Post by Taxigirl on Nov 6, 2003 9:48:33 GMT
Inter 1-1 Lokomotiv Moscow
UEFA Champions League Group E
Alberto Zaccheroni's first match in the UEFA Champions League as Inter coach ended in disappointment, as his side only managed a 1-1 draw against Lokomotiv Moskow at San Siro.
The Russian side started the strongest and had a great opportunity to score the opener on nine minutes.
Sergei Ignashevich's pass across the goal fell kindly to Vadim Yevseyev, who mis-kicked with the goal gaping.
The Italian side then opened the scoring on 14 minutes, very much against the run of the play.
Uruguayan Alvaro Recoba collected a pass on the edge of the area after a clever Christian Vieri step-over, took one touch and smashed a left-foot shot past Sergei Ovchinikov.
The home side began to dictate play, but passing was made difficult as the San Siro pitch began to cut up badly.
Vieri then had a golden opportunity to make it two, but he only managed to shoot over from a clever Kily Gonzalez cut-back.
Inter began the second half looking to improve on their lead, and Ovchinikov was called upon to parry a point blank Daniele Adani header from a corner.
The Lokomotiv Moskow equaliser then came out of nowhere on 54 minutes.
Dimitry Loskov's shot from the edge of the area deflected off Marco Materazzi, completely deceiving Inter keeper Francesco Toldo.
Lokomotiv started to take control of the match, with Marat Izmailov causing Inter problems with a cross from the right which Toldo had to deal with using his feet.
The lively Loskov then found himself free on goal on 62, but Javier Zanetti came across to tackle well.
Inter sensed that the game was slipping away from them and brought on Sabri Lamouchi and Julio Cruz to bolster the attack.
But it was Vieri again who had a great chance to give Inter the lead on 71, but Ovchinikov's athletic double-stop denied the Italian international.
Kily Gonzalez then raced clear of the Lokomotiv defence, but Oleg Pashinin came across to tackle the Argentine when he was about to pull the trigger.
Inter began to throw long balls at the Lokomotiv defence, but the Russians managed to deal with every ball, frustrating the Inter attack.
The Russians valiantly held on for a point at San Siro, leaving Group B still wide open.
INTER: Toldo 6, Adani 6, Materazzi 6, Cannavaro 6, Helveg 5, J Zanetti 7, Almeyda 5, C Zanetti 6 (Lamouchi 67 6), K Gonzalez 6 (Karagounis 89), Vieri 7, RECOBA 8 (Cruz 75 6)
LOKOMOTIV MOSKOW: OVCHINIKOV 8, Yevseyev 7, Ignashevich 7, Pashinin 7, Sennikov 7, Khokhlov 6, Maminov 7, Loskov 7, Lekgetho 6, Izmailov 7 (Nizhegorodov 89), Ashvetia 7 (Buznikin 75 6)
The Match Score
Internazionale 1 - 1 Lokomotiv Moscow
Alvaro Recoba 14
Dmitri Loskov 55
Match facts
Competition: Champions League
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 25000
KO: 19:45 Wednesday 05th November 2003
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere
Teams Internazionale
1 Francesco Toldo
13 Fabio Cannavaro
15 Daniele Adani
23 Marco Materazzi
4 Javier Zanetti
6 Cristiano Zanetti
25 Matias Almeyda
Kily González
Thomas Helveg
20 Alvaro Recoba
32 Christian Vieri
Subs
12 Alberto Fontana
24 Carlos Gamarra
Sabri Lamouchi
Siqueira Luciano
Giorgias Karagounis
Obafemi Martins
Julio Cruz
Lokomotiv Moscow
Sergei Ignashevitch 5
Marat Izmailov 7
Vladimir Maminov 8
Vadim Evseev 16
Dmitri Sennikov 17
Dmitrij Khokhlov
Mikhail Ashvetia 32
Sergei I. Ovchinnikov 1
Dmitri Loskov 10
Oleg Pashinin 14
Jacob Leksetho
Subs
Ruslan Nigmatullin 9
Narvik Sirkhayev 6
Maksim Buznikin 15
Gennadi Nizhegorodov 2
Sergey Gurenko 41
Jorge Wagner 99
Lessa Azevedo Leandro
Cautions Internazionale Lokomotiv Moscow
Kily González, 28
Unsporting behaviour
Marco Materazzi, 63
Unsporting behaviour
Dmitri Loskov, 64
Unsporting behaviour
Substitutions Internazionale Lokomotiv Moscow
67 Cristiano Zanetti
67 Sabri Lamouchi
76 Alvaro Recoba
76 Julio Cruz
90 Kily González
90 Giorgias Karagounis
76 Mikhail Ashvetia
76 Maksim Buznikin
90 Marat Izmailov
90 Gennadi Nizhegorodov