But Benitez faces a tough task following the flamboyant Mourinho at the San Siro.
They then beat Pescara 6-1 before losing 1-0 away at the San Siro two weeks later.
One of Bolingbroke's first tasks it to increase Inter's home attendances at the San Siro, a stadium the club shares with AC Milan.
Meanwhile in Serie A, Giampaolo Pazzini scored twice as AC Milan overran 10-man Lazio 3-0 at the San Siro on Saturday.
Inter were 2-0 up at halftime at the San Siro and held on after Giuseppe Mascara scored a late penalty for Catania.
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Barca suffered just their second defeat in 22 matches when they went down 2-0 to Milan in the first leg at the San Siro.
Midfielder Gattuso headbutted Jordan following his side's 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their last-16 encounter at the San Siro and has since apologised.
Meanwhile in Serie A, Juventus remain on course for a second consecutive league title after beating Inter Milan 2-1 at the San Siro on Saturday.
But with the likes of Ronaldo, Vieri and Alvaro Recoba at the San Siro, Mutu found opportunities hard to come by with the Italian giants.
Stramaccioni was the latest to attempt to turn it around at the San Siro, but despite the poor results club president Massimo Moratti had kind words.
United have started their last couple of games slowly, but I felt they would have been spot on from the first whistle at the San Siro.
But Jose Mourinho's men may yet rue not having added to Diego Milito's well-placed strike from the edge of the CSKA area at the San Siro.
On arriving from England, Bolingbroke was surprised to learn Inter had no football museum of its own at the San Siro, though it does share one with AC Milan.
The absence of the former Italy international did not hinder the Rossoneri, who trounced United 3-0 at the San Siro to line up a showdown with Liverpool.
Meanwhile, AC Milan relieved some of the pressure on embattled coach Massimiliano Allegri when beating ten-man Cagliari 2-0 at the San Siro to move tenth in the table.
In the other match, AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by Marseille at the San Siro and their qualification hopes are still up in the air.
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has expressed his joy at seeing the striker back at the San Siro and insists his return was not solely down to the club's owner Silvio Berlusconi.
Following their 1-0 defeat at the San Siro last week, that meant the Russian champions needed to score three times to advance to the last four stage for the first time in their history.
Earlier this season, it was reported that former Stuttgart midfielder Hleb, 26, held secret talks with Inter while in the city ahead of Arsenal's Champions League game against rivals AC Milan at the San Siro.
The result is the worse possible preparation for Inter, who travel to Mourinho's former club Chelsea in the Champions League last 16 next week, holding a slender 2-1 advantage from the first leg at the San Siro.
The 33-year-old was replaced by Ignazio Abate 28 minutes into the 1-1 draw at the San Siro last Wednesday, which left Milan two points behind group leaders Real Madrid ahead of the final match away to Swiss side Zurich on December 8.
After their disastrous 5-2 defeat at the San Siro, Inter went into the second leg with the weight of history against them, as no team needing to win by a four-goal margin away from home had ever advanced in the Champions League.
Both Allegri and Milan went into the game knowing that a win was imperative after defeats in their opening games at the San Siro stadium -- against Sampdoria and Atalanta -- had led to the club's worst home start to a season in over 80 years.
Pat Eddery won the 2, 000 Guineas three times as a jockey and saddles his first Classic runner as a trainer in Hearts Of Fire, who ended last season with a Group One victory in the Gran Criterium at San Siro in Italy.
The win also meant that one of Milan and Inter, who share the San Siro, had finally won a game -- at the tenth time of asking -- after the installation of a new partially-synthetic pitch over the summer.
Thousands of fans turned up at the stadium to welcome Ronaldinho to the club, with the San Siro nearly half full.
In Italy's Serie A, Claudio Ranieri's position at Inter Milan has been placed into further doubt after they were held 2-2 in the San Siro by lowly Catania.
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