Atalanta without Cuadrado: on Sunday against Inter they will return to the formation with the attacking midfielder

On the outside lanes there will be the other ex Bellanova and Zappacosta who is going through a great moment of form

di FABRIZIO CARCANO
13 March 2025
Juan Cuadrado

Juan Cuadrado

Bergamo – No challenge from an ex for Juan Cuadrado. The expected ex of the day (the other is Bellanova), also a recent ex having played last year for Inter, will be out for at least twenty days due to a first degree lesion of the fascia of the right biceps femoris muscle suffered at the end of the first half on Sunday evening against JuventusThe South American will also miss the trip to Florence after the restart after the national teams and perhaps also the subsequent home match against Lazio. A painful absence for Gasp who on Sunday in Turin shuffled the cards in the first half by exploiting the offensive mobility and unpredictability of the Colombian born in 1988 as a third striker in an unprecedented tactical module.

Gasperini will make up for this absence by returning to classic module with the attacking midfielder, choosing one between Pasalic, the favorite, or Samardzic, in the role of attacking midfielder, to put more pressure on the opposing ball carrier and break up the Inter action right from the start. Without Cuadrado, the confirmation on the wings of the other ex Bellanova, on the right, and on the left of the veteran Zappacosta is a given: the full-back from Sora, born in 1992, is experiencing a sort of second youth and after Lookman and Retegui is certainly the player in the best form at the moment for the Goddess. On Sunday in Turin he found the goal denied him in the last few outings by a series of posts: in Barcelona and then against Venezia. They will be the ones to duel on the outside lanes with Dumfries and Carlos Augusto. Meanwhile, on Sunday, in addition to Posch and Cuadrado, the midfielder Sulemana will also be missing, also blocked by a first-degree lesion of the right adductor muscle.

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