Internazionale vs Arsenal, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, 2003 First Phase

· UEFA Champions League

Internazionale

33': Christian Vieri

FT
1 - 5

Arsenal

25': Thierry Henry
49': Freddie Ljungberg
85': Thierry Henry
87': Edu
89': Robert Pires

About

Internazionale are hosting Arsenal at San Siro, , Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League.

Match Timeline

0': Arsenal travel to Milan needing to avoid defeat to stay in the hunt for a place in the knockout stages. Join us from 19.45 GMT for live commentary.
0': Lokomotiv Moscow won 3-2 in Kiev earlier tonight so if Arsenal lose, they are out.
0': Talismanic striker Vieri is fit for Inter, but Arsenal are still missing the influential Vieira, Parlour is captain.
1': Arsenal kick-off in their usual red and white kit. Inter wear their blue and black stripes.
2': Parlour breaks up a move between Vieri and Martins, who was so effective at Highbury.
3': Cole clips the ball into Kanu, whose cushioned header is too far for Henry.
3': Pires wins a corner. Henry takes it and Toldo punches clear under pressure.
4': Cole covers and makes a great sliding tackle on Martins. The ref deems it to be a foul - it never was.
5': Vieri and Materazzi eye the freekick. Vieri strikes a shocking effort that ends up in the fans (that he has fallen out with).
6': Edu brings down Lamouchi and Inter have another freekick just outside the area....
7': ...Materazzi strikes it and Lehmann just stands and watches the shot go wide of his righthand post.
8': Kanu clips in a cross. Toldo opts to punch and Arsenal win a throw. Kanu handles the ball and Inter can clear.
9': Lehmann flaps at a cross but Kanu calmly clears from inside his own box.
10': Kanu holds off three players. Pires fires the ball into Henry, who attempts a failed return pass instead of shooting from the edge of the box.
11': Martins slides across the Arsenal defence, who are holding a high line, and fires off a tame effort at Lehmann from distance.
12': Henry waits for the ball and Cordoba cuts in front of him to win possession for Inter.
13': Van der Meyde crosses from the right. Vieri can't quite leap high enough and can only manage to spoon the ball wide off the back of his head.
14': Pires rides a challenge but his ball out wide to Toure is a poor one.
15': Arsenal haven't really got into this game yet whilst Inter look dangerous when they attack.
16': Parlour holds off Lamouchi, who dramatically clutches his face, but can't launch an Arsenal attack.
17': Henry controls a looping ball on the wing and then fires a perfect ball into Kanu, but J.Zanetti makes a good tackle on the edge of the area.
18': Cygan makes an important interception at the back. Henry is barged off the ball by tough tackling Materazzi.
19': Van der Meyde is hustled off the ball by three defenders. Henry takes a heavy touch and Lamouchi hoofs the ball clear.
20': Martins clips the ball inside to Vieri, who takes a very late dive following Campbell's successful challenge.
21': Cygan plays the ball back to Lehmann. Cole ventures forward but loses possession to C.Zanetti.
22': Kanu bamboozles J.Zanetti and sets up Pires. The French winger takes a shot but Materazzi makes a good block in the box.
23': Henry hasn't really been in the game but J.Zanetti's tackle prods the ball to the striker on the edge of the box....
24': ....He passes the ball past Toldo and into the corner of the net. GOAL!!!
25': An unlikely 1-0 lead for the Gunners in the San Siro.
26': Parlour scythes down C.Zanetti. Cole launches a long throw down the line.
27': Materazzi wins a freekick in his own half. Lamouchi clips the ball into the area but Campbell prevents Vieri from reaching the cross.
28': Edu tricks his way through the midfield but gets a little excited as he nears shooting range and overruns the ball.
29': Martins wins a freekick off Pires. Brechet pumps the ball up to Vieri but Cygan makes an important interception.
30': Arsenal are defending well and are starting to look comfortable in the San Siro.
30': Edu loses the ball in midfield. Vieri drives towards goal and fires off a shot that loops up off Campbell's leg. Lehmann back pedals but the deflection beats the keeper. GOAL!!!
31': Inter have a fortunate goal and it's all square in Italy.
32': Vieri, who is unhappy at Inter at the moment, doesn't even celebrate his strike and looks stoney faced.
33': Materazzi scythes down Parlour but luckily for him the ball had already gone out of play for a throw.
33': Brechet crosses from the left. Lehmann comes off his line to claim the ball and launch an Arsenal attack.
34': Parlour drives down the flank and crosses for Pires, who attempts a volley from the edge of the box and makes a real hash of it.
35': Van der Meyde takes a tumble under Parlour's tackle and Inter have a freekick in a dangerous area.
36': Materazzi takes the freekick and forces Lehmann into making a good save, low to his right.
37': Arsenal could do with more out of Ljungberg on the right wing, he has been absent so far.
38': Kanu and Henry both get chopped down but the ref tells both strikers to get to their feet - play on.
39': Lamouchi gets penalised for a tackle from behind on Ljungberg. Arsenal freekick.
41': Henry tries an ambitious shot from 35-yards out and can only find row Z.
42': Campbell lofts the ball forward to Kanu but the Nigerian, who had found space behind the Inter defence, is flagged offside.
43': J.Zanetti hits a long-ball towards Vieri. Once again Campbell easily out muscles the striker.
44': Parlour heads a clearence back into the Inter box but the ball runs through to Toldo.
45': That's the last action as the ref blows for half-time.
0': Arsenal came through some early pressure to edge the first-half and are unlucky to be drawing 1-1.
46': Inter get the second-half underway.
47': Henry breaks down the left, drives into the box and looks up for some support....
48': ...Ljungberg collects Henry's pass, turns and clips the ball past the onrushing Toldo. GOAL!!!
53': Sorry about that. Missed a few minutes due to a technical glitch but Arsenal are still winning 2-1.
53': Martins is looking to pose a threat on the right with his pace, but Cole is marking him well....so far.
54': Toure blocks Brechet's cross and Inter have a corner.
55': Van der Meyde takes the corner. Materazzi gets his head to the ball but is penalised for a shove on Cygan.
56': The Arsenal back four push up and catch Vieri and Martins offside as Inter apply some pressure.
57': Inter make a change. Almeyda replaces Lamouchi.
58': Inter make another change. Cannavaro, who must be carrying an injury, is replaced by Pasquale.
59': Inter are struggling to clear from defence and eventually resort to hoofing the ball as far as possible.
60': Henry chases down a throughball but Toldo races out of his box to clear the danger.
61': Martins gets the better of Cygan and the French defender has to foul him just outside the box. Inter freekick and a yellow card to Cygan.
62': Van der Meyde hits a thunderous freekick but it whistles over Lehmann's crossbar.
63': Henry tries his luck out wide and wins a corner for the Gunners. The big boys are up from the back.
64': Toure heads towards goal but his effort deflects wide off Ljungberg for a goalkick.
65': Edu finds Henry, who gets to the byline and drives a ball across the face of goal. Ljungberg can't get the vital touch.
66': Ljungberg goes down under a challenge from Materazzi. Freekick to the Gunners.
67': Henry attmepts another ambitious effort. He hits the target but doesn't trouble Toldo.
68': Inter make another change. Van der Meyde is replaced by Cruz.
69': Pasquale crosses from the left. The ball drifts over Cole at the back post but Vieri can only prod the ball into Lehmann's grasp.
70': Inter win a corner. Lehmann makes a good leap and takes the ball off Materazzi's head.
71': Arsenal make a defensive substitution. Kanu, a striker, is replaced by Brazilian midfielder Gilberto.
72': Campbell takes a heavy touch and lets Cruz in. The defender makes amends but has to concede a corner with a dodgy tackle in the box.
73': Lehmann gets his hands on the ball after a some pinball in the box.
74': Inter are lumping plenty of crosses into the box as they look for an equaliser, but Lehmann is plucking them all out of the air.
75': Henry relieves the pressure with a run down the left wing. He cuts inside, beats his man and fires off a shot, from a tight angle, that drifts just wide.
76': Ljungberg takes a fresh air shot from Gilberto's corner and hangs his head in shame.
77': Henry is fouled by Materazzi but the striker stays on his feet and flicks the ball to Pires.
78': Materazzi scythes down Ljungberg and this time the ref gives a freekick, but no yellow card for the tackle from behind.
79': Elsewhere, Celtic are still drawing 0-0 with Bayern Munich
80': Cordoba launches a long throw into the box. Campbell clears after J.Zanetti's flick on.
81': Martins turns into the box, Cole keeps pace with the striker and makes an excellent sliding tackle.
82': Cole is injured after his tackle and needs some treatment. He is off the pitch for an Inter corner.
83': Materazzi takes a tumble in the box - the ref says no penalty - and writhes around on the floor while Arsenal break....
84': Henry sprints towards goal as Materazzi tries to keep pace. The defender eventually forces Henry wide but he cuts inside and hits a rasping strike past Materazzi and Toldo. GOAL!!!
85': Arsenal lead 3-1 in the San Siro and Inter look shattered.
86': Cole plays a great ball down the line. Henry fires a ball across the face of goal, two defenders miss it and Edu slots the ball home. GOAL!!!
87': 4-1 to Arsenal and they are now certain winners.
88': Arsenal are not through with Inter yet. Henry launches another attack and finds Pires in the box......
89': .....the Frenchman's first strike is blocked by J.Zanetti but the ball ricochets back to Pires' feet and he finds the back of the net at the second attempt. GOAL!!!
90': Inter are praying for the full-time whistle and there it goes. Arsenal have won 5-1 at the San Siro.
0': Arsenal needed a draw to keep their qualifying hopes alive and they ended up on the right side of a 5-1 rout.
0': If the Gunners win their next game, at home to Lokomotiv Moscow, they are through to the knockout phase.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: San Siro
Location: , Italy
Attendance: 50,000

Line-Ups

Internazionale

No.	Name
1	Francesco Toldo (GK)
2	Iván Córdoba
4	Javier Zanetti
17	Fabio Cannavaro
23	Marco Materazzi
31	Jérémie Bréchet
6	Cristiano Zanetti
8	Sabri Lamouchi
7	Andy Van der Meyde
30	Obafemi Martins
32	Christian Vieri

Internazionale Substitutes:

Alberto Fontana, Daniele Adani, Giovanni Pasquale, Luciano Siquera de Oliveira, Kily Gonzalez, Matias Almeyda, Julio Cruz.

Arsenal

No.	Name
1	Jens Lehmann (GK)
3	Ashley Cole
23	Sol Campbell
18	Pascal Cygan
28	Kolo Touré
8	Freddie Ljungberg
15	Ray Parlour
17	Edu
7	Robert Pires
25	Kanu
14	Thierry Henry

Arsenal Substitutes:

Graham Stack, Martin Keown, Gaël Clichy, Justin Hoyte, Gilberto Silva, Jeremie Aliadiere, Michal Papadopulos.

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