spartak moskova: wojciech kowalewski, martin stranzl, denis boyarintsev, yegor titov, roman pavlyuchenko, martin jiranek, radoslav kovac, clemente rodríguez (fernando cavenaghi 46), vladimir bystrov (serghei covalciuc 54), mozart, roman shishkin. teknik direktör: vladimir fedotov
inter milan: júlio cesar, ıvan córdoba, javier zanetti, dejan stankovic, luís figo (fabio grosso 72), zlatan ıbrahimovic, julio cruz (santiago solari 84), maicon, olivier dacourt, nicolas burdisso, marco materazzi. teknik direktör: roberto mancini
ekim ayının son gününde, inter'i konuk edecekleri şampiyonlar ligi karşılaşmasına yoğun trafik nedeniyle geç kalmak üzere olan spartak moskova'nın otobüsten inip metroya bindiği haberi herkesi gülümsetmişti.
yaşadıkları kültür şokundan olsa gerek rus takımının oyuncuları maç başladıktan 59 saniye sonra yedikleri golle sahadan yenik ayrılmışlardı. buna benzer bir haber de geçtiğimiz ay içinde ingiltere'den geldi. hatta bu kez film mutlu sonla bitti, ingiltere ikinci liginde queens park rangers'a konuk olacak olan coventry takı mı trafikte sıkışınca teknik direktör micky adams metroya yönelme kararı aldı. metrodaki şaşkın bakışlar eşliğinde maça 40 dakika kala statta olmayı başaran coventry, üç maçtır üst üst üste kazanan rakibini mağlup etmeyi bildi.
maç sonrası en ilginç açıklama ise teknik direktör adams'dan geldi:"maçın gizli kahramanı jaytabb'di. yolculuğumuz esnasında ilk bindiğimiz metrodan yol ortasında inip başka bir yöne doğru aktarma yapmamız gerektiğini söyledi. bu katkısma karşın onu maçta oynatamadığım için özür dilerim."
yardımcı hakemler: bill rené hansen (den), henrik sønderby (den)
4. hakem: peter rasmussen (den)
spartak moskva: wojciech kowalewski(gk), martin stranzl, denis boyarintsev, yegor titov (c), roman pavlyuchenko, martin jiránek, radoslav kováč, clemente rodríguez (dk. 46 fernando cavenaghi), vladimir bystrov (dk. 54 serghei covalciuc), mozart, roman shishkin
yedekler: dmitri khomich (gk), aleksandr pavlenko, dmitri torbinski, maxym kalynychenko, aleksei rebko
teknik direktör: vladimir fedotov (rus)
internazionale: júlio césar (gk), iván córdoba, javier zanetti (c), dejan stanković, luís figo (dk. 72 fabio grosso), zlatan ibrahimović, julio cruz (dk. 84 santiago solari), maicon, olivier dacourt, nicolás burdisso, marco materazzi
yedekler: francesco toldo (gk), maxwell, hernán crespo, walter samuel, mariano gonzález
cruz fires inter to crucial win published: wednesday 1 november 2006, 0.20cet
fc spartak moskva 0-1 fc internazionale milano julio cruz continued to haunt spartak by scoring the only goal of the early group b kick-off in moscow.
by kevin affleck
julio cruz again proved to be fc spartak moskva's nemesis, taking his tally to three goals in two games with the winner at the luzhniki stadium as fc internazionale milano's group b revival continued.
match-winner fresh from his double salvo at the san siro on matchday 3, the argentinian's strike after just 59 seconds was enough to give roberto mancini's side three priceless points in the race to reach the knockout stage. spartak, meanwhile, remain anchored to the bottom of the group with just one point.
dream start buoyed by a thrilling derby victory over ac milan at the weekend, inter made the perfect start when they took an instant lead in the russian capital. a misjudgment by martin stranzl put zlatan ibrahimović in the clear and the swede drove into the area before squaring the ball for cruz to side-foot high into the roof of the net for his 16th uefa champions league goal.
shell-shocked it was hardly the sort of opening spartak coach vladimir fedotov had envisaged, especially after he claimed his team needed to repay the fans following a poor return of one point from their first three matches. it took a while for the hosts to recover from the setback and their first sight of goal did not arrive until the 20th minute. denis boyarintsev was played in by a clever roman pavlyuchenko pass, but his left-footed effort was smothered by júlio césar who was quickly off his line. the nerazzurri keeper was in the thick of the action minutes later when he was forced to punch clear a swerving piledriver from mozart.
counterattack while spartak were largely restricted to long-range attempts, inter looked menacing every time they ventured forward and unhinged the home defence with regularity thanks to the clever movement of cruz and ibrahimović. indeed, cruz will feel he should have hit the target after he was threaded through by a perfectly-weighted pass from dejan stanković soon after the half-hour.
double chance inter were again quickly out of the blocks at the beginning of the second half and should have put the tie out of spartak's reach on 47 minutes. a teasing cross from luís figo picked out ibrahimović but the centre-forward sent his downward header wide of the post from seven metres. ibrahimović then turned artichect, producing a sumptuous reverse pass which the maurading maicon fired straight at wojciech kowalewski.
goal threat spartak dictated the play thereafter and enjoyed long periods of possession, but the closest they came to troubling an obdurate inter rearguard was when roman shishkin, the talented teenager playing in a more advanced role, crashed a glorious strike against the underside of the bar. yet inter remained a threat on the counterattack and ibrahimović made kowalewski save with his feet after being released by figo. the portugese veteran was sacrificed for fabio grosso in a defensive move by mancini with 18 minutes to go, as the visitors survived the odd scare to close the game out.
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