| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Half time. Inter lead Roma 1-0 thanks to Adriano's early goal. |
| 46' | Perrotta gets a booking after a foul from behind on Stankovic. |
| 45' | Two minutes of additional time. |
| 43' | Riise gets a decent cross in from the left. Headed clearance by Santon. Impressive first half by the debutant. |
| 42' | Toldo makes a smothering save from Simone Perrotta, whose low shot takes a deflection off Zanetti. |
| 41' | Adriano gets on the end of Maicon's right-wing cross but his header is wayward. |
| 40' | Baptista crosses from the left. Another clearance by Cambiasso, a headed one this time. |
| 38' | Cambiasso blocks and clears Taddei's cross from the right. |
| 38' | Brighi dribbles Maicon on the left and plays a low ball into the area. Inter clear. |
| 35' | Riise strikes the ball with the outside of his left foot from 30 yards. It's way off target. |
| 33' | Toldo climbs highest in the box to catch Taddei's cross from the right. |
| 32' | Stankovic rifles wide from 30 yards. |
| 30' | Matteo Brighi collects a short pass from Vucinic and fires a low shot on target, forcing Toldo into a difficult tipped save. |
| 29' | De Rossi picks out the unmarked Baptista with a pin-point 30-yard cross but the Brazilian fails to do what he did against Torino last weekend. |
| 28' | John Riise's deep cross from the left takes a slight deflection off Zanetti. Comfortable save for Toldo. |
| 25' | At the other end Perrotta tests Francesco Toldo with a fiercely struck shot from a tight angle on the right. |
| 24' | Ibrahimovic goes through on goal and tries to lob Artur but doesn't get enough height on his shot and the Roma keeper palms round for a corner. |
| 23' | Walter Samuel gets a yellow card for a foul on Baptista. |
| 23' | Another shot from Dejan. Artur saves. |
| 22' | Stankovic miscues after Mexes' headed clearance from Maicon's dangerous cross. |
| 20' | Brilliant shot by Stankovic from Maicon's cross. The Serbian strikes the crossbar with a magnificent volley on the turn. |
| 19' | Riise looks for Vucinic with a long throw to the edge of the box but Burdisso has things covered and the Argentine heads to safety. |
| 16' | Mexes makes a headed clearance after a move started by Davide Santon. |
| 10' | That was Adri's seventh goal in games against the Giallorossi. |
| 10' | GOAL! Inter hit straight back and Adriano fires low beyond Artur from ten yards after a collision between Roma defenders Mexes and Juan. INTER 1-0 ROMA. |
| 10' | The Montenegrin striker is booked by Orsato. |
| 9' | Roma break and Mirko Vucinic has a goal ruled out for handball. |
| 8' | Adriano has a go from distance. His left-foot free kick is blocked by Juan but Inter remain in attack and Muntari receives from Ibra, slipping before shooting wide. |
| 8' | Juan is shown a yellow card for a foul on Adriano. The free kick is in a central position, about 35 metres from goal. |
| 7' | Roma counter-attack down the left but Nicolas Burdisso gets back well and beats Brighi to the ball before slotting back to Toldo. |
| 7' | Perrotta meets Cicinho's cross from the right and sends his flicked header wide of the far post. |
| 4' | It's all over at the Stadio Friuli. Samp are through to the semi-finals after a 4-1 penalties victory over Udinese. |
| 4' | Back under the Curva Sud, Zlatan Ibrahimovic shoots wide from distance. |
| 3' | Roma break after an Inter corner, taken by Esteban Cambiasso. Toldo is out quick to beat Mirko Vucinic to a through ball. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for tonight's Tim Cup quarter-final clash against Roma, our opponents in the final over the past four seasons. |
| 1' | Inter kick off. FORZA RAGAZZI!!! |
| 1' | Tonight's other quarter-final clash in Udine has gone to a penalty shootout. |
| 1' | Lineups: <br> Inter: Toldo; Maicon, Burdisso, Samuel, Santon; Zanetti, Cambiasso, Muntari; Stankovic; Ibrahimovic, Adriano.<br>Roma: Artur; Cicinho, Mexes, Juan, Riise; Taddei, De Rossi, Perrotta, Brighi; Baptista; Vucinic. |
| 1' | In attack it's Adriano and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with Dejan Stankovic in a playmaker position behind the strikers. |
| 1' | The big surprise in José Mourinho's starting lineup to face the Giallorossi is promising youngster Davide Santon. On his competitive debut for Inter the 18-year-old Italian will slot into the left-back role. |
| 1' | The winners will play a two-legged semi-final against either Udinese or Sampdoria, who are currently playing extra time at the Stadio Friuli after a 1-1 draw. News of the result coming up here. |
| 1' | If the teams are on level terms at the end of the ninety and after extra time, there will be a penalty shootout. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 49' | Full time. Inter beat Roma 2-1 to set up a two-legged Tim Cup semi-final against Sampdoria. |
| 47' | Zanetti goes on one of his runs down the wing and wins us a corner, drawing applause from all four corners of the stadium. |
| 46' | Tempers flare as Mexes and Ibrahimovic exchange pleasantries. |
| 45' | Four minutes of added time. |
| 43' | Mancini is flagged for offside as he runs on to Maicon's through ball. |
| 41' | Ex-Roma winger Mancini comes on for Sulley Muntari. |
| 40' | Burdisso blocks Menez' low cross from the right, conceding a corner. |
| 40' | Pizarro's cross from the corner flag is cleared as far as Perrotta, whose shot is blocked by Stankovic. |
| 39' | Santon dribbles two down the left but can't find a way past Cicinho. |
| 38' | Mexes is booked for a challenge on Ibrahimovic. |
| 37' | Aquilani goes for goal with an overhead kick. Fortunately for us, it's wide. |
| 34' | Aquilani hooks into the sidenetting as Roma go close from a Menez free kick. |
| 34' | Roma bring on Alberto Aquilani for Taddei. |
| 32' | José makes his first substitution. Cristian Chivu comes on for Adriano. |
| 31' | Burdisso blocks a shot from Roma's French midfielder Menez. |
| 30' | Artur saves Stankovic's low cross from the right. |
| 29' | Chilean playmaker Pizarro rifles on target from 30 yards. Brilliant save by Toldo. |
| 28' | Roma soak up a bit of Inter pressure as Maicon and Adriano get crosses in from both flanks. |
| 26' | Roma make their second change. Spalletti brings on Menez for Riise. |
| 24' | Cambiasso intercepts Taddei's cross for Brighi. Santon tidies up. |
| 17' | IBRACADABRA!!! We're back in front as Ibrahimovic acrobatically hooks home from close range after Samuel's header is parried by Artur. INTER 2-1 ROMA. |
| 16' | Roma equalise through Taddei, who collects Perrotta's pull-back and almost pierces the roof of the net with a spectacular rising drive. INTER 1-1 ROMA. |
| 15' | Substitution number one for the Giallorossi. Ex-Inter midfielder David Pizarro replaces Mirko Vucinic. |
| 14' | Maicon boots wide from distance after Roma clear a corner. |
| 13' | Ibrahimovic volleys wide on the turn after a powerful solo move by Adriano. What a goal that would have been! |
| 12' | Stankovic crosses from the left after a short pass from Ibra but there's no team-mate on hand. |
| 9' | Maicon makes headed clearance from Taddei's corner but Roma stay in attack and with an outstretched leg Ibrahimovic intercepts a Cicinho shot. |
| 7' | Philippe Mexes fires over from the edge of our area. |
| 7' | At the other end Burdisso blocks Vucinic's angled volley. Zanetti heads clear the resulting corner. |
| 6' | Ibrahimovic's driven cross from the right is blocked by Rodrigo Taddei. |
| 4' | Cambiasso's inswinging cross is headed over by Adriano. |
| 3' | Juan makes a sliding challenge on Ibra on the byline, conceding a corner. |
| 1' | Roma get the second half under way. |