UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT CFR 1907 Cluj (first leg: 0-2) FC Internazionale Milano Matchday 8 - Round of 32, second leg Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Thursday 21 February 2013 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................6 Squad list...........................................................................................................................8 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................14 Match officials..................................................................................................................18 Legend............................................................................................................................19 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 CFR 1907 Cluj - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/02/13 R32 FC Internazionale Milano - CFR 1907 Cluj 2-0 Milan Palacio 20, 87 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA CFR 1907 Cluj 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 FC Internazionale Milano 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 CFR 1907 Cluj - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/12/10 GS CFR 1907 Cluj - AS Roma 1-1 Cluj-Napoca Traoré 88; Borriello 21 28/09/10 GS AS Roma - CFR 1907 Cluj 2-1 Rome Mexès 69, Borriello 71; Rada 78 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/08 GS CFR 1907 Cluj - AS Roma 1-3 Cluj-Napoca Y. Koné 30; Brighi 11, 64, Totti 23 16/09/08 GS AS Roma - CFR 1907 Cluj 1-2 Rome Panucci 17; Culio 27, 49 FC Internazionale Milano - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/08/12 PO FC Internazionale Milano - FC Vaslui 2-2 Milan Palacio 76, Guarín 90+2; Stanciu 35(p), agg: 4-2 Varela 79 23/08/12 PO FC Vaslui - FC Internazionale Milano 0-2 Piatra Neamt Cambiasso 23, Palacio 73 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/09/01 R1 FC Braşov - FC Internazionale Milano 0-3 Brasov Ventola 14, 79, Guly 36 agg: 0-6 20/09/01 R1 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Braşov 3-0 Trieste Dalmat 23, Kallon 31, Di Biagio 41 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/93 R1 FC Rapid Bucureşti - 0-2 Bucharest Battistini 75, Jonk 83 FC Internazionale Milano agg: 1-5 15/09/93 R1 FC Internazionale Milano - 3-1 Milan Bergkamp 13(p), 67, 79; Andrasi 52 FC Rapid Bucureşti UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/10/84 R1 FC Internazionale Milano - 2-0 Milan Brady 69, Rummenigge 85 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti agg: 2-1 20/09/84 R1 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti - 1-0 Bucharest Sandu 84 FC Internazionale Milano UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/81 R2 FC Dinamo Bucureşti - 3-2 Bucharest Georgescu 30, Augustin 100 ET, Oraca FC Internazionale Milano agg: 4-3 (aet) 107 ET; Altobelli 47, Prohaska 94 ET 21/10/81 R2 FC Internazionale Milano - 1-1 Milan Pasinato 24; Custov 39 FC Dinamo Bucureşti Last updated 21/02/13 13:46:42CET 2 Previous meetings CFR 1907 Cluj - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/10/80 R1 FC Universitatea Craiova - 1-1 Craiova Beldeanu 25; Muraro 11 FC Internazionale Milano agg: 1-3 17/09/80 R1 FC Internazionale Milano - 2-0 Milan Altobelli 9, 61 FC Universitatea Craiova European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/12/65 R1 FC Internazionale Milano - 2-0 Milan Mazzola 67(p), Facchetti 89 FC Dinamo Bucureşti agg: 3-2 01/12/65 R1 FC Dinamo Bucureşti - 2-1 Bucharest Frăţilă 26, Haidu 51; Joaquín Peiró 12 FC Internazionale Milano European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/12/64 R1 FC Dinamo Bucureşti - 0-1 Bucharest Domenghini 57 FC Internazionale Milano agg: 0-7 11/11/64 R1 FC Internazionale Milano - 6-0 Milan Jair 12, 35, Mazzola 16, 78, Suárez 38, FC Dinamo Bucureşti Milani 82 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 CFR 1907 Cluj 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 5 9 FC Internazionale Milano 9 7 2 0 8 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 17 11 3 3 35 11 Last updated 21/02/13 13:46:42CET 3 Previous meetings CFR 1907 Cluj - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Match background CFR 1907 Cluj will look to end FC Internazionale Milano's bid for a fourth success in this competition and overturn a 2-0 deficit in this UEFA Europa League round of 32 decider. • Goals in either half from Rodrigo Palacio (20 87) gave Inter a win at San Siro, though a serious knee injury suffered by striker Diego Milito in the opening minutes overshadowed the contest. Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA club competition last week. • Prior to last week, CFR's experience of Italian opposition amounted to four games against AS Roma in the course of two UEFA Champions League group stage campaigns, which ended W1 D1 L2 (W0 D1 L1 at home – W1 D0 L1 in Rome). • Inter's 17 contests with Romanian sides have ended W11 D3 L3 (W7 D2 L0 at home – W4 D1 L3 in Romania). They are unbeaten in their last eight games against Romanian sides (W7 D1) since a 1-0 loss at FC Sportul Studentesc Bucureşti in September 1984. Match background • Inter have won their last three games in Romania without conceding. • Inter won their first four continental away games this season, scoring 11 goals and conceding only two, but that run came to an abrupt end last time out when they went down 3-0 at FC Rubin Kazan. • CFR's record in five European home games this season is W3 D0 L2. • Prior to this season, Inter had not played in this competition since 2003/04, when they reached the quarter-finals, losing out to Olympique de Marseille. Inter are one of three sides – along with Juventus and Liverpool FC – who have won the UEFA Cup a record three times. • CFR are appearing in the spring leg of a major UEFA competition for the first time, having finished third in their UEFA Champions League group with an impressive ten points. Team facts • Inter defender Cristian Chivu could line up against Romanian opponents for the first time since he left FC Universitatea Craiova for AFC Ajax in 1999. The 32-year-old, capped 75 times by Romania, missed both of his side's games against FC Vaslui in this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Inter's Uruguayan left-back Álvaro Pereira spent the 2008/09 season with CFR – his first club in Europe – prior to joining FC Porto. He won the Romanian Cup and featured in CFR's maiden UEFA Champions League group stage campaign. • Pereira (2009–12) and Fredy Guarín (2008–12) were playing for Porto at the same time as CFR's Ivo Pinto (2008–12) and Diogo Valente (2006–09), though the latter pair made just one first-team appearance between them and spent most of their time out on loan. • Edinson Cavani remains the UEFA Europa League's top scorer with seven goals, but there are now three players level in second place on five goals: S.S. Lazio's Libor Kozák, Inter's Rodrigo Palacio and Raúl Bobadilla, who has moved to FC Basel 1893 since hitting five in the group stage for BSC Young Boys. • CFR coach Paulo Sérgio played for a number of smaller clubs as a forward, then worked his way up the Portuguese leagues as a coach. He briefly coached Sporting Clube de Portugal, then won the 2011/12 Scottish Cup at Heart Of Midlothian FC, replacing Ioan Andone as CFR boss in October. • Paulo Sérgio's Sporting lost out to Rangers FC on away goals in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League round of 32, 1-1 and 2-2 draws contributing to his departure from his old club. • Inter's coach is Andrea Stramaccioni, who stepped in on a caretaker basis to replace Claudio Ranieri last March 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 Roma and then Inter junior selections before getting the senior job. Round of 16: Tottenham Hotspur FC/Olympique Lyonnais v Inter/CFR Cluj • The first legs will be played on 7 March, with the returns the following Thursday. • Inter have played both their potential round of 16 opponents. Last updated 21/02/13 13:46:42CET 4 Match background CFR 1907 Cluj - FC Internazionale Milano Thursday 21 February 2013 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr.