Antonio Conte Planning To Study Inter Tonight Ahead Of Important Meeting

Written By Onyeka Daniel

It will be an important couple of games for reigning Serie A champions, Inter Milan and the result from these games could heavily impact their season, both in the league and in the UEFA Champions League as they prepare to face two big clubs in the five days before the next international break, which will also be the last one for this year.

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First, the Nerazzurri will be hosting Arsenal at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in the fourth round of Champions League fixtures later on today. It will then be a case of first vs second in Serie A at the weekend, as Napoli are the next challengers at the same stadium and while Simone Inzaghi is reportedly planning to rotate his squad for this encounter.

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But his opponent is already sniffing around for some weak spots in the team. Inter are hoping to keep the momentum going after back-to-back league wins last week. They hammered Empoli 3-0 in Tuscany before squeaking past Venezia 1-0 at home on Sunday. Therefore, all eyes will be on San Siro when Conte returns to a familiar ground as a foe, but they will first have to face Arsenal today.

Meanwhile, Napoli suffered their first home defeat of the season last week. Atalanta thrashed them 3-0 at Stadio Diego Maradona. According to Napoli captain, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, he confirmed that he will be watching this evening’s UCL match between Inter and Arsenal ‘as a spectator’, before he and his teammates go into more detail with Antonio Conte and his staff ahead of Napoli’s game in Serie A on Sunday.

“I will watch Inter tonight, because I watch a lot of games,” Di Lorenzo said in an interview with Radio CRC. “It will be a great match because they are two teams who are doing really well. I’ll watch it as a spectator, and then we’ll go into detail with the coach in the next few days,” the Partenopei captain added. Di Lorenzo also believes that Napoli have already recovered after their surprise 3-0 defeat at home to Atalanta.

They had not lost since the opening weekend of the season, but were toppled after an Ademola Lookman double and a third from Mateo Retegui. “Losing hurts, but defeats only make you stronger. They’re part of the journey. We have already analysed the match and we will make the most of any other defeats in the future too. It’s a shame, but we move on. We’re already thinking about the next game.” He further added.

Ahead of the second encounter, Maurizio Mariani has been appointed to be the referee for the Inter-Napoli Serie A match Sunday. The Lega Serie A confirm the complete list of officials for the fixture. Furthermore, Aleandro Di Paolo will be on VAR duty for the clash. Assisting Mariani in his duties will be Alessandro Giallatini and Valerio Colarossi.

The role of the fourth official will fall to Matteo Marcenaro. In the VAR booth, Aleandro Di Paolo will oversee the match to ensure to correct any errors by the on-pitch officials. In a related development, Ex-Arsenal star Liam Brady considers Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka the main ‘danger’ for Inter in their meeting today, but insisted that Mikel Arteta’s side will ‘risk’ if they don’t raise ‘the standard’.

The former Gunners player, who also had stints in Serie A for Inter and Juventus, criticised their performance at Newcastle, claiming that they played ‘very badly’, far from the level they showed last season.Brady also identified Martin Odegaard as the player whose absence has made Arsenal ‘more predictable’, but the Norway international was called up for the first time.

This is after he picked up an ankle injury in September and now, he travelled to Milan with his team. “Let’s start with Arsenal, who have changed,” Liam Brady told Gazzetta dello Sport in an interview. “Without Odegaard, they became more predictable and their rivals found countermeasure. “Saka remains the number one danger for Inter; he’s unpredictable and good at set-pieces.

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“Also, the team lack discipline, they received three red cards so far. They played very badly against Newcastle, while they kept a very high level last season. If this is the standard, they’ll face a risk against Inter…”. The two teams have racked up seven points from their opening three Champions League games, and they’ll have a chance to move to the first positions of the table by getting a win.

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