| Minute | Text commentary |
| 45' | 4 minutes added on. |
| 40' | Incredibly, the referee waves play on after Javier Zanetti is chopped down. The Inter captain is subsequently booked for protesting, and that decision doesn’t go down too well with the fans as whistles ring around the Meazza. |
| 34' | Cordoba puts Cristiano Zanetti through, but The Hammer's shot finishes over. It’s a cliché, but this game is badly in need of a goal. Incidentally, the winner of this match will meet Lazio, who beat Empoli earlier today, in the quarter-finals. |
| 33' | Guly makes a diagonal shot on goal from 20 yards. Battistini saves. |
| 32' | Recoba curls in a corner from the right wing. Gamarra tries with an overhead kick but is intercepted by an opponent. |
| 24' | Fair play. Cristiano boots the ball out of play after Candrina remains on the ground following a challenge by Conceicao. There are a few players in the wars tonight... Candrina is stretchered off before coming back on again. |
| 22' | Inter substitution - Recoba on for the injured Kallon. |
| 21' | Valdes dribbles Zanetti down the right and advances into the Inter penalty area. His fierce right-footed shot is well saved by Toldo. |
| 17' | Kallon is stretchered off by the Inter medical staff. |
| 16' | Kallon requires medical attention after making contact with one of the hooks in the net. It looks like a serious injury. |
| 15' | Ooooh! Battistini makes a providential makes a crucial intervention to stop Guly's cross-cum-shot from going in the net. Kallon and Conceicao follow up but don't manage to direct the ball home. |
| 13' | Free kick to Inter on the right. Conceicao curls in right-footed, Cordoba gets up to head the ball, but it goes out for a goal kick. |
| 12' | A free kick 25 yards out is given against Inter after Farinos brings down an opponent. D’Agostino’s set piece ricochets off the Inter wall. |
| 9' | At the other end, D’Agostino crosses in from the right, but Cordoba is at the near post to head round for a corner. |
| 7' | Farinos shoots from the distance. No problem for Battistini. |
| 6' | Bari close to an opening goal through Anaclerio. Inter clear off the line after an initial save by Toldo. |
| 5' | Anaclerio heads on goal for Bari. Cordoba controls and kicks the ball out for a corner. |
| 3' | Cristiano Zanetti strikes from the edge of the box. It’s straight at the keeper. |
| 2' | One-two between Zanetti and Conceicao down the right. Tackle, corner. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Meazza for Inter vs. Bari. The visitors kick off. And it's not the warmest of evenings in Milan... |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Full time. Bari win 2-1 and progress to the quarter-finals with an aggregate score of 3-1. Inter are out of the Coppa Italia. |
| 49' | Jonathan Spinesi rounds off a miserable evening for Inter with Bari’s second. The Bari striker prods the ball home with an outstretched right foot after Toldo mis-times his save from a left wing cross. |
| 46' | Oba Martins receives inside the Bari area and plays the ball back to Guly, who on the edge of the box strikes first time, sending the ball into the Curva Nord. |
| 44' | 4 minutes added on at the end of the second half. |
| 41' | Cuper replaces Conceicao with Napolitano. The Portuguese midfielder requested the substitution due to a slight injury. |
| 36' | Nerazzurri close to taking the lead. Guly’s low, right-footed shot from the edge of the box goes agonisingly wide of Battistini’s left-hand post. |
| 35' | Bari substitution - La Fortezza is replaced by Markic. |
| 34' | Oba Martins meets a Recoba free kick in from the right, but heads in the wrong direction. Ten out of ten for his jumping ability though. |
| 27' | Battistini punches clear a Recoba free kick on the right by-line after Candrina chops down Conceicao in full flight. |
| 21' | Double Bari substitution - Collauto and Spinesi on for Anaclerio and Valdes. |
| 20' | El Chino picks up a ball to the edge of the box by Guly, then outclasses two opponents, but Battistini comes off his line to neutralise the danger. |
| 18' | Free kick to Inter 30 yards out after Anaclerio handles the ball. Recoba takes, and the ball rolls through the Bari defence and into the hands of Battistini. |
| 16' | Inter substitution – Nicola Beati on for Farinos. |
| 15' | Innocenti puts the ball behind for an Inter corner after pressure by El Chino. |
| 14' | Own goal. Gamarra turns a shot by Bellavista into the Inter net. There’s a bit of work to do now. |
| 13' | Beautiful back-heel by Martins, who frees Conceicao. |
| 12' | GOOOAAAAALLL! From close range, Conceicao heads home a trademark Recoba free kick curled in from the right. |
| 10' | Recoba’s free kick from a central position 30 yards out is headed straight at Battistini by Farinos. |
| 9' | Bari number 8 La Fortezza is booked by Cassara’ for an ugly challenge on Cristiano 'The Hammer' Zanetti. |
| 8' | Oooooh! A Recoba free kick 20 yards out on the right goes inches over the far post. |
| 7' | More danger for Bari. De Rosa eventually clears, impeding Recoba and Martins from making a shot. |
| 6' | Oba Martins latches onto a through ball and shoots across the face of the goal from a position inside the Bari box. |
| 5' | Inter get the second half underway. To update you on Kallon’s injury, it’s nothing too serious, as was previously feared. He’s just sustained a couple of cuts to his right cheek after making contact with a hook in the net. |
| 4' | It’s 0-0 at the end of the first half. Time for a steaming hot cup of caffe latte to get the hands warm again. See you after the break. In the meantime, why not send an Inter.it Xmas E-card? Here’s the link: http://www.inter.it/aas/cards/selcard?L=en |