| Julio Cruz scored the only goal as a reshuffled Inter ended their group phase with a 1-0 win away to PSV Eindhoven.
The Nerazzurri were already qualified and secure of the top spot before going into this match, so between injuries and bans Roberto Mancini made sweeping changes to his squad, including 18-year-old Francesco Bolzoni and a trident attack. Nicolas Burdisso, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Walter Samuel were suspended, with Luis Jimenez, Patrick Vieira, Luis Figo, Olivier Dacourt and Francesco Toldo injured.
Hernan Crespo almost immediately set up a great chance for Santiago Solari, but his shot was smothered by Gomes from point-blank range. PSV Eindhoven threatened from distance with Culina and Afellay.
Zonneveld's fierce free kick skimmed the target, but PSV went down to 10 men after just 29 minutes. David Suazo pounced on a Marco Materazzi clearance from a PSV set play and was clear on goal when he was brought down by Mendez.
Julio Cruz combined with Maxwell and the Brazilian's effort was charged down, but Inter should have taken the lead before half-time. Crespo just failed to get on the end of the assist, then Cruz's follow-up was cleared off the line by Zonneveld, possibly with an arm.
After the restart Crespo hesitated and therefore failed to make the most of a defensive error, then Cruz fired off target from a Douglas Maicon assist.
Cruz should have broken the deadlock on the hour mark when Suazo dispossessed Salcido, but the Argentine incredibly ballooned over the bar.
He made up for it by scoring soon after. Suazo deserves much of the credit, as he went on a fantastic mazy run past Alcides and Simons to roll across for the unmarked Cruz to finish it off.
PSV needed a result to qualify and they poured forward even a man down, Lazovic firing over from a promising position, but Solari who hit the post when one-on-one with Gomes.
The Dutch outfit didn't give in and Perez went close, but with a man down and Inter on solid form, they conceded defeat.
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