Despite arriving in Milan late for their Champions League match due to a storm and Newcastle’ being two hours late for the pre-match news conference, Newcastle is expected to avoid penalty.
Special permission has been granted for Newcastle to train on Tyneside on Monday morning.
The plane was scheduled to take off at around 2:30, but it didn’t until around 5 o’clock.
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The weather that caused Newcastle’s arrival in Italy to be delayed, according to Eddie Howe, won’t stop their Champions League journey.
The club’s most recent European tour didn’t exactly get off to the best of beginnings as they spent more than two hours on the training field on Monday after receiving special permission to train on Tyneside rather than at the San Siro later in the day.
However, Howe was certain that preparations for a challenging opening match against AC Milan would not be hindered as a result when speaking at a press conference that finally began at almost 9pm local time although it had originally been set for 7pm.
It’s basically a requirement of the work we do, he said. That kind of thing might happen all the time. This was a weather issue, but we’ve had similar problems before.4
Despite the players’ slightly later than preferred arrival time, it is something we are accustomed to. However, it’s not a big deal.
Despite leaving Tyneside at approximately 2:30 p.m., Howe and his team really took off closer to 5 p.m., and as the media gathered at the stadium to wait for Sandro Tonali, a 45-year-old former Milan midfielder, a plane-tracking app indicated they were still somewhere above France.
In accordance with article 73 of the rules set forth by the governing body UEFA, press conferences must begin between 1200 and 2000 local time. They eventually arrived at the stadium around 9 o’clock. Any deviations from these times must be approved in advance by UEFA.
