Mateo Retegui, the forward who emerged from Boca who shone in Tigre -35 goals and 70 games- and made the leap to Genoa in Italy, He is on the list of 26 players presented by the coach of the Italian national team, Luciano Spalletti, to compete in Euro 2024.
Retegui, 25 years old and born San Fernando, accepted the call of Roberto Mancini to represent the Blue when I could choose Argentine National Team and, after just seven games played and four goals scored wearing the shirt of the four-time world champion, He enjoys a decision that will lead him to be part of the squad that will travel to Germany to defend the title.
The son of Platewho had spells on loan at Estudiantes and Talleres before joining Matador, debuted with Italy on March 23 of last year in a 2-1 defeat against England in the Euro Cup qualifiers. It was played at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Naples and he scored the injury time goal.
He scored again three days later in the 2-0 away win against Malta and his other two goals came in a friendly against Venezuela in Fort Lauderdale on March 21 of this year.
Although his start, both in the national team and in Genoa, was promising, he then had a drop in performance and his call-up for the Euros was certainly in doubt. Finally, Spaletti summoned him and gave him the best news. Italy will share group B, the group of death, with Spain, Croatia and Albania.
The footballers Riccardo Orsolini, Samuele Ricci and Ivan Provedel are the three members of the squad who did not pass the cut imposed by the coach and were left out. Lazio’s Provedel will continue training in Rome in case of an emergency. UEFA regulations stipulate that if a goalkeeper is injured or becomes ill — even after the team’s first match in the tournament — he may be substituted.
Meanwhile, defenders Francesco Acerbi (Inter) and Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta) were left off the roster due to injuries after the first call.
And what stands out, in addition to the presence of Retegui, is the inclusion of Federico Gatti, who was in the third division when Italy won the Euro in 2021. Gatti went from Pro Patria of Serie C to Frosinone of the second division in 2021 and joined to Juve a year later.
To the complete list of Italy
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham).
Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan), Raoul Bellanova (Turin), Alessandro Buongiorno (Turin), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter Milan), Federico Gatti (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo ( Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan), Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
Volantes: Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
Delanteros: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio).
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