Ahead of their Champions League matchup with Inter at the San Siro, Arsenal is in Milan.
The Gunners are doing well in the top club tournament in Europe. Their record is excellent; they have won two of their first three games and drew one.
Mikel Arteta will want to keep winning in the Champions League, especially because his team hasn’t won in their last three Premier League games, which is surprising.
Because of this, Wednesday’s match is crucial, although Arteta and Arsenal’s current situation hasn’t entirely gone as planned.
Before the match against Inter Milan, Arsenal nearly received a penalty from UEFA.
Since Arteta is a strict disciplinarian, breaking the rules would be the last thing he wants to do.
Although the Arsenal manager has occasionally been in hot water due to his theatrics on the touchline and remarks made in front of the media, he has mostly avoided controversy.
However, Arteta and Arsenal might have been disciplined by UEFA for delaying their pre-match press conference in Milan on Tuesday.
All press conferences must take place between 12:00 pm and 8:00 pm local time, according to UEFA regulations. Unless already agreed upon with the organization, there are no exceptions.
Bukayo Saka and the manager of Arsenal were not present for Arteta’s press conference, which was set for 7:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday.
Although the cause of the delay was unknown at the time of writing, reporters who were waiting for them questioned whether Arsenal would face consequences as the clock approached 8:00 p.m.
Fortunately, Arteta arrived minutes before 8:00 p.m., and Arsenal just avoided UEFA’s reprimand.
What makes Inter Milan “tricky and unpredictable” is explained by Arteta.
Arsenal’s toughest Champions League challenge to far this season will come against Inter Milan.
The Nerazzurri are a very tough team to defeat, and Simone Inzaghi has assembled a superb team. When they battled them, not even Manchester City could defeat them.
Arteta described the difficult battle his team is anticipated to encounter on Wednesday night, stating that he is fully aware of the Italian champions’ strengths.
“I think they have a really clear idea and identity and that for me is the biggest strength of Inter and that’s full credit to the manager,” he stated, according to Arsenal.com.
It is challenging and unpredictable because of his highly specific concepts, particularly when it comes to ball possession and how he rearranges some players’ positions to occupy other zones.
“But to be fair, we have a lot of tactical problems in the Premier League that we need to fix, and hopefully we’ll do that tomorrow as well.”
