CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL FIRST LEG
Venue: San Siro Stadium, Milan Date: Tuesday, 5 April Kick-off: 1945 BST
Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website, updates and reports on BBC Radio 5 live; also watch live on Sky Sports 4
Schalke's Christoph Metzelder suffered a broken nose at St Pauli on Friday but may play with a protective face mask.
But the Germans will be without striker Mario Gavranovic and midfielder Peer Kluge, both of whom are injured.
Kluge's stomach problem is an added worry for new manager Ralf Rangnick as Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan, his probable replacement, is not eligible for the Champions League.
The trip to St Pauli was Rangnick's first match in charge in his second stint at the club but the Bundesliga fixture was uncompleted after being halted by crowd violence late on with Schalke, 11th in the league, leading 2-0.
Inter, treble winners last season under Jose Mourinho, lost 3-0 on Saturday to city rivals AC Milan, a result which dented their hopes of a sixth successive league title.
The club's Argentine midfielder Javier Zanetti called on his team-mates to put their domestic woes behind them.
"It's not nice to lose that type of game, it's a disappointment to everyone," he said.
"But we have to look forward."
Schalke have reached the last eight for only the second time, yet this was overshadowed by confusion surrounding the sacking of coach Felix Magath soon after they beat Valencia in the last 16.
Magath was fired in mid-March with club chairman Clemens Toennies saying there were "very good reasons" - but refusing to elaborate.
Veteran striker Raul, who is hoping to add a fourth Champions League medal to the three he won at Real Madrid, has promised he will see out his contract until 2012 despite the exit of the man who lured him to Gelsenkirchen.
Venue: San Siro Stadium, Milan Date: Tuesday, 5 April Kick-off: 1945 BST
Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website, updates and reports on BBC Radio 5 live; also watch live on Sky Sports 4
Lucio was hugely instrumental when Inter won the Champions League in 2010
Inter Milan's Brazilian centre-back Lucio is suspended for the Champions League holders' quarter-final first-leg match against Germany's Schalke 04.
Colombian Ivan Cordoba is expected to take his place in defence alongside Andrea Ranocchia at the San Siro. Schalke's Christoph Metzelder suffered a broken nose at St Pauli on Friday but may play with a protective face mask.
But the Germans will be without striker Mario Gavranovic and midfielder Peer Kluge, both of whom are injured.
Kluge's stomach problem is an added worry for new manager Ralf Rangnick as Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan, his probable replacement, is not eligible for the Champions League.
The trip to St Pauli was Rangnick's first match in charge in his second stint at the club but the Bundesliga fixture was uncompleted after being halted by crowd violence late on with Schalke, 11th in the league, leading 2-0.
 | It's not nice to lose that type of game [against AC Milan]. But we have to look forward Inter defender Javier Zanetti |
The club's Argentine midfielder Javier Zanetti called on his team-mates to put their domestic woes behind them.
"It's not nice to lose that type of game, it's a disappointment to everyone," he said.
"But we have to look forward."
Schalke have reached the last eight for only the second time, yet this was overshadowed by confusion surrounding the sacking of coach Felix Magath soon after they beat Valencia in the last 16.
Magath was fired in mid-March with club chairman Clemens Toennies saying there were "very good reasons" - but refusing to elaborate.
Veteran striker Raul, who is hoping to add a fourth Champions League medal to the three he won at Real Madrid, has promised he will see out his contract until 2012 despite the exit of the man who lured him to Gelsenkirchen.
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