Serie Ai Ac Milan – Atalanta Bergame | Used, the scorer found who will miss Italy

March 2023. To everyone's surprise, Roberto Mancini, then coach of Italy, decided to summon a certain Mateo Retagui, an unknown striker in the battalion and whose Italian press almost knows nothing. So direction Internet, of course, to search this new flushed profile … in Argentina. At the time, the native of San Fernando (Argentina) evolved on the side of the Atlético Tigre club, after passages at the student then at the Atlético Talleres club. At his CV, there is also a training in River Plate, anyway, before a suite at the Grand Rival Boca Juniors.

A big question then arises: but how can this attacker be selected/selectable with the Nazional? The answer arrives quickly: his maternal grandfather arriving straight from Sicily (and more specifically from the city of COVICATTI), the player has an Italian passport. Without forgetting that his paternal great-grandfather is from Sestri Levante, in the province of Genoa. That is to say if Mancini had to draw far to try to finally find a remedy for the evil of attackers of Italy. But convinced by the player's videos and the statements of his staff, he decided to try the card of theleisure (an Italian term which designates an immigrant of Italian origin and which has grown outside the country, very often in South America).

“Mateo did not hesitate a second when he received this callwill confide his father a little later, a real star of grass hockey in the country, former player and then Olympic champion as a coach. He also contacted Juan Sebastian Veron, who knows him very well. He is proud to represent Italy, a very beautiful country and with warm supporters. We are grateful to the Italian Federation and Robert Mancini, who decided to summon it. This moment is simply magical“And he's not going to stop there.

Launched against England at the end of March 2023, the Italian-Argentinian scorer strikes hard by scoring his first goal to Wembley. What necessarily make an impression. Faced with a shortage of attackers, Roberto Mancini wins his bet. And it doesn't matter if his new scorer will answer after-match questions … in Spanish. The main thing is elsewhere. “”He is young and it's only three days since he is with us, but we believe in himthen confided the ex-Italian selected. He has quality, and needs to know European and Italian football. In the first half, he had some difficulties, like the whole team, because he had few balloons. But it was much better in the second half. He remained positive and scored.” “Despite the defeat, I am still happy with my beginnings and this goal. There was a little nervousness at first, but I am happy to have unlocked the situation. I was looking forward to this summons and when Mancini called me, I felt excited and proud. I am happy to be here and to represent Italy“, reacted the main interested party. Three days later, rebelote with a new achievement against Malta.

But on the other side of the Alps, where we sometimes have a little too tendency to ignite, prohibition this time to project ourselves too far. Disillusions in recent years have still served as a lesson. How can we forget, for example, the hope flew around Mario Balotelli, long hoped for as the Savior of the game? And CIRO motionless, then, capable of beating record on the championship record but unrecognizable once the jersey of the selection on the back? That it seems far from the time of “gigi” riva and paolo rossi, luca toni and gianluca vialli … “This is a problem that we have been dragging for yearsrecognized at the time Mancini, well aware of the size of the site. But withdrawn has all the capacities to become an important attacker of the selection. “Even without him. Because the” Mancio “will slam the door in August 2023. Enough to make his find his find named Retagui? Not really. Because a month earlier, the latter had been officially transferred to Genoa, who decided to invest fifteen million euros to recruit him. Good news for everyone. The player, the championship and selection.

For its first season under the spotlights of the Italian elite, Demedi does not deserve. On the contrary. Regularly called in selection by his new coach Luciano Spalletti, who greatly appreciates his surface scorer profile, he scores 9 goals (his first after only 30 seconds on the ground) and delivers 3 assists in 31 matches. What convince the Atalanta Bergame to recruit it the following summer. In search of an attacker after the serious injury of Gianluca Scamacca, the Lombard club then throws himself on him and pays 22 million euros (more bonus) to tear him down to Griffin In the space of a few hours. A springboard that will tip it over for good in a new dimension.

With the Deathe former center-forward of the U19 of Argentina (5 selections) discovers the big evenings of the Champions League. But also the methods of his new coach Gian Piero Gasperini, known and recognized for improving everything he touches. True offensive terminal of his team, retigted fits and quickly takes the lead in the scorer ranking. Here it is with 23 goals on the clock, including 22 in the surface (three penalties, editor's note). Moise Kean, his runner -up and teammate in selection, is relegated to six goals. Marcus Thuram, third, nine. “”Mristin Mini Mancini at deovels A Cru is Enaui, Gaspins the transformed“, summarized La Gazzetta dello Sport Wednesday. Some of his performances have struck the spirits this season: a hat -trick against Genoa, a quadruple against Hellas Verona, three dubbed in total …

“He is an extraordinary player when we dominaterecognized Gian Piero Gasperini in early February. He has extraordinary statistics. He has a magnet to attract the ball, he is always where you need. An improvement axis? When we do not dominate, it can progress. “And this was recently confirmed during the shock lost against Inter Milan (0-2), where retagui was transparent.”But he marks feet, he marks his head, he scores in the important moments. We followed him when he was in Genoa and we all hoped that he could progress in many areas, which he did“, Bradhed the Bergamasque technician earlier in the season, happy with the mobility and the sense of the goal of his attacker, who will celebrate his 26th anniversary at the end of April.

“He still has a great margin of progression“, he warned, recalling his late arrival in Europe. In the meantime, Detegui continued to score with the Nazional: two goals against Venezuela (March 2024), one against Belgium and one against Israel during the November Rally, and here he is now six achievements in eighteen selections. With his club too, as in the match against Bologna last Sunday (a goal and a decisive pass). had known more for many years.