On the pitch at 3 pm Atalanta-Spezia
In the eighth of the Coppa Italia with Spezia, the watchword for Atalanta is turnover.
In view of Sunday evening's big match in Turin with Juventus, Gasperini will keep at least one starter for each department on the bench.
Among the untouchables, however, the midfielder with an easy goal Koopmeiners is certainly present, disqualified for the last day of the first leg.
Reaching Inter in the quarter-finals is the first objective of the season but the Nerazzurri want to try again the assault on the trophy that failed in the final in 2019 and 2021 and for this reason it will be necessary to navigate the obstacle of the last defection between the flanks.
Reshuffling the cards in favor of Hateboer and Soppy or Maehle and Zortea, the latter scoring in the final against Salernitana as a substitute for the newly injured,
the injury to the left femoral biceps that will keep Zappacosta still for two-three weeks.
With left-footed Ruggeri, on the pitch in the last three games in a row, however, the Nerazzurri coach has no shortage of alternatives.
Up front, a chance for Zapata, now Hojlund's reserve, who rose to the chair right at La Spezia three rounds ago in the league, where he gave the 'la' to the comeback for the 2-2 in extremis, then in Bologna where he slipped the 2- 1 and then last Sunday with two penalties obtained before scoring the fifth of eight team goals.
Pasalic, the signatory of the equalizer at the "Picco" in the 93rd minute, in the shadows in the last two matches, should return as a sub striker behind the attack line, if the trident is not repeated.
Lookman, however, should rest, unlike Boga, who has returned to the levels of Sassuolo and needs to play.
In goal Musso-Sportiello ballot, in defense Demiral again in the middle of Toloi or Okoli (3 consecutive benches) and Djimsiti.
The Albanian international takes over from Scalvini, who in turn can theoretically also be used in the middle of the field as De Roon's alter ego, even if Ederson is the favourite.