rome on 28 December and against Inter in Riyadh, one of Pasalic, Zaniolo and Samardzic
The Italian Super Cup loses one of the championship’s top scorers. Mateo Retegui, who came off after 21 minutes in Atalanta-Empoli on Sunday, will miss the last match of the year (Lazio-Atalanta on Saturday 28th) and the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup on January 2nd against Inter (in Riyadh). The tests revealed a lesion to the rectus femoris of the left leg. Retegui could still go to Saudi to be with the team, in the hope of recovering for the final. Curiosity: Retegui had played all of Atalanta’s seasonal matches so far, as a starter or as a substitute.
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Gasperini thus has to review his plans at an important moment of the year, with Atalanta first in the standings and very strong: 12 victories in the last 13 games, with only the defeat in the Champions League against Real Madrid in between. Gasperini has no shortage of solutions, even if Retegui is, together with Marcus Thuram, Serie A’s top scorer with 12 goals. In addition to De Ketelaere and Lookman, season starters, he can use Zaniolo, who came in in his place on Sunday, Samardzic and Brescianini, now restored. For Zaniolo, against Lazio, it would be a personal derby, but pay attention to the Pasalic solution. As an atypical attacking midfielder, with his insertions, he can also annoy Lazio and Inter.