Lokomotiv shock Inter 3-0

Lokomotiv Moscow shattered the 100 per cent record of Inter Milan in this season’s Champions League on Tuesday with a shock 3-0 victory...

Lokomotiv Moscow shattered the 100 per cent record of Inter Milan in this season’s Champions League on Tuesday with a shock 3-0 victory over the Italians.

Lokomotiv, who had not scored a goal in their opening two Group B matches, produced a superb display against an Inter team still reeling after the sacking of their Argentine coach Hector Cuper on Sunday.

Cuper’s former assistant Corrado Verdelli took charge for this one game in the Russian capital before Alberto Zaccheroni takes over on a permanent basis on Wednesday.

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Lokomotiv coach Yuri Syomin, who was heavily criticised by the Russian media for an over-cautious approach in their first two games, made a change this time around by pairing Maxim Buznikin with regular striker Mikheil Ashvetia.

The gamble paid off less than two minutes into the match when Lokomotiv captain Dmitry Loskov converted Buznikin’s cross from the right wing to make it 1-0.

The home side took complete control after the break. Ashvetia, left unmarked in front of the Inter goal, doubled Lokomotiv’s lead five minutes after the break, firing into the top of the net after another cross from the right.

Seven minutes later Russian international Khokhlov completed the rout with an imperious header from 15 metres. (Reuters)

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