Atalanta are going into the Champions League showdown with Celtic without six of their key stars.
The Scottish Premiership champions travel to Italy for a difficult game against the Europa League holders as they look to bounce back from their matchday two battering at the hands of Borussia Dortmund. And Brendan Rodgers ‘ side have been given a boost going into the clash with the Bergamo side in the midst of an injury crisis.
Central defender Sead Kolasinac was ruled out of their Serie A clash with Venezua with flu and the Bosnian international defender is now a major doubt for Wednesday’s clash. Atalanta are also missing injured captain, Italian international Rafael Toloi, Ivory Coast international full back Odilon Kossounou and ex-West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca who has won 20 caps for Italy.
And they will also be without two more Italian internationals Marco Brescianini and Giorgio Scalvini when they face off against Celtic. The Italians started their Champions League campaign with a goalless draw with Arsenal and a 3-0 win against Shakhtar Donetsk in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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