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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza - Milan 14/02/2013 - 21:05CET (21:05 local time)
Round of 32, First leg
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Internazionale - CFR Cluj 2-0 - 14/02/2013 - Match page - UEFA Europa League 2013
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Internazionale
CFR Cluj
Prolific Palacio pushes Inter past CFR
Published: Thursday 14 February 2013, 23.00CET
Goals in either half from Rodrigo Palacio steered FC Internazionale Milano to a 2-0 victory against CFR 1907 Cluj in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie at San Siro.
The three-time UEFA Cup winners were rewarded with the lead their possession merited when substitute Palacio broke the deadlock after 20 minutes. CFR's response was spirited, and while both teams proceeded to spurn good opportunities, Inter's European experience prevailed when the Argentina forward struck for a second time with three minutes remaining.
Lineups
 | Internazionale |  | CFR Cluj |
| 1 | Handanovič (GK) | 1 | Mário Felgueiras (GK) |
| 6 | Silvestre 70 | 3 | Ivo Pinto |
| 14 | Guarín | 6 | Mureşan82 |
| 19 | Cambiasso (C) | 8 | Sepsi |
| 21 | Gargano | 13 | Piccolo |
| 22 | Milito 10 | 14 | Maah6779 |
| 23 | Ranocchia | 20 | Cadú (C) |
| 29 | Mateo Kovačić88 | 23 | Godemèche39 |
| 31 | Álvaro Pereira32 | 24 | Rada |
| 55 | Nagatomo | 30 | Rui Pedro84 |
| 99 | Cassano74 | 45 | Camora |
Substitutes | |||
| 27 | Belec (GK) | 44 | Stăncioiu (GK) |
| 4 | Zanetti | 10 | Diogo Valente |
| 8 | Palacio10 2087 | 12 | Maftei39 |
| 11 | Álvarez74 | 19 | Bjelanović8489 |
| 24 | Benassi | 22 | Hora79 |
| 40 | Juan | 26 | Celestino |
| 42 | Jonathan88 | 62 | Paun-Alexandru |
Coaches | |||
| Andrea Stramaccioni (ITA) | Paulo Sérgio (POR) | ||
Referee | |||
| Michael Koukoulakis (GRE) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 89Bjelanović (CFR Cluj) is booked.
- 88Jonathan (in) - Mateo Kovačić (out) (Internazionale)
- 87Palacio (Internazionale) scores!
The ice-cool forward grabs his second. After eluding the offside trap, Palacio latches onto Mateo Kovačić’s sumptuous pass and lifts the ball over Mário Felgueiras. - 84Bjelanović (in) - Rui Pedro (out) (CFR Cluj)
See also
Internazionale
Next match played UEFA Europa League: v CFR Cluj, 21 February 2013, 0-3
CFR Cluj
Next match played UEFA Europa League: v Internazionale, 21 February 2013, 0-3