Russians almost missed the start of the game after being stuck in traffic on their way to the Luzhniki Olympic stadium and had to use the Moscow underground to get to the arena.
It proved their undoing as Julio Cruz struck just 58 seconds into the match and Inter held on for a 1-0 victory.
Spartak coach Vladimir Fedotov blamed the notorious Moscow gridlock for his team's bad start to the match.
"As you know we got stuck in traffic and had to take the metro to the stadium," he told Russian television after the match.
"We were running late, thus we didn't have a proper warm-up and it all contributed to our poor play at the beginning. Unfortunately, we paid dearly for our mistakes."
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