| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Half time. Samp 0-1 Inter. |
| 45' | There will be a minute of added time to play before the break. |
| 44' | Samp captain Palombo bends his free kick round the wall and wide of the right post. |
| 43' | Free kick to Samp about 25 yards out after a Figo foul Franceschini. |
| 40' | Antonio Cassano floats a left-wing cross to the far post. Easy catch for Julio Cesar. |
| 37' | Marco Materazzi blocks Pieri's fiercely struck volley from distance as Samp come looking for a leveller. |
| 33' | IBRACADABRA!!!!! Zlatan latches onto Mancini's lofted pass and sends his angled left-footed effort beyond Mirante. SAMPDORIA 0-1 INTER. |
| 32' | Ibrahimovic swings in a cross from the left. Gastaldello heads clear. |
| 30' | Free kick to us on the right flank after Pieri's foul on Mancini. Materazzi is beaten to Muntari's inswinging cross by Gastaldello, who concedes a left-wing corner. Figo's cross from the flag is easy prey for Mirante. |
| 28' | Mancini is in acres of space as he receives from Ibra on the right. His low cross into the area is blocked and cleared. |
| 26' | Palombo strikes from 25 metres. Stankovic blocks. |
| 25' | Back in the Nerazzurri half, Cassano has a go from the right edge of the box. His effort flies wide of the far post. |
| 23' | Another corner for Samp. Franceschini one-twos quickly with Cassano and looks for the top corner with an angled drive. It's way over. |
| 23' | Inter hit back. Stankovic looks for Mancini with a long ball into the area, but Mirante beats the Brazilian to it. |
| 19' | Sampdoria mount an attack down the left. Maicon neutralises the threat but the Genoans remain in the Inter third. Sammarco swivels onto Palombo's good ball into the area and shoots straight at Julio Cesar. |
| 17' | Mancini overhits his pass for Ibra. Accardi gets back and sweeps clear. |
| 16' | Sulley Muntari is promptly booked by Rosetti after a scything challenge on Stankevicius. |
| 15' | Inter back on the attack. Maxwell combines well with Mancini and races in from the left. He serves Ibrahimovic, whose backheeled effort is saved. |
| 13' | At the other end Samp win a corner. Palombo's cross is blocked by Stankovic and it's another corner to the Blucerchiati. Delvecchio's header from the second cross is wayward. |
| 11' | Javier Zanetti wins us the first corner of the game. Maicon's header from Figo's cross is high and wide. |
| 9' | Cambiasso, playing in the centre of defence tonight, chests into the arms of Julio Cesar after Delvecchio heads dangerously into the six-yard box. |
| 6' | Cassano fires over from 25 metres after collecting a long-range pass from Palombo. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa for our first Serie A match under José Mourinho. |
| 1' | Samp keeper Mirante is out quick to beat Ibrahimovic to Maicon's fast right-wing cross. |
| 1' | Game on! Roberto Rosetti blows his whistle, and Inter kick off. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 19 Cambiasso, 23 Materazzi, 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 5 Stankovic, 20 Muntari; 7 Figo, 8 Ibrahimovic, 33 Mancini. |
| 1' | Sampdoria: 83 Mirante; 16 Campagnaro, 28 Gastaldello, 5 Accardi; 23 Stankevicius, 21 Sammarco, 17 Palombo, 19 Franceschini, 46 Pieri; 40 Delvecchio; 99 Cassano. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | That's it. Sampdoria hold Inter 1-1 in Genoa. |
| 48' | Ibrahimovic muscles his way past two opponents and enters the box but Rosetti spots a foul by the Swede on Padalino. |
| 45' | Three minutes of overtime. FORZA RAGAZZI! |
| 44' | Materazzi heads over Balotelli's right-wing corner. |
| 42' | Inter close at the other end. Jimenez steals in and heads over Ibrahimovic's left-wing cross. |
| 41' | Julio Cesar makes a miraculous reflex save from Palombo's long-range thunderbolt shot. |
| 41' | Sampdoria bring off goalscorer Gennaro Delvecchio and bring on Dessena. |
| 39' | Balotelli's fiercely struck free kick isn't far wide of Mirante's right-hand post. |
| 38' | Free kick to us after Palombo brings down Zanetti in a central position about 35 yards from goal. |
| 37' | Inter come forward on the counter-attack but Balotelli overhits his pass for Ibrahimovic. |
| 36' | Cambiasso heads clear Palombo's corner kick. |
| 36' | Jimenez heads behind for a corner as Sampdoria pile on the pressure in these closing minutes. |
| 34' | Mazzarri brings on Lucchini for the injured Campagnaro. |
| 32' | Samp's Pieri takes no risks, chesting behind for a corner as no Inter player is on hand to collect Maxwell's left-wing cross. Stankovic's header from Balotelli's header is easily saved by Mirante. |
| 31' | Padalino is booked for a foul on Figo. |
| 30' | Another chance for the home team. From the edge of the Delvecchio pulls his shot wide. |
| 28' | Corner for Inter. Campagnaro rises in the middle of the box and heads clear Balotelli's cross. |
| 27' | Mourinho makes a double substitution: Jimenez for Muntari and Crespo for Figo. |
| 26' | Marco Materazzi denies Samp a good chance for a second goal. The World Cup winner gets back well and tackles Cassano, who had a free run on goal. |
| 25' | Mirante makes a punched clearance from Figo's corner. |
| 25' | Inter hit straight back and Campagnaro is forced to concede a corner. |
| 23' | GOAL. Delvecchio bundles over the line from a yard out after Maicon beats Franceschini to Stankevicius' right-wing cross. SAMPDORIA 1-1 INTER. |
| 22' | Cassano fires wide from the edge of our area. Delvecchio slides in st the near post but fails to connect. |
| 21' | Balotelli has a right-foot shot blocked by Gastadello after collecting a crossfield pass from Ibra. |
| 19' | Mourinho makes his first switch with Mario Balotelli coming on for Mancini. |
| 17' | Franceschini fires wide from 25 yards as Samp continue to press the Nerazzurri. |
| 17' | At the other end Cassano wins his side a left-wing corner - their sixth of the game. Palombo crosses, Stankovic makes a near-post clearance. |
| 16' | Ibrahimovic serves Figo with a magnificent touch of the ball. The Portuguese is beaten to his team-mate's pass by Samp keeper Mirante. |
| 15' | Ibrahimovic's low 30-yard free kick is blocked. Cambiasso pounces on the loose ball but the Argentine is quickly dispossessed. |
| 13' | Franceschini is the third player of the evening to get a booking after his foul on Ibrahimovic. |
| 12' | Samp make the first subsitution of the game. Padalino replaces Stankevicius. |
| 12' | Good chance for Inter. Maicon crosses from the right and Ibrahimovic's volley on the turn is wide. |
| 11' | Surrounded by three opponents, Ibrahimovic keeps possession on the left and gets to the byline before crossing low into the area. Samp clear. |
| 11' | Mirante gets down to his left and blocks Dejan Stankovic's low 30-yard drive. |
| 9' | Materazzi gets a foot to Cassano's low cross from the right, denying Delvecchio a clear chance from close range. |
| 7' | Figo is yellow-carded for a foul on Campagnaro. |
| 4' | Luis Figo wins a left-wing corner after a counter-attack started by the rampaging Maicon. |
| 3' | Muntari's thunderous left-foot shot from 25 yards is well saved by Mirante. |
| 2' | Materazzi ends a flowing move by the Blucerchiati and smashes clear. |
| 1' | Sampdoria get the second half under way. |