Kolasinac adds to Atalanta woes in Liverpool

There are more injury problems for Atalanta, as after Giorgio Scalvini, they have also lost fellow defender Sead Kolasinac for tonight’s Europa League quarter-final with Liverpool.

It kicks off at Anfield at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game, Milan–Roma and Viktoria Plzen-Fiorentina on the LIVEBLOG.

This is an extraordinarily busy time for La Dea, who are also in the Coppa Italia semi-final against Fiorentina and challenging for a top five finish in Serie A that could qualify them for the Champions League in the new expanded version of the tournament.

It means they need all the players at their disposal, but are very short on options in defence.

Scalvini has been ruled out for a month with a serious thigh strain and Sportitalia report that now Kolasinac has also been diagnosed with an adductor issue in training.

He will require more tests when returning to Bergamo, but is out of this evening’s Europa League quarter-final against Liverpool, where he had been expected to start and even took part in yesterday’s press conference.

Jose Luis Palomino is not even on the UEFA squad list, so Berat Djimsiti, Rafael Toloi and Isak Hien are the only real candidates.