Feyenoord 0-3 Inter: Champions League Defeat in Rotterdam

Feyenoord lost 3-0 to Inter at De Kuip in Rotterdam on Tuesday, with goals from Yann Bisseck, Pio Esposito and Piotr Zielinski settling the Champions League match. The Italian champions were in control for most of the evening.

Why the result matters in Rotterdam The defeat leaves Feyenoord 30th in the 36-team league phase table. If the standings stay as they are, the club will go out of the competition once the league phase ends.

For supporters in Rotterdam, it is a sharp contrast with domestic form: Feyenoord lead the Eredivisie, the Dutch top flight. Inter take control early Inter broke through in the eighth minute.

Bisseck, a former Roda defender, turned with the ball and curled a shot into the far corner. Feyenoord created little against a side coached by Christian Chivu, himself a former Ajax defender.

Their one real chance came around the middle of the first half. Luciano Valente and Gijval Zechiel exchanged passes, and the move released Anis Hadj Moussa.

He dribbled past Federico Dimarco, but his effort from a tight angle was blocked by Josep Martinez. Soon afterward, Inter doubled their lead.

A shot from Djed Spence took a deflection and landed on the head of Esposito, who nodded it in off the underside of the crossbar. The second half followed the same pattern.

In the 54th minute, Zielinski, the Polish midfielder, found space after Feyenoord's midfield lost its shape. He hit a drive that went in off the inside of the post.

A young Feyenoord line-up Giovanni van Bronckhorst chose 19-year-old Thijs Kraaijeveld at center-back, ahead of the more experienced Tsuyoshi Watanabe. That choice helped make this Feyenoord's youngest side ever in the Champions League.