| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Half time. Inter 1-0 Sampdoria (aggregate 1-3). |
| 50' | What a move by the Nerazzurri. Balotelli plays in Ibrahimovic who swivels in the box and serves Cruz, whose header is just wide. |
| 49' | Ibrahimovic's free kick ricochets off the Samp wall. |
| 48' | Free kick to us just outside the Samp box after a foul on Santon. |
| 46' | Ibrahimovic gets on the end of Balotelli's curling free kick but his header is wide. |
| 45' | Five minutes of injury time. |
| 43' | Balotelli looks for Ibrahimovic with a long-range pass, but Castellazzi gets there first. |
| 39' | Back in our half, Cassano sends a long-range shot into the Curva. |
| 39' | Corner for Inter. At the near post Julio Cruz nods wide Balotelli's left-wing cross. |
| 36' | Inter hit straight back and the woodwork denies Ibrahimovic a second, his looping effort from the left angle of the box coming back off the crossbar. What a goal that would have been! |
| 35' | Sammarco controls Cassano's right-wing cross on the edge of the area but is immediately dispossessed by Santon. Samp remain in attack though and Cassano tests Julio Cesar from an impossible angle. |
| 32' | Ibrahimovic is booked for protesting after a foul by Vieira. |
| 28' | Inter close to a second as Balotelli swings in a free kick and Ibra heads on target, forcing Castellazzi into a one-handed save. |
| 27' | COMEBACK GOAL NUMBER ONE! From the edge of the box, Zlatan Ibrahimovic rifles home Cruz' chested pull-back. INTER 1-0 SAMPDORIA. |
| 27' | A chance for Sampdoria. Pieri swings in an inviting left-wing cross for Pazzini who heads just wide. |
| 25' | Lucchini blocks Balotelli's fast right-wing cross. Materazzi's back-post header from the resulting corner is wide of the target. |
| 22' | Ivan Cordoba is booked for a foul on Pazzini. |
| 21' | Materazzi is elbowed in the face by Pazzini during an aerial duel. |
| 20' | Palombo's fiercely struck long-range shot takes a deflection off Materazzi. |
| 18' | Maxwell sets up a counter-attack after winning the ball off Raggi on the halfway line, but Ibra is intercepted on the edge of the Samp box after exchanging passes with Cruz down the left. |
| 13' | Palombo's corner is blocked by Vieira and cleared by Materazzi. |
| 13' | Cassano wins his team a right-wing corner after a duel with Burdisso. |
| 11' | Free kick to Samp. Julio Cesar catches Raggi's floated cross. |
| 10' | Samp pour forward on the counter-attack and go close through Sammarco, whose close-range shot from Cassano's delightful through ball is blocked by the feet of Julio Cesar. |
| 9' | Ibrahimovic's bullet shot is saved by Castellazzi. |
| 8' | Free kick to Inter in a central position about 35 metres from goal after a Cassano foul on Vieira. |
| 8' | Balotelli gets past Accardi and swings in the cross from the right. Lucchini blocks. |
| 5' | Samp attack back and Cassano overhits his curling cross for Sammarco. |
| 4' | Inter remain in attack and Ibra's floated cross for Santon takes a deflection but Castellazzi manages to stop it going out for a corner. |
| 3' | Ibrahimovic looks for openings on the left angle of the Samp box but he is quickly closed down. |
| 3' | Cassano works the ball to Pazzini but the Samp striker is promptly dispossessed. |
| 1' | Inter have a mountain to climb, but if you need a few good omens, just think back to the 1980s when the Nerazzurri twice overturned a three-goal deficit to win on aggregate. |
| 1' | Brace yourselves for what could be a very interesting 90 (or 120) minutes of Coppa Italia football at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. |
| 1' | In the 1981/82 quarter-finals Evaristo Beccalossi scored in the first half and Alessandro Altobelli added a second-half brace as we beat Roma 3-0 at home after losing 4-1 in the capital. |
| 1' | At the same stage in 1984/85 we ousted Verona 5-1 after a 3-0 loss in the 1st leg. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge scored twice and Altobelli once to force extra time, with Franco Causio and Liam Brady netting either side of Larsen's goal to put Inter in the semis. |
| 1' | In more recent years, Inter have often come up with the goods after falling three goals behind. |
| 1' | All Inter fans will remember that dramatic comeback against tonight's visitors Sampdoria in 2004/05 when Martins scored in the 90th minute before Vieri and Recoba added injury-time goals to cancel out efforts from Tonetto and Kutuzov. |
| 1' | In 2006 we produced another stunning fightback, coming back from three goals down to beat Roma 4-3 a.e.t. and lift the Italian Super Cup. On that occasion Figo hit an extra-time winner after two goals from Vieira on his debut and one from Crespo. |
| 1' | And earlier this season we came back from 3-1 down to hold the Giallorossi thanks to goals from Balotelli and Crespo. |
| 1' | On to the lineups and Mourinho has gone for 4-3-3 with Burdisso a surprise starter in the centre of midfield and Cambiasso on the bench. Inter: Julio Cesar; Santon, Cordoba, Materazzi, Maxwell; Vieira, Burdisso, Zanetti; Cruz, Ibrahimovic, Balotelli. |
| 1' | Blucerchiati boss Mazzarri has stuck with his usual 3-5-2, bringing in Lucchini for the disqualified Gastaldello. Sampdoria: Castellazzi; Accardi, Lucchini, Campagnaro; Raggi, Palombo, Sammarco, Franceschini, Pieri; Cassano, Pazzini. |
| 1' | There are changes in the stands too. Several thousand kids who are part of the club's Io Tifo Positivo project have occupied the second ring north stand. For the occasion, the hardcore Inter fans have moved to the first ring. |
| 1' | On the other side of the stadium there are around ten thousand Samp supporters waving their red, white and blue flags. |
| 1' | Away we go as the Nerazzurri kick off. FORZA INTER!!! |
| 1' | Free kick to Samp just inside our half after a foul by Materazzi on Pazzini. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Full time. Inter beat Sampdoria 1-0 but the Genoa outfit reach the 2008/09 Tim Cup final (against Lazio on 13 May), thanks to their 3-0 victory in the first leg. See you on Sunday for Napoli v Inter. |
| 49' | Seconds later, Materazzi is shown a red card for sarcastically applauding the referee for showing him a yellow. Nerazzurri down to ten men. |
| 49' | Materazzi is booked for protesting. |
| 48' | Crespo hooks into the box after a long pass forward by Julio Cesar, but Castellazzi beats Balotelli to the ball. |
| 46' | Sampdoria make their final change. Padalino replaces Pazzini. |
| 45' | Four minutes of overtime to play. |
| 43' | Materazzi cannons wide after Castellazzi clears a left-wing cross. |
| 43' | Pazzini is booked by Daniele Orsato after a bad challenge on Chivu. |
| 42' | What a let-off for Sampdoria. Ibrahimovic's deflected cross comes back off the crossbar and Castellazzi gets down on his line to block Burdisso's follow-up. |
| 40' | Ibrahimovic crashes wide his volley from Cambiasso's headed pass. |
| 37' | Julio Cesar blocks Delvecchio's long-range effort. |
| 36' | Booking number six at the Meazza. Chivu is booked for a foul on Pazzini. |
| 34' | Zanetti is booked for a foul on Franceschini. |
| 33' | Mazzarri brings on Delvecchio for Cassano. |
| 32' | Sampdoria win two more corners under the Curva Sud but fail to capitalise. |
| 30' | Materazzi dispossesses Pazzini and concedes a corner. Palombo's cross from the left palmed clear by Julio Cesar but Campagnaro pounces and rifles the loose ball on target, forcing Maxwell into headed clearance on the line. |
| 28' | Castallazzi catches Maxwell's left-wing cross. |
| 27' | Campagnaro blocks Balotelli's right-wing cross and Raggi hooks out for an attacking throw. |
| 25' | Cassano delivers a cross from the right but there's no team-mate on hand, and we win a throw. |
| 25' | Twenty minutes to go and two goals required to force the onset of extra time. FORZA RAGAZZI! |
| 22' | Santon intercepts Cassano's crossfield pass for Pieri and starts a counter-attack. Balotelli plays in Ibra down the right and the Swede crosses but the Samp defence clears. |
| 21' | Sampdoria make their first switch. Stankevicius replaces Raggi. |
| 20' | Ibrahimovic's shot spins off the Blucerchiati wall. |
| 20' | Free kick to Inter (30 metres from goal), awarded for a foul by Palombo on Cambiasso. |
| 19' | Antonio Cassano cuts through the Inter defence like butter and sends an angled shot on target, but what a save by Julio Cesar! |
| 18' | Raggi is booked for a late tackle on Cambiasso. |
| 16' | Castellazzi beats Cambiasso to Santon's right-wing cross. |
| 15' | Accardi is booked for a late challenge on Santon. |
| 15' | Castellazzi palms clear Balotelli's cross from the resulting free kick. |
| 15' | A chance for Crespo from Ibrahimovic's intuitive cross, but the Argentine's effort finishes wide. |
| 13' | Santon's low cross from the right trickles through to Castellazzi. |
| 12' | Youngsters Santon and Balotelli combine down the right. The latter wins us a corner but Campagnaro makes a headed clearance from the Inter striker's cross. |
| 12' | Palombo goes for goal with a long-range strike but his effort is way off target. |
| 11' | The Inter defence closes down the Samp strikers as Sammarco gets a cross in from the right. |
| 9' | Mourinho makes a double substitution. Crespo comes on for Cruz and Cambiasso replaces Vieira. |
| 7' | Cassano weaves his way into the area but Vieira gets back to tackle the Samp fantasista. |
| 6' | Balotelli storms down the right and crosses low to Cruz who is dispossessed in the area. |
| 6' | Right-wing free kick for Inter. Nothing comes of Balotelli's outswinging cross. |
| 4' | Ibrahimovic's splendid first-time shot whizzes over the Sampdoria crossbar. |
| 2' | Free kick to Inter about 30 metres from goal. Balotelli's effort hits the wall. |
| 1' | Mourinho has made made a half-time switch, with Cristian Chivu coming on for Ivan Cordoba. |
| 1' | Sampdoria kick off the second half. |