Double Retegui: Como undone in a thrilling turnaround

As a double Retegui spearheaded Atalanta to a crucial 2-1 comeback win in Como, the Nerazzurri seized the Sinigaglia stadium in Como and secured the full three points in the 2024-2025 Serie A Enilive MD22.

The hosts broke the deadlock on the half-hour mark through Paz, who fired into the roof of the net. In the second half, after Strefezza sent the ball high over the bar, Retegui found the winning turn to level the scores in Como after a great run down the left by Brescianini. After the Lookman's goal got ruled out due to offside, Atalanta turned the game around 60 mere seconds later, namely on 70 minutes, when Brescianini delivered another gem from the left for Retegui, who slotted it home with his right foot sending Butez the wrong way and putting the Nerazzurri 1-2 up. In the 80th minute, De Ketelaere saw his goal disallowed by VAR for an accidental handball. As time wound down in Como, at the Sinigaglia Stadium the match ended 2-1 in favor of the Nerazzurri.

COMO 1-2 ATALANTA

Scorers: Paz 30 (C), Retegui 56, 70 (A).

Como: Butez, Engelhardt, Dossena, Kempf (Belotti 74), Moreno (Fellipe Jack 26), Da Cunha, Perrone (Caqueret 69), Strefezza (Cutrone 69), Paz, Fadera, Diao. Unused bench: Audero, Reina, Kone, Iovine, Braunoder, Chinetti, Verdi, Lesjak. Coach: Cesc Fabregas.

Atalanta: Carnesecchi, Scalvini (Ruggeri 56), Djimsiti, Kolašinac, Cuadrado (Brescianini 56), de Roon (De Ketelaere 46), Éderson, Zappacosta (Bellanova 46), Samardžić, Retegui, Lookman (Toloi 78). Unused bench: Rui Patrício, Rossi, Sulemana, Pašalić, Zaniolo, Palestra. Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.

Referee: Luca Pairetto from Nichelino;
Assistant referees: Christian Rossi from La Spezia and Alessandro Cipressa from Lecce;
Fourth official: Giovanni Ayroldi from Molfetta;
V.A.R.: Francesco Meraviglia from Pistoia;
A.V.A.R.: Fabio Maresca from Naples.

Notes: Lookman (A), Fellipe Jack (C), Brescianini (A), Samardžić (A) and Cutrone (C) booked.