The Nerazzurri took an early 2-0 lead, after a double by Julio Ricardo Cruz within 9 minutes of the first half.
The visitors hit one back in the 55th minute, when Quincy played a lovely ball through to Boyarintsev who crossed the ball to striker Roman Pavlyuchenko who hit the ball to the back of the net.
Teams:
Inter Milan:
Julio Cesar – Maizon, Cordoba, Materazzi, Zanetti – Figo, Vieira, Dacourt, Stankovic – Recoba, Cruz. Subs: Toldo, Maxwell, Adriano, Burdisso, Crespo, Solari, Samuel.
Spartak Moscow:
Kowalewski – Shishkin, Jiranek, Gedar, Rodriguez – Bystrov, Mozart, Kovac, Boyarintsev – Titov – Pavlyuchenko. Subs: Khomich, Stranzl, Cavenaghi, Owusu-Abeyie, Kalynychenko, Covalciuc, Rebko.