| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Half time. Palermo 1-1 Inter. |
| 46' | Palermo grab an equaliser through Amauri, who flicks home Bresciano's headed pass with the outside of his right foot to send the home crowd wild. |
| 45' | 1 minute of added time. |
| 43' | Fontana blocks Ibrahimovic's free kick. |
| 42' | Free kick for Inter in a central position 30 yards out for a Corini foul on Vieira. |
| 41' | Ex-Rosanero defender Grosso gets into the Palermo box after a one-two and crashes a left-foot shot narrowly wide of the left post. |
| 34' | Amauri rises above the Nerazzurri defence but fails to connect with a Corini right-wing corner. |
| 31' | Good chance for Inter. At the back post Adriano collects Stankovic's driven cross from the right and blasts into the side-netting. |
| 30' | Fontana catches Adriano's deflected shot from the edge of the Sicilian box. |
| 30' | Vieira's back-post header from a Solari inswinger is saved by Fontana. |
| 29' | Maicon collects an Ibra pass in the Palermo box but is tackled by Corini. Corner for Inter. |
| 28' | Fontana parries Adriano's low shot from the free kick. Vieira beats Diana to the loose ball and shoots wide. |
| 27' | Free kick to Inter 30 yards out on the right for a Barzagli foul from behind on Adriano. |
| 25' | Rosanero captain Eugenio Corini crosses to the near post. There's no team-mate on hand, and Julio Cesar gathers the ball. |
| 24' | At the other end, Zanetti gets back well to tackle Diana. Corner for Palermo. |
| 24' | Fontana punches clear a Grosso cross from the right-wing corner flag. |
| 23' | Spotting Fontana off his line, Stankovic tries to surprise the Palermo keeper with a long-range shot, but the Serbian's effort is off-target. |
| 22' | Julio Cesar catches a Cassani cross from the right flank. |
| 18' | Grosso plays a short corner to Maicon and from the return ball floats a cross over to the far post. There's no team-mate on hand, and Palermo win a goal kick. |
| 18' | Zaccardo tackles Solari on the right-wing by-line and concedes a corner. |
| 16' | Stankovic heads clear a Diana cross as Palermo attack Inter. Amauri commits a foul in his attempt at an overhead kick from Corini's subsequent hooked cross. |
| 13' | Dejan Stankovic's effort from a 40-yard free kick is wide of the left post. |
| 12' | Bresciano blasts wide after meeting Guana's cut-back from Diana's cross into the Inter area. |
| 10' | Vieira tackles Barzagli to end a 40-yard run by his World Cup final opponent. |
| 10' | Santi Solari heads wide from just inside the Palermo box. |
| 7' | IBRACADABRA!!!!! Adriano chests a long pass back into the path of Ibrahimovic who volleys first-time past Fontana from 30 yards. Palermo 0-1 Inter. |
| 4' | Materazzi blocks an Amauri shot from a Diana cross. |
| 4' | Materazzi closes down Bresciano as the Rosanero look for openings down the left. |
| 3' | Zanetti blocks a Cassani cross from the right to end a Palermo attack. |
| 1' | A Nerazzurri victory at the Renzo Barbera tonight will see Mancini's Inter set a new club record of nine consecutive wins. But more importantly, victory over Palermo will put Inter six points clear of the Sicilians at the top of the Serie A table. |
| 1' | Ibrahimovic sends a right-foot shot narrowly wide of the left post, but Rosetti had blown for a foul by Adriano. |
| 1' | Roberto Rosetti blows his whistle, and the Rosanero kick off. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!! |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 23 Materazzi, 11 Grosso; 14 Vieira, 5 Stankovic, 4 Zanetti; 21 Solari; 8 Ibrahimovic, 10 Adriano. |
| 1' | Palermo: 12 Fontana; 2 Zaccardo, 43 Barzagli, 15 Dellafiore; 16 Cassani, 8 Diana, 5 Corini, 14 Guana, 26 Pisano; 23 Bresciano; 11 Amauri. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 49' | Full time. Patrick Vieira's second-half goal gives the Nerazzurri a 2-1 win over Palermo. FORZA INTER!!! |
| 45' | 4 minutes of added time. |
| 44' | Julio Cesar punches clear a fierce long-range shot by Mark Bresciano. |
| 43' | Palermo bring on Tedesco for Corini. |
| 43' | Brienza's left-foot shot from 20 yards is wide of the right post. |
| 40' | Caracciolo's near-post header from Corini's corner kick hits the post. |
| 39' | Adriano blasts a left-foot shot high and wide from the edge of the Rosanero area. |
| 38' | Mancini brings on Esteban Cambiasso for Santiago Solari. |
| 36' | Barzagli's header from Corini's free kick is high and wide. |
| 35' | Stankovic booked for a foul from behind on Brienza. |
| 34' | Solari just fails to connect with Maicon's dangerous ball into the Palermo six-yard box from the right wing. |
| 32' | Pisano heads a Grosso cross back to Fontana to deny Crespo a chance on goal. |
| 31' | Barzagli blocks a Stankovic shot from just outside the Palermo box. |
| 29' | Maicon blocks Bresciano's right-foot shot from the left side of the Nerazzurri area. |
| 27' | Julio Cesar comes off his line to beat Caracciolo to a Brienza ball in from the right. |
| 26' | Palermo replace Dellafiore with Brienza. |
| 26' | Headed clearance by Samuel from a Cassani right-wing cross. |
| 23' | Guana booked for a foul on Solari. |
| 21' | Walter Samuel replaces Ivan Cordoba, who is unable to continue. |
| 16' | GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!! Adriano makes a surging run down the middle then plays into space for Vieira to crash a right-foot shot into the top right corner. The Frenchman's first Serie A goal for Inter took a slight deflection off Dellafiiore. |
| 15' | At the other end, Julio Cesar makes an easy save from Caracciolo's weak shot from the edge of the area. |
| 14' | Inter close to a second. Materazzi's header from Stankovic's left-wing corner hits the far post. Corini then saves on the line. |
| 13' | Adriano collects the ball after a defensive mistake by Guana and serves Crespo who passes back to Maicon. The Brazilian's deflected shot wins Inter a corner. |
| 12' | Diana's low first-time shot from the edge of the Inter area is wide of the right post. |
| 10' | Stankovic's outswinging free kick is cleared with some difficulty by the Palermo defence, but Rosetti blows for a foul by Crespo. |
| 9' | Free kick to Inter on the right wing for a handball by Corini. |
| 8' | Palermo replace Amauri, who took a knock to his knee in the first half, with Andrea Caracciolo. |
| 7' | Diana's headed effort from Corini's free kick is wide of the right post. |
| 7' | Free kick to Palermo 35 yards out for a Maicon push on his compatriot Amauri. |
| 5' | Cordoba beats Amauri to a Corini right-wing corner and makes a headed clearance. |
| 4' | Ibrahimovic is unable to continue. On comes Hernan Crespo. |
| 3' | Pisano fails to make headed contact with a Bresciano cross from the right as Palermo attack back. |
| 2' | Adriano slips as he shoots from the edge of the Palermo box. Easy save for Fontana. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half going. |
| 1' | Amauri makes a headed clearance from a Stankovic free kick. Solari's long-range effort from the loose ball is blocked. |