Atalanta, at 5 PM the friendly match with Schalke

Everything is ready at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, for the awaited friendly match between the home team, Schalke 04, and Atalanta. A highly anticipated game for the home team, which celebrates the traditional Schalke-Tach, the great season-opening festival, which this year coincides with the celebrations for the return to the Bundesliga, the German Serie A, after three years in the second division.

However, Schalke will be missing the most anticipated protagonist of the match, former Atalanta player Robin Gosens, sidelined by an injury. On the Nerazzurri side, curiosity to see the form of the new Atalanta under Maurizio Sarri, which appeared in good shape in the last friendly match last Sunday in Rotterdam, but still needing to refine the playing mechanisms introduced by the new coach. Season debut for Charles De Ketelaere – the last to return from post-World Cup vacation – in what is expected to be the starting attack, with the Belgian on the right, Scamacca in the center, and Raspadori on the left. In defense, without Djimsiti who is about to transfer to Arabia, the coach starts Kossounou from the first minute.

Read more Atalanta, Schalke 04 operation: friendly match on Saturday

These are the announced lineups.

Schalke 04: Karius, Kurucay, T. Becker, Tanaka, Karaman, Adamu, El-Faouzi, Abouchiche, Dina Ebimbe, V. Becker, Ayhan. On the bench Muller, Leonard, Schallenberg, Gomis, Sylla, Bachmann, Ljubicic, Katic, Porath, Vozar, Rosner. Coach: Muslic.

Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Bellanova, Scalvini, Kossounou, Ahanor; Samardzic, Gaetano, Ederson; De Ketelaere, Scamacca, Raspadori. On the bench Sportiello, Vismara, I. Sulemana, K. Sulemana, Pasalic, de Roon, Kolasinac, Obric, Idele, Bernasconi, Cassa, Plaia, Zalewski, Zappacosta, Krstovic. Coach Sarri.

Read more The season of Volley Bergamo: «Play-off goal»

Referee: Storks Germany (assistants Siewer and Bandurski).