Feyenoord had a night to forget in Rotterdam on Tuesday. Inter, the Italian champions, won 3-0 at De Kuip in the UEFA Champions League, with goals from Yann Bisseck, Pio Esposito and Piotr Zielinski. The result leaves the Dutch side 30th in the 36-team league table. If things stay as they are, they will go out after the league phase. Four matches remain, against FC Porto, Viking, Galatasaray and RB Leipzig.
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A Young Side and a Moment of Silence
Giovanni van Bronckhorst made a bold call before kick-off. He picked 19-year-old Thijs Kraaijeveld at centre-back and left the more experienced Tsuyoshi Watanabe out. It also meant Feyenoord fielded the youngest team they have ever put out in the Champions League.
Both clubs came into the match on three points from three games.
The mood at De Kuip was sombre before the first whistle. Fans and players observed a minute's silence for Spanish footballer Jesus de Miguel.
He died on the pitch on Monday while playing for CD Tenerife, after a heavy collision with the FC Andorra goalkeeper.
Inter Take Control Early
The visitors needed only eight minutes to break through. Bisseck, a former Roda defender, turned with the ball and curled a lovely shot into the far corner.
It was the kind of finish you expect from a striker, not a centre-back.
Feyenoord found it hard to answer against a side coached by Christian Chivu, who once played for Ajax. Their only real chance of the first half came midway through.
Luciano Valente and Gijval Zechiel traded a neat one-two, and the move found Anis Hadj Moussa. He dribbled past Federico Dimarco, but his shot from a tight angle was blocked by Josep Martinez.
Inter then struck again at a bad moment for the hosts.
A shot from Djed Spence took a deflection and landed right on the head of Esposito, who nodded.
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