Alessandro Bastoni is about to overlook Inter’s Serie A conflict with Atalanta after failing to completely get better from the knock he sustained throughout Sunday’s Milan derby, when the defender was compelled off after a foul on Adrien Rabiot.
In line with Sky Sport, , Bastoni has remained within the squad’s coaching retreat and can be assessed on Friday, however the expectation is that he is not going to begin, and will not even make the bench.
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Carlos Augusto is about to deputise on the left of Inter’s again three in his absence.
The scenario additionally has a knock-on impact on Cristian Chivu’s different defensive choices.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 28: FC Internazionale coach Cristian Chivu seems on through the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Genoa CFC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 28, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
Inter vs Atalanta – Chivu weighs defensive dilemma with Bastoni struggling
Ought to Francesco Acerbi be handed match to begin, Chivu would probably shift Manuel Akanji to the correct centre-back function, with Yann Bisseck dropping to the bench consequently.
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Elsewhere, there are two different choice battles to resolve.
In midfield, Petar Sucic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are competing for a beginning berth, whereas on the correct flank Denzel Dumfries faces competitors from Luis Henrique.
following his prolonged damage absence, Chivu could choose to ease him again progressively relatively than throwing him straight right into a fixture of this magnitude, a cautious however comprehensible method given the Dutchman has been sidelined for months.