UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Rubin Kazan FC Internazionale Milano Group H - Matchday 5 Centralniy Stadion, Kazan Thursday 22 November 2012 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................9 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................13 Match officials..................................................................................................................15 Legend............................................................................................................................16 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html FC Rubin Kazan - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 22 November 2012 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Centralniy Stadion, Kazan Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/09/12 GS FC Internazionale Milano - FC Rubin Kazan 2-2 Milan Livaja 39, Nagatomo 90+2; Ryazantsev 17, Rondón 84 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/12/09 GS FC Internazionale Milano - 2-0 Milan Eto'o 31, Balotelli 64 FC Rubin Kazan 29/09/09 GS FC Rubin Kazan - FC Internazionale Milano 1-1 Kazan Domínguez 11; Stanković 27 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 5 FC Internazionale Milano 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 5 3 FC Rubin Kazan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 28/09/06 R1 Parma FC - FC Rubin Kazan 1-0 Parma Paponi 49 agg: 2-0 14/09/06 R1 FC Rubin Kazan - Parma FC 0-1 Kazan Dessena 79 FC Internazionale Milano - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/11 GS FC Internazionale Milano - 1-2 Milan Cambiasso 51; Doumbia 50, V. PFC CSKA Moskva Berezutski 86 27/09/11 GS PFC CSKA Moskva - 2-3 Moscow Dzagoev 45+3, Vágner Love 77; Lúcio FC Internazionale Milano 6, Pazzini 23, Zárate 79 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/04/10 QF PFC CSKA Moskva - 0-1 Moscow Sneijder 6 FC Internazionale Milano agg: 0-2 31/03/10 QF FC Internazionale Milano - 1-0 Milan Milito 65 PFC CSKA Moskva UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/07 GS FC Internazionale Milano - 4-2 Milan Ibrahimović 32, 75, Cambiasso 34, 67; PFC CSKA Moskva Jô 23, Vágner Love 31 23/10/07 GS PFC CSKA Moskva - 1-2 Moscow Jô 32; Crespo 52, Samuel 80 FC Internazionale Milano UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 31/10/06 GS FC Spartak Moskva - 0-1 Moscow Cruz 1 FC Internazionale Milano 18/10/06 GS FC Internazionale Milano - 2-1 Milan Cruz 1, 9; Pavlyuchenko 54 FC Spartak Moskva UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/03 GS FC Internazionale Milano - 1-1 Milan Recoba 14; Loskov 54 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 21/10/03 GS FC Lokomotiv Moskva - 3-0 Moscow Loskov 2, Ashvetia 50, Khokhlov 57 FC Internazionale Milano Last updated 21/11/12 12:40:40CET 2 Previous meetings FC Rubin Kazan - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 22 November 2012 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Centralniy Stadion, Kazan UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/98 GS FC Spartak Moskva - 1-1 Moscow Tikhonov 67; Simeone 88 FC Internazionale Milano 21/10/98 GS FC Internazionale Milano - 2-1 Milan Ventola 32, Ronaldo 59; Tsymbalar 64 FC Spartak Moskva UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/04/98 SF FC Spartak Moskva - 1-2 Moscow Tikhonov 12; Ronaldo 45, 76 FC Internazionale Milano agg: 2-4 31/03/98 SF FC Internazionale Milano - 2-1 Milan Zamorano 45, Zé Elias 90; Alenichev FC Spartak Moskva 48 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/10/66 R1 FC Torpedo Moskva - 0-0 Moscow FC Internazionale Milano agg: 0-1 28/09/66 R1 FC Internazionale Milano - 1-0 Milan Mazzola 63 FC Torpedo Moskva Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rubin Kazan 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 3 7 FC Internazionale Milano 10 7 2 1 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 19 12 5 2 29 19 Last updated 21/11/12 12:40:40CET 3 Previous meetings FC Rubin Kazan - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 22 November 2012 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Centralniy Stadion, Kazan Match background FC Rubin Kazan and FC Internazionale Milano meet for a fourth time, with the sides jostling for top spot in UEFA Europa League Group H. • Rubin and Inter both confirmed their places in the round of 32 with away victories on matchday four, but winning the section is still a valuable prize. Teams who finish first are sure of a tie against one of the second-placed finishers from another group or one of the four lower-ranked sides who finish third in the UEFA Champions League pools. Previous meetings • The sides drew 2-2 when they met on matchday one. Rubin twice led through Aleksandr Ryazantsev and José Rondón, but Marko Livaja and Yuto Nagatomo – with practically the last kick of the game - struck back to salvage a point. • The teams had previously encountered one another as Kurban Berdyev's Rubin made their debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 2009/10, drawing 1-1 in Russia, with Inter's Mario Balotelli dismissed after 60 minutes. Samuel Eto'o and Balotelli struck to give José Mourinho's soon-to-be European champions a 2-0 win in the return fixture. • The teams for that first meeting on 29 September 2009 were: Rubin: Ryzhikov*, Ansaldi*, Navas*, Semak, Salukvadze, Domínguez (Kasaev* 86), Bukharov, Ryazantsev*, Noboa, Gökdeniz Karadeniz*, Sharonov. Inter: Júlio César, Zanetti*, Stanković, Lúcio, Eto'o, Maicon, Cambiasso* (Vieira 80), Samuel*, Chivu, Mancini (Quaresma 64), Balotelli. • The teams for the return fixture at San Siro on 9 December 2009 were: Inter: Júlio César, Zanetti*, Stanković (Cambiasso* 52), Lúcio, Thiago Motta, Eto'o, Sneijder*, Maicon, Milito*, Samuel* (Córdoba 15), Balotelli (Muntari 77). Rubin: Ryzhikov*, Navas*, Semak, Salukvadze, Domínguez, Ryazantsev* (Balyaykin 84), Noboa (Bystrov 81), Kaleshin*, Popov, Murawski, Gökdeniz Karadeniz* (Kasaev* 74). * registered to play for the club in 2012/13. Match background • Two 1-0 defeats by Parma FC complete Rubin's experience of Italian opponents, meaning they have yet to win in five matches against Serie A sides. • Inter's 19 games against Russian clubs have ended W12 D5 L2 (W7 D2 L1 at home – W5 D3 L1 in Russia). • True to their miserly reputation, Rubin have not conceded a goal since they last met Inter, recording three straight victories in their subsequent games. • Rubin have lost home fixtures played in Moscow more recently, but have not been beaten in their last 17 European games at the Centralniy Stadium, though the last side to defeat them at home were Inter's Serie A rivals Parma, 1-0 UEFA Cup winners in Kazan on 14 September 2006. • Inter are unbeaten in six European games (W4 D2) and have won all four of their UEFA fixtures on the road this season by margins of at least two goals. Team facts • The Russian side boast Italian talent in the form of centre-back Salvatore Bocchetti, who joined the club in 2010 following spells with the likes of Ascoli Calcio 1898 and Genoa CFC, where he played alongside Inter forward Rodrigo Palacio (2008–10), Andrea Ranocchia (2008–10) and Diego Milito (2008–09). • Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovič and Rubin's Roman Eremenko were team-mates at Udinese Calcio from 2005–09. The latter's brother and Rubin team-mate Alexey Eremenko also played in Italy for US Lecce (2004–06). • Berdyev has been coach of Rubin since 2001, leading the club to successive Russian titles in 2008 and 2009 and a Russian Cup in 2012. Previously a defender and midfielder in the top Soviet league with SKA Rostov-na-Donu and FC Kairat Almaty, he coached teams in Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan before leading Rubin into Russia's top division. • Inter's coach is Andrea Stramaccioni, who stepped in on a caretaker basis to replace Claudio Ranieri in March 2012 and was then handed a contract for the 2012/13 campaign. A defender whose career was cut short by a serious injury at Bologna FC, he specialised in coaching youth teams, taking charge of the AS Roma and then Inter junior selections before getting the senior job. Last updated 21/11/12 12:40:40CET 4 Match background FC Rubin Kazan - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 22 November 2012 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Centralniy Stadion, Kazan Team facts FC Rubin Kazan Formed: 1958 Nickname: Tatarstantsi (The Tatarstan Side) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) •