Eight goals in eight games. Better than an entire season at Genoa. Mateo Retegui he not only had a notable impact on Atalanta, but in fact he entered a psycho-physical state to be remembered, such a well-being that allowed him to best assume the role of total striker, capable of scoring with headers as well as foot. The lob given to the debutant Stankovic highlighted how much trust he managed to gain from a record-breaking player: an attacker like this had also been missing from the national team for years, in search of that number 9 which has now become a very rare commodity in football-focused Italy.
High pace
The performance against Venezia is one of those of a team man: elastic between the departments, clear banks and advances, synonymous with an enviable physical form: “He arrived very determined. He put the few things we asked of him straight away”, he said. declared Gian Piero Gasperini at the press conferencewords of a technician who knows he has found a beautiful nugget, as he calls them. This certainly doesn’t come from the youth sector, but the margins for improvement risk winning another bet for the team Goddess.
Retegui-mania
Having arrived practically within 48 hours in Bergamo and called upon to replace Gianluca Scamacca (a teammate with whom he shared the unfortunate fate in blue during the German European Championship), Retegui is the expression of a club which, after winning the Europa League, has demonstrated that they have every intention of wanting to grow constantly, continuing to lay the foundations for a project that is now self-sustaining: around 20 million spent to convince Genoa, a lightning operation that allowed the Nerazzurri to immediately find goals and assists, determination and malice inside the small area. The only thing missing is personal glory in the Champions League (after the near goal against Arsenal on a penalty), but if this is the average in the Bergamo area they will have to wait very little.