Final score

29 September 2010 20:45

Inter
36' (2nd half) Eto'o
34' Sneijder
27' Eto'o
22' Eto'o
Werder Bremen
Referee: Undiano Mallenco / Linesmen: F.M. Ibanez, J.C.Y. Jimenez / Fourth official: J.E.Fernandez
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45' Half time. Inter lead Werder Bremen by three goals to nil.
44' Jensen for a foul on Biabiany.
42' Marin tries to pick out Almeida in the area but the towering Lucio intercepts and makes a headed clearance.
41' Stankovic tries to take Wiese by surprise with a half-volley that goes wide.
39' Coutinho and Biabiany have switched flanks just to confuse the Werder defence, which already has enough to worry about...
34' GOAL!!!!!! Wesley Sneijder zips past Mertesacker and lifts his shot over Wiese for our third. Eto'o's through ball was inch-perfect. EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS INTER 3-0 WERDER BREMEN.
32' Fantastic approach play by Coutinho, Eto'o and Sneijder. The Nerazzurri are goal hungry tonight.
30' Another chance for Eto'o! Stankovic crosses from the right but the Inter number nine is immediately surrounded by two Werder defenders, who appear to have learned a thing or two about their previous mistakes.
30' Stankovic close to a third. The Serbian one-twos with Eto'o and tries to chip Wiese, who manages to tip over for a corner.
27' GOAL!!!!! Eto'o makes it look so easy. This time, he shrugs off an opponent just inside the box before arrowing a low shot beyond Wiese. It's his tenth of the season. INTER 2-0 WERDER BREMEN.
21' GOAL!!!!! Samuel Eto'o!!!!!! After all those chances, it was coming. The Cameroonian races on to Cambiasso's through ball and slots through Wiese's legs. INTER 1-0 WERDER BREMEN.
21' Back under the Curva Nord, Sneijder's rising drive from a free kick soars over Wiese's crossbar.
20' Big chance for Werder. And a big miss. Almeida gets in behind Lucio and hooks wide Borowski's inch-perfect cross.
19' Dejan Stankovic sends one of his long-range right-foot specials over the bar after receiving square from Eto'o.
15' Applause for Eto'o, who brilliantly serves Maicon with a looping pass over the Werder defence. The Brazilian is tackled in the box and it's a corner. Sneijder's cross is saved by Wiese.
14' Cambiasso floats a splendid cross over to the far post where Eto'o and Stankovic are lurking, but neither player manages to connect.
13' Silvestre makes a headed clearance from Sneijder's cross-shot. It's all Inter now after those two early chances for the Germans.
9' Inter close again. Sneijder gets in behind the Werder defence to collect Coutinho's brilliant lofted pass and the Dutch ace sees his angled shot wide tipped round by Wiese.
6' Great chance for the Nerazzurri. Biabiany makes another speedy run down the Inter right and crosses to Coutinho, who heads wide of the back post with the goal gaping.
6' Biabiany shows his pace with a strong run down the right. His cross is blocked by Prodl.
4' Another chance for the visitors as Almeida fires his low shot from the free kick at the near post, forcing Julio Cesar to palm round for a corner.
3' Early scare for Inter. Almeida goes through on goal after latching on to Borowski's long pass and lobs Julio Cesar, but there's not enough power in his shot. Lucio gets back and stops it from crossing the line.
1' European nights are back. Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district for live coverage of our first home game of the 2010/11 Champions League campaign.
1' Werder Bremen kick off. FORZA INTER!!!!
1' Werder Bremen: 1 Wiese; 5 Wesley, 29 Mertesacker, 15 Prodl, 16 Silvestre; 20 Jensen, 6 Borowski, 44 Bargfrede, 10 Marin; 7 Arnautovic, 23 Almeida.&#8232;<br>Subs: 21 Mielitz, 3 Pasanen, 14 Hunt, 17 Husejnovic, 18 Kroos, 19 Wagner, 41 Schimdt.
1' Inter: 1 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 2 Cordoba, 26 Chivu; 5 Stankovic, 19 Cambiasso; 88 Biabiany, 10 Sneijder, 29 Coutinho; 9 Eto'o. <br>&#8232;Subs: 12 Castellazzi, 11 Muntari, 17 Mariga, 20 Obi, 30 Mancini, 39 Santon, 57 Natalino.
1' Rafa Benitez makes two changes to the team that lost in Rome at the weekend, with youngsters Biabiany and Coutinho coming in for injured pair Milito and Pandev.
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47' Full time in Milan. European champions Inter thrash Werder Bremen 4-0. Spurs beat Twente 4-1 in the other Group A game.
47' Great play by Joel Obi. First, he whacks a long-range pass to Eto'o out on the left. Then he races forward to gather a Sneijder pass and tries a one-two with Coutinho, but the Brazilian underhits his return pass.
45' Two minutes of stoppage time.
45' Arnautovic severely tests Castellazzi with a rocket shot from 20 yards. Good save.
44' Hunt sums up Werder Bremen's evening with a shot that is way wide of the target.
40' A chance for Werder as Prodl heads over from Wesley's corner kick.
38' Santon has a shot blocked after a moment of magic from hat-trick hero Samuel Eto'o.
36' GOAL!!!!! Sneidjer serves Samuel Eto'o, who beats the offside trap and rounds Wiese before tucking into an open goal to complete his hat-trick. INTER 4-0 WERDER BREMEN.
35' Joel Obi replaces Dejan Stankovic for his competitive debut in black 'n blue.
34' Inter win a free kick and the quick-thinking Cambiasso plays it too Eto'o, forcing a crucial interception from Mertesacker.
33' Sandro Wagner for Hugo Almeida.
31' Twente win a free kick about 35 yards from goal. Arnautovic fancies his chances, but it's not his night. The Austria international blasts his shot into the Curva Nord.
30' Chivu intercepts Jensen's cross for Almeida and heads to safety.
24' Spurs are now 3-1 up at home to Twente. Pavlyuchenko has scored two penalties, with Chadli on target for the visitors. Tottenham's opening scorer Van der Vaart has been sent off, which means he will miss their trip here on 20th October.
24' Ex-Inter forward Arnautovic makes a headed clearance from Sneijder's corner. Stankovic's follow-up from the loose ball is off target.
20' Sneijder bends his free kick over Werder Bremen's nine-man wall. Thomas Schaaf had obviously told his team a thing or two about Wesley's set pieces.
18' Biabiany is brought down by Prodl as he sprints on goal. The Werder defender is booked and the free kick is on the edge of the D.
18' Werder Bremen bring on Felix Hunt for Marko Marin.
17' Davide Santon comes on for the injured Lucio and will fill the left-back slot. Chivu switches to central defence.
16' Lucio beats Borowski to Arnautovic's cross at the far post but the Brazilian appears to have injured his thigh and Rafa starts preparing the change.
15' Maicon blocks Silvestre's cross with an outstretched foot. Corner to the visitors.
14' Wesley serves Marin, who hits a low shot wide of Castellazzi's right-hand post.
10' Chivu picks out Eto'o in the six-yard but the Cameroonian fails to connect with the Romanian's cross.
8' Coutinho sideteps Mertesacker and fires a diagonal shot on target. Wiese saves.
7' Wesley rifles a low shot on target. Tipped save by Castellazzi.
6' Maicon intercepts Marin's cross for Almeida and heads behind for a corner.
5' Ex-Inter defender Silvestre floats in a cross from the left, and Castellazzi makes his first catch of the game.
3' Tottenham lead Twente in tonight's other Group A clash. Van der Vaart has just scored at White Hart Lane.
3' Borowski is flagged offside as he collects Jensen's through ball.
1' Inter get the second half under way.
1' And Werder replace Tim Borowski with Petri Pasanen.
1' Inter bring on Luca Castellazzi for Julio Cesar, who has sustained a left thigh strain. It's the Italian goalkeeper's competitive debut for the Nerazzurri.
Cordoba
7.59
7.59
Stankovic
7.94
7.94
Cambiasso
7.84
7.84
Julio Cesar
6.62
6.62
Maicon
6.92
6.92
Biabiany
7.48
7.48
Chivu
7.07
7.07
Santon
7.12
7.12
Obi
6.98
6.98
Lucio
7.4
7.4
Eto'o
9.49
9.49
Sneijder
8.38
8.38
Castellazzi
7.57
7.57
Coutinho
7.58
7.58
Average rating 7.57
3 shots on target 6
6 shots off target 10
7 fouls committed 11
6 corners 5
2 offsides 5
28:34 ball possession 22:44
Benitez v Schaaf

Wednesday's Champions League match is the first meeting between the two coaches.

Inter v Werder Bremen

Two clubs played each other at home and away in the 2004/05 and 2008/09 group stages of the Champions League. Neither side has the edge, with one win apiece and two 1-1 draws. Inter have scored in all four previous meetings, netting a total of 5 goals, and are unbeaten at home to the Germans, with a win and a draw.

Werder Bremen v Italian clubs

Werder face an Italian side for the 29th time after 10 wins, 11 draws and 7 defeats. Away to Italian teams, the Germans have notched 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 14 outings, their last victory dating back to 22 November 1989: 3-2 at Napoli.

Inter v German teams

Inter have faced German opposition on 36 previous occasions, winning 19 games (including last season's Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich), drawing 8 and losing 9. In 18 home games against German sides, Inter have won 13, drawn 1 (including a 1-1 draw against Werder in the 2008/09 UCL group stage) and lost 4.

Inter unbeaten at home in 48 games

Inter have not lost a competitive match at home since 26 November 2008 when they were beaten 1-0 by Panathinaikos in the Champions League. Of their following 48 home games, the Nerazzurri have won 37 and drawn 11.

Nerazzurri chasing eleventh consecutive home win

Inter have won all of their last 10 home matches, scoring a total of 28 goals: Livorno (3-0 in Serie A), CSKA Moscow (1-0 in Champions League), Bologna and Juventus (3-0 and 2-0 respectively in Serie A), Barcelona (3-1 in Champions League), Atalanta and ChievoVerona (3-1 and 4-3 respectively in Serie A), Roma (3-1 in Italian Super Cup), Udinese and Bari (2-1 and 4-0 respectively). The last team to go unbeaten away to Inter was Genoa in Serie A on 7 March 2010 (0-0).

Bremen goalless in only one of last 17 Euro games

Bremen have failed to score in just one of their last 17 European matches: a 1-0 home defeat to Twente on 18 February 2010. The Germans have scored a total of 45 goals in the other 16 matches.

One Werder clean sheet in last 17 UCL away games

Werder Bremen have conceded in 16 of their last 17 Champions League away matches: a 3-0 victory at Levski Sofia on 31 October 2006. In the other 16 matches they have let in a total of 38 goals.

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wins(2) draws(1) defeats(0)

MILAN - Crisis? What crisis? European champions Inter bounced back from their weekend defeat at Roma with a scintillating display against Werder Bremen in Matchday 2 of the Champions League.

Samuel Eto'o scored his ninth, tenth and eleventh goals of the season and created one for Wesley Sneijder as the Nerazzurri made it a night to forget for Thomas Schaaf's team.

Rafa Benitez made two changes to the team that lost in Rome at the weekend, with youngsters Biabiany and Coutinho coming in for injured pair Milito and Pandev. He placed more faith in youth in the second half with Santon and Obi also making appearances.

The Inter bashers might have been scribbling their headlines in the opening minutes when Werder were presented with two gilt-edged chances.

Lucio made a last-gasp clearance after Almeida lobbed Julio Cesar, and the Portuguese forward went close again moments later, forcing a tipped save from our Brazilian keeper.

The Nerazzurri soon stepped into their stride and came back at their opponents with two good chances inside the tenth minute. Coutinho stole in at the back post and glanced wide his header from Biabiany's cross, before playing a peach of a through ball to Sneijder who saw his angled drive palmed round by Wiese.

Werder missed their third chance of the game on 20 minutes when Almeida got in behind Lucio and inexplicably hit wide his shot from Borowski's pin-point delivery.

From the following minute it was all Inter. Eto'o opened the floodgates, shooting through Wiese's legs after latching on to Cambiasso's through ball, and six minutes later arrowed past the Werder custodian to bring his tally for the season into double figures.

Not content with scoring goals, Eto'o then laid on Inter's third, an inch-perfect through ball to Sneijder who lifted elegantly over Wiese.

Stankovic could have made it four before the half-hour mark, his chipped shot bringing a tipped save from Wiese.

Reserve goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi came on for his competitive debut in black and blue at the start of the second half with Julio Cesar unable to continue after sustaining a left thigh strain.

Lucio followed his countryman into the tunnel after hobbling off with a similar injury. On came Santon at left-back with Chivu switching to central defence.

Obi replaced Stankovic in the final stages for his competitive debut and the Nigerian was on the pitch for less than a minute when Eto'o completed a memorable night for Inter with his third and Inter's fourth.

The in-form Cameroonian ace beat the offside trap and took Sneijder's pass round Wiese before darting on goal and slotting into an open net.

In tonight's other Group A clash Tottenham beat Twente 4-1 at home. Spurs will travel to Milan in Matchday 3 without Rafael Van der Vaart, who was sent off at White Hart Lane.

Inter 4-0 Werder Bremen (HT: 3-0)

Scorers: Eto'o 21, 27, 81, Sneijder 34.

Inter: 1 Julio Cesar (12 Castellazzi 46); 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio (39 Santon 62), 2 Cordoba, 26 Chivu; 5 Stankovic (20 Obi 80), 19 Cambiasso; 88 Biabiany, 10 Sneijder, 29 Coutinho; 9 Eto'o.

Subs not used: 11 Muntari, 17 Mariga, 30 Mancini, 57 Natalino.
Coach
: Rafael Benitez.

Werder Bremen: 1 Wiese; 5 Wesley, 29 Mertesacker, 15 Prodl, 16 Silvestre; 20 Jensen, 6 Borowski (3 Pasanen 46), 44 Bargfrede, 10 Marin (14 Hunt 63); 7 Arnautovic, 23 Almeida (19 Wagner 78).
Subs not used: 21 Mielitz, 17 Husejnovic, 18 Kroos, 41 Schimdt.

Coach
: Thomas Schaaf.

Referee: Undiano Mallenco (Spain).

Booked: Jensen 44, Prodl 63.

Att.: 48,126.

starting lineups

Julio Cesar 1 Wiese
Maicon 13 Wesley
Lucio 6 Mertesacker
Cordoba 2 Prodl
Chivu 26 Silvestre
Stankovic 5 Jensen
Cambiasso 19 Borowski
Biabiany 88 Bargfrede
Sneijder 10 Marin
Coutinho 29 Arnautovic
Eto'o 9 Almeida

substitutes

Castellazzi 12 Mielitz
Santon 39 Pasanen
Muntari 11 Hunt
Mancini 30 Husejnovic
Mariga 17 Kroos
Obi 20 Wagner
Natalino 57 Schimdt