Sneijder injury scare for Mourinho’s Inter in Russia

INTER MILAN coach Jose Mourinho is sweating on the fitness of midfielder Wesley Sneijder ahead of tonight’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at CSKA Moscow.

The Nerazzurri hold a 1-0 advantage thanks to Diego Milito’s second-half strike at the San Siro last Wednesday, but suffered a blow yesterday when Sneijder limped out of training at the Luzhniki Stadium with a right ankle problem.

The Holland international had been a doubt for Saturday’s Serie A encounter against Bologna but appeared from the bench for the last 20 minutes of the 3-0 win and looked to have come through unscathed.

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