Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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14.09. (Wed) 20:45 Inter - Trabzonspor

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Inter (3-4-1-2): 
Julio Cesar; Lucio, Samuel, Zanetti; Jonathan, Stankovic, Cambiasso, Nagatomo; Sneijder; Milito, Pazzini

Gian Piero Gasperini will likely hand Wesley Sneijder a place in the starting XI as new summer signing Diego Forlan is ineligible to play in the group stage. Thiago Motta will miss the match with a thigh problem while Maicon, Ivan Cordoba and Emiliano Viviano are all nursing knee injuries.

Trabzonspor (4-4-2):
Zengin; Glowacki, Kacar, Celustka, Balci; Zokora, Colman, Alanzinho, Akgun; Brozek, Altintop

Trabzonspor coach Senol Gunes will serve the start of his two-game touchline ban on Wednesday. Burak Yilmaz and Adrian Mierzejewski will both miss the encounter due to suspension.

DID YOU KNOW?

Inter had not lost a Serie A opener since 2000 before falling to Palermo 4-3 in Sicily on Sunday.

The Serie A club have qualified for the round of 16 in the Champions League in eight of the previous nine campaigns.

Inter were beaten 7-3 on aggregate by Schalke in the quarter-finals of last season's tournament.

Inter conceded 21 goals in 10 matches in the competition last campaign.

Trabzonspor were held to a 1-1 draw by Manisaspor in the opening game of their new Super Lig season.

The Turkish outfit beat Inter in the first leg of the Uefa Cup first round in 1983-84 but crashed out after losing the return fixture 2-0.

Trabzonspor lost to Benfica in the third qualifying round of this season's Champions League but were handed a place in the group stages after the Turkish Football Federation axed Fenerbahce from the tournament.

The Super Lig side's last meeting against Italian opposition came in 1999 when they succumbed to a 2-1 loss to Perugia in the Intertoto Cup.

Prediction
Inter conceded four goals against Palermo at the weekend but should be able to keep a clean sheet against the Turkish outfit in San Siro. Look for Diego Milito to cause all sorts of problems for the visitors on Wednesday.
Editor's Prediction
Inter Milan 2-0 Trabzonspor