Scalvini Diagnosed with ACL Tear After Fiorentina Match

As feared, Giorgio Scalvini suffered a massive injury, an ACL tear in his left knee, in the makeup game versus Fiorentina. The problem will cost him a lot more than the Euro. The optimistic timetable for his return is five-to-six months, Ansa relays.

The defender will undergo surgery in the next few days. He scored a scorcher earlier in the match versus La Viola but then bowed out after an unnatural movement of the joint.

The long-term absence of Scalvini will likely force Atalanta to revise their transfer market plans and look for a replacement. They added Isak Hien from Verona in January, which helped them weather various absences in the back. The prodigy recently returned from a serious thigh strain. Sead Kolasinac also missed time in the final months.

Italy lose a second center-back after Francesco Acerbi, who will skip the Euro due to a sports hernia. Luciano Spalletti elected to alert but not call up Francesco Gatti in that case, but that’s expected to change soon. The only remaining options in such a role are Alessandro Bastoni, Alessandro Buongiorno, and Gianluca Mancini.