Official: Retegui pulls out of Italy squad with injury | OneFootball

Atalanta striker Mateo Retegui has left the Italy training camp due to a muscle strain in his right thigh and won’t be available for upcoming games against Germany.

“Retegui has left the training camp. The forward underwent medical exams this morning, which revealed a muscle strain in his right thigh,” Italy national team wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.

“As a result, he is unavailable for both games against Germany.”

Official: Retegui pulls out of Italy squad with injury

Retegui is the top Serie A goalscorer this season, with 22 goals in 27 league games.

Moise Kean and Lorenzo Lucca are the other centre forwards included by Luciano Spalletti in his 25-man squad list for the Nations League quarter-finals against Germany.

It remains to be seen whether the Azzurri coach will call up another striker to replace Retegui.

The Argentine-born forward made his Italy debut in 2023 under Spalletti’s predecessor, Roberto Mancini.

Retegui has scored six goals in 18 appearances with Italy national team.

The Azzurri hitman joined Atalanta from Genoa in the 2024 summer transfer window to replace the injured Gianluca Scamacca, hut has quickly become a key player at the Gewiss Stadium.

Overall, he has scored 29 goals in 56 Serie A games with Atalanta and Genoa.