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Inter manage to win comfortably the first meeting in Rotterdam 2-0. Although Feyenoord put up a good fight in the first leg, only a few clubs have managed to turn around a deficit like that at the San Siro. The Nerazzurri are an absolute force at home and know exactly how to cleverly take a lead and finish the game. Feyenoord are winless in eight away games against Italian teams in European competitions and have never won by more than one goal in twelve matches. Coach Robin van Persie believes in a turnaround, but his team will indeed need a historically exceptional performance to reach the quarter-finals for the first time this century. Inter have won their last five home games in the Champions League without conceding a single goal. Even more impressive is that in the last six home matches in the Champions League, nobody manage to score against the hosts from Milano.