Arsenal will not have to contend with the firepower of Inter Milan striker Christian Vieri on Wednesday after he was ruled out of their Champions League Group B clash.
Inter's Vieri ruled out of Arsenal clash
Arsenal will not have to contend with the firepower of Inter Milan striker Christian Vieri on Wednesday after he was ruled out of their Champions League Group B clash.
Vieri picked up foot injuries during Italy's European championship qualifier in Belgrade against Serbia and Montenegro on Wednesday and was not named in Inter coach Hector Cuper's travelling party of 19 players.
Argentine forward Julio Ricardo Cruz, a recent signing from Bologna, will likely start in attack alongside Nigerian teenager Obafemi Martins.
Uruguayan forward Alvaro Recoba, the subject of media speculation linking him with a move from Inter, was also not named in the squad.
Inter and Arsenal are in Group B of the Champions League along with Dynamo Kiev and Lokomotiv Moscow.