Now it’s official. Mateo Retegui will participate in Luciano Spalletti’s Italy expedition to Germany. The Azzurri’s objective is to defend the European champion title won in 2021, the Genoa striker’s objective is to play for his place with Gianluca Scamacca and try to put the coach Luciano Spalletti in difficulty. To tell the truth, his call for the 2024 European Championship which will start next Friday, for our national team on Saturday evening, was not at risk as the first strikers called by the former coach of Italian champion Napoli were two. Grifone’s number 19 and the absolute protagonist striker with Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta.
The last time for a rossoblù was in 2014
A little red-blue shines again in the sky which, hopefully, can be even bluer as it was 18 years ago on that night in Berlin. The last time a Genoa player was called up to an international competition was in 2014 when coach Cesare Prandelli called up Mattia Perin. In 2010, however, there was Mimmo Criscito (at the time co-owned with Juventus) for the World Cup which was played in South Africa. Together with the former defender, now in the youth organization of the Vecchio Balordo, there was also Salvatore Bocchetti who moved to Rubin Kazan that summer. Also present on the list is Leonardo Bonucci, halfway between Genoa and Bari but who has always played for the Galletti, who then joined Juventus in that transfer session.
The words of Eranio
And an illustrious former rossoblù player like Stefano Eranio praised Mateo Retegui: “I think he is one of those players who can make the difference in the area – he commented on the sidelines of the 2nd Tigullio VIP Padel in Santa Margherita Ligure -. He has the magnet and the ball always comes to him. I hope he can give a hand to the national team, even if Scamacca arrives in great form in his role. I hope he finds continuity at Genoa.”
