UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT FC Internazionale Milano FC Rubin Kazan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Wednesday 9 December 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group F - Matchday 6 Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................4 Squad list.......................................................................................................6 Head coach....................................................................................................8 Match officials................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results......................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................13 Competition facts..........................................................................................14 Team facts....................................................................................................15 Legend.........................................................................................................17 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions 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 Internazionale Milano - FC Rubin Kazan Wednesday 9 December 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Match background Previous meetings UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 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 Internazionale Milano 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 FC Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 FC Internazionale Milano - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/07 GS FC Internazionale Milano - 4-2 Milan Ibrahimović 32, Cambiasso 34, 75, 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 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 FC Rubin Kazan - record versus clubs from opponents' country Last updated 07/12/09 19:33:55CET Match background 2 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Rubin Kazan Wednesday 9 December 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 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 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 Internazionale Milano 6 5 1 0 7 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 13 8 4 1 19 13 FC Rubin Kazan 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 After winning at FC Barcelona on their last away assignment, FC Rubin Kazan will try to make lightning strike twice when they visit another of the UEFA Champions League's big names, FC Internazionale Milano, on Matchday 6. • The Russian champions slipped to third in Group F following their goalless draw with FC Dynamo Kyiv on Matchday 5, and to be certain of progressing to the first knockout round they must emerge triumphant at San Siro. • They would also stand a chance of progressing with a 2-2 draw or a higher scoring stalemate. Should the game finish goalless, Inter would qualify on head-to-head record, while a 1-1 draw would take the Italian champions through on goals scored. However, a draw could see both sides eliminated if Dynamo triumph against Barcelona in the group's other game. • To win the section, Inter must defeat Rubin and hope Barcelona lose at Dynamo; should the holders draw in Ukraine, they would finish above Inter on head-to-head record having beaten José Mourinho's team 2-0 at Camp Nou in their most recent outing. Previous meeting • Inter hung on for a 1-1 draw at Rubin's Centralniy stadium on 29 September, surviving for 30 minutes following Mario Balotelli's sending-off after Dejan Stanković (27) had cancelled out Alejandro Domínguez's (11) opening goal. Match background • Debutants Rubin are making their first visit to San Siro and may take heart from the fact that Inter are enduring the worst run of home form in their long European history. • The Milan outfit have won not at home in the UEFA Champions League since defeating Anorthosis Famagusta FC 1-0 on 22 October last year. They have subsequently endured a four-game winless streak and had to come from behind twice to hold Dynamo 2-2 on Matchday 3. • Inter have scored just four goals in their last seven UEFA Champions League outings at San Siro, during which they have registered one win, four draws and two defeats. • On the bright side for the hosts, Inter boast a strong home record against Russian opponents, having recorded five wins and a draw in six encounters. • Inter's most recent home meeting with Russian visitors was a 4-2 victory over PFC CSKA Moskva in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Esteban Cambiasso scoring twice each. • Rubin's only previous trip to Italy brought a 1-0 defeat by Parma FC in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup first round. Domínguez and Macbeth Sibaya played in that match, which confirmed a 2-0 aggregate loss, while Lasha Salukvadze and Nukri Revishvili watched from the bench. Team ties • At the helm of his previous club, Chelsea FC, Mourinho oversaw home (2-0) and away (1-0) victories against a CSKA side featuring Rubin's Sergei Semak during the 2004/05 group stage. • Inter's long-serving captain Javier Zanetti was part of the Nerazzurri side that defeated FC Spartak Moskva in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup semi-finals en route to lifting the trophy. • Inter midfielder Wesley Sneijder faced Semak in the UEFA EURO 2008™ quarter-finals, when Semak's Russia defeated the Netherlands 3-1. • On a previous trip to Italy, Semak scored twice at Parma in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup first round, but his efforts were in vain as his CSKA side conceded a last-minute goal to lose 3-2 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate. Last updated 07/12/09 19:33:55CET Match background 3 FC Internazionale Milano - FC Rubin Kazan Wednesday 9 December 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan • Inter's Cambiasso was a team-mate of Rubin forward Domínguez at CA River Plate, the duo having won the Argentinian Clausura championship together in 2001/02. • Domínguez appeared as a late substitute in FC Zenit St. Petersburg's 1-0 defeat at Juventus in last season's UEFA Champions League group stage. He got the better of Inter defender Lucio, then at FC Bayern München, when playing for Zenit in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup semi-finals. • Rubin midfielder Sibaya visited San Siro with former club Rosenborg BK, remaining on the bench for their 3-0 defeat in the 2002/03 group stage. Match facts Inter UEFA milestones • Inter have scored 199 goals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup, 449 in UEFA club competition overall. • The Italian titleholders' next win in UEFA competition will be their 150th. UEFA Champions League statistics • Inter have collected 14 bookings, the joint highest total in the competition along with Real Madrid CF. • Cristian Chivu serves a one-game ban on Matchday 6. Walter Samuel, Maicon and Javier Zanetti are all within a booking of a suspension. Latest domestic information • Saturday 5 December: Juventus 2-1 FC Internazionale Milano (Chiellini 20, Marchisio 58; Eto'o 26) Júlio César; Zanetti, Samuel (Materazzi 90), Lucio, Chivu; Thiago Motta, Cambiasso (Mancini 79), Muntari (Balotelli 60); Stanković; Eto'o, Milito. • José Mourinho made one change to the XI that beat ACF Fiorentina 1-0 on 29 November, Thiago Motta replacing the injured Ricardo Quaresma. Zanetti deputised at right-back as Maicon completed a two-match suspension. • Mourinho was sent to the stands midway through the first half as Inter were condemned to their second defeat in 13 matches in all competitions. Juve's Felipe Melo was dismissed with three minutes left. • Eto'o's strike was his first away from home for Inter, his previous six league goals having come at San Siro. • Diego Milito's 85th-minute penalty earned Inter victory against Fiorentina.