Retegui recovers for big Atalanta trip to Fiorentina

VERONA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 08: Mateo Retegui of Atalanta celebrates scoring his team’s fifth goal during the Serie A match between Verona and Atalanta at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 08, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

Capocannoniere Mateo Retegui and winger Juan Cuadrado are both included in the Atalanta squad to face Fiorentina on Sunday.

It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Sunday at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT).

This is a head-to-head for the European places, as going into Week 30 there were six teams crammed within a six-point radius.

Retegui was forced to pull out of international duty when Italy took on Germany in the Nations League quarter-final last week.

His presence was in major doubt for this trip to Florence too, but he has been named in the travelling party.

Retegui top scorer for Atalanta and in Serie A

It’s a much-needed boost, because Gian Piero Gasperini’s squad is missing Stefan Posch, Odilon Kossounou, Gianluca Scamacca and Giorgio Scalvini.

Midfielder Ederson, fresh from his call-up to the Brazil squad, is ruled out by a one-match Serie A ban.

Juan Cuadrado and Ibrahim Sulemana are included, but it remains to be seen if they are ready to play.

Atalanta squad for Fiorentina: Hien, Sulemana, Cuadrado, Pasalic, Lookman, De Roon, Bellanova, De Ketelaere, Djimsiti, Ruggeri, Kolasinac, Samardzic, Rui Patricio, Carnesecchi, Rossi, Retegui, Brescianini, Del Lungo, Maldini, Zappacosta