Goddess, anxiety for Retegui. Adductor injury. Fiorentina at risk

"First degree muscle injury to the right adductor longus". Not just a simple resentment. The report of the tests he underwent yesterday Matteo Retegui it's an extra thought for Gasperini.Atalanta hopes to recover its top scorer in time for the away match on Sunday 30th Florence. For similar injuries, in the last two months, first Maldini and then Hien have been out for about 20 days. But the recoveries for these muscular injuries must be evaluated day by day. It is difficult, not impossible, that Retegui could be there at Franchi where Atalanta will go looking for a crucial victory to keep the championship open championship fight. And without Retegui it would really take a feat because the 22-goal scorer in 27 league games, an average of one goal every 76 minutes played, has a decisive specific weight for the Nerazzurri attack. When on December 22, during the home match against Empoli, the former Tigre and Genoa striker was forced to stop for three weeks due to a muscle strain in his left thigh, the Nerazzurri attack was jammed, with only one goal scored in the following three games against Lazio, Inter (in the Super Cup) and Udinese. In fact, the Goddess does not have another centre-forward in the squad, after Scamacca's serious injury: without Retegui the only possible first striker becomes the other Azzurri player Daniel Maldini, which can be adapted from 'false nine'. The son of art is a second striker, but has the height and physicality to play in the center of the attack: the possible absence of Retegui in Florence could give him the first real opportunity after two difficult months in Bergamo, with only three snippets in the final stages of three games lost at home against Bologna (in the Italian Cup), Venezia and Inter, playing just seventy minutes without managing to make an impact.

Meanwhile, good news comes from Odilon Kossounou, out for two months after injuring his right adductor tendon: on Instagram he posted an encouraging story, accompanied by the message “One step closer“, confirming that his recovery is proceeding smoothly. The 24-year-old Ivorian defender could return by the end of April and play the last league games in May. For Atalanta it would be an important return to have a defender with quality and physical strength and also to test his complete recovery and then evaluate whether or not to redeem him for the fee set at 25 million from Bayer Leverkusen. The 2001-born centre-back was convincing until January: now, after this long injury, his redemption is not a given. And the Nerazzurri management could start negotiations with the Germans to lower the figure of 25 million agreed last summer.