The Dutch side had a mountain to climb at San Siro on Tuesday evening after succumbing to a 2-0 defeat at home last week. Manager Robin van Persie wanted his troops to make a strong start but just eight minutes into the match, the former Arsenal and Manchester United striker had his head in his hands when Marcus Thuram opened the scoring with a curling drive.
After getting their noses in front, Inter continued to dominate proceedings and forced their opponents to chase the game. Hakan Calhanoglu and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were pulling the strings from midfield with Denzel Dumfries and Carlos Augusto providing the width. Feyenoord sprung to life in the final five minutes of the opening half and a foul inside the box by Calhanoglu on Jakub Moder earned them a penalty. Moder stepped up to take the responsibility from 12 yards and successfully put the ball behind Yan Sommer between the sticks.
Within six minutes of resumption after the break, Inter restored their lead after Thomas Beelen fouled Mohamed Taremi inside the box. Calhanoglu kept his cool and rolled the ball into the net with precision to establish a three-goal aggregate lead. Simone Inzaghi's men came close to increasing their lead on a couple of occasions but Feyenoord's defence held firm to escape an embarrassment in Italy.