Retegui nets 4 as Atalanta crushes Verona and Giménez scores for Milan in Serie A debut

ROME (AP) — Mateo Retegui scored four goals to lead Atalanta’s 5-0 demolition of Hellas Verona on Saturday, while Santiago Giménez scored in his Serie A debut for AC Milan.

Italy striker Retegui took his league-leading tally to 20 goals for the season after scoring a first-half hat trick before adding his fourth after the break. The second-leading scorer is Fiorentina’s Moise Kean with 15 goals.

Retegui found the net in the 21st, 25th, 44th and 56th minutes. Ederson made it 3-0 in the 37th.

The lopsided win lifted Atalanta to within one point of Inter Milan in second. Leader Napoli is four points ahead of third-placed Atalanta.

Giménez started making good on the 30 million euros ($31 million) plus bonuses Milan reportedly paid Feyenoord for the Mexico striker.

Giménez took a pass from Christian Pulisic, put the ball on his left foot and drilled in his team’s second goal in a 2-0 win over Empoli. Rafael Leão opened the scoring with a header.

Both sides finished with 10 men. Milan defender Fikayo Tomori saw a second yellow in the 55th, but Empoli’s advantage only lasted 10 minutes before Luca Marianucci got a direct red.

Giménez made his club debut earlier in the week when he had an assist in a 3-1 win over Roma in the Italian Cup.

Torino and Genoa drew 1-1.

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Milan's Tomas Santiago Gimenez celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Milan at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)

Milan's Tomas Dantiago Gimenez celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Serie A soccer match between Empoli and Milan at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)

Atalanta's Mateo Retegui celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Atalanta at the Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium, Verona, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)

Atalanta's Mateo Retegui scores during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Atalanta at the Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium, Verona, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)

Atalanta's Mateo Retegui celebrates scoring his sides' fourth goal of the game during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Atalanta at the Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium, Verona, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)

Atalanta's Mateo Retegui celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Hellas Verona and Atalanta at the Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadium, Verona, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 8 2025. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)