1st half
2nd half
Minute | Text commentary |
45' | Half time. Inter 1-0 Siena. |
45' | Brevi's flicked header from a Molinaro left-wing cross is well-saved by Julio Cesar. |
44' | Codrea receives from Konko on the right and delivers a cross. There's no team-mate on hand and Maicon chests calmly back to his keeper. |
43' | Stankovic whips in a cross from the left channel. Portanova makes a headed clearance. |
40' | Codrea plays his corner back to Negro who from 25 yards crosses to the far post where Julio Cesar makes a punched clearance. |
40' | Konko controls a high ball played to the right side of the Nerazzurri area. Grosso gets a tackle in on the French midfielder and concedes a corner. |
37' | Gastadello's cross from the left-wing corner flag is swept clear by Ibrahimovic. |
37' | Cambiasso blocks a Frick cross from the left and concedes a corner to the Bianconeri. |
35' | Manninger saves Cambiasso's low left-foot shot from 25 yards. |
35' | Julio Cesar collects a Konko right-wing cross as the Bianconeri have begun to play with renewed belief. |
32' | Konko weaves his way into the Inter area from the right before passing to Locatelli whose low shot from close range is saved by Julio Cesar's legs. |
31' | Locatelli is flagged offside as he runs to meet Brevi's long through ball. |
30' | Inter are well in command after half an hour of play, with the Bianconeri struggling to find a way through. |
29' | Crespo fails to connect with a Cambiasso cross from the left for what could have been a spectacular volleyed goal. |
28' | Crespo sweeps wide for Grosso whose cross takes a deflection before being headed clear. |
25' | Stankovic overhits his through ball for Ibra after collecting a Crespo back pass. |
24' | Stankovic runs on to Crespo's high pass in the Siena area but can't stop the ball going out for a goal kick. |
19' | Crespo crosses from the left but match ref De Marco spots a foul by Ibra in the Tuscan box. |
16' | Nothing comes of the free kick as Ibra misreads Stankovic's short pass. |
15' | With his back to goal Ibra collects a Vieira pass, turns and flicks the ball into the area. Siena clear but Inter win a free kick in a dangerous position 25 yards out. |
11' | GOOAAALLLL!!!! Nicolas Burdisso, who scored twice against Messina in the cup last Wednesday, does it again with a near-post bullet header from a Stankovic left-wing corner. Inter 1-0 Siena. |
11' | Ibra collects a headed pass from Stankovic and races into the Siena box from the left. Portnova blocks Ibra's cross. |
8' | Chance for Inter. Ibra controls with his chest a Vieira cross from the right but the Swedish forward's shot from eight yards is weak. |
7' | Zanetti frees Grosso down the left. The world champion runs with the ball before unleashing a shot from outside the Siena area. Gastaldello blocks. |
6' | Burdisso blocks and clears a Molinari cross from the left wing. |
4' | Ibrahimovic is intercepted on the edge of the Siena box after collecting a pass. |
1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for this evening's Serie A Week 14 clash against Siena. |
1' | De Marco blows his whistle, and the Bianconeri from Tuscany get the match under way. FORZA INTER!!! |
1' | Siena: 1 Manninger; 46 Gastaldello, 2 Negro, 90 Portanova, 3 Molinaro; 11 Konko, 5 Brevi, 6 Codrea, 77 Antonini; 7 Frick, 20 Locatelli. |
1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 16 Burdisso, 23 Materazzi, 11 Grosso; 14 Vieira, 19 Cambiasso, 5 Stankovic, 4 Zanetti; 8 Ibrahimovic, 18 Crespo. |
Minute | Text commentary |
48' | Full time. Inter beat Siena 2-0 thanks to goals in either half from Burdisso and Crespo. |
48' | Konko sends Figo crashing to the ground in the Siena area. Inter have a legitimate penalty claim turned down by De Marco. |
46' | Codrea booked for bringing down Zanetti from behind. |
45' | 3 minutes of added time to play. |
42' | Mancini replaces Dejan Stankovic with Maxwell. |
41' | In a sweeping Inter move Cambiasso plays forward to Ibra who lays off for Figo. The Portuguese winger plays wide to Stankovic but Siena intercept. |
40' | Stankovic fires wide a first-time shot from 25 yards after a wayward clearance by Manninger. |
39' | Free kick to Siena. Julio Cesar rises to collect Chiesa's dangerous outswinging cross into the six-yard box and deny Bianconeri captain Portnova. |
38' | Inter win another corner. Materazzi is beaten to Figo's cross. |
37' | Luis Figo has a left-wing corner headed clear by the Siena rearguard. |
34' | Inter bring on Luis Figo for Hernan Crespo. |
34' | Siena make a double substitution. On come Chiesa and Bogdani for Locatelli and Frick. |
32' | Brilliant defending by Walter Samuel who gets back to make a well-timed tackle on Frick to block the Siena forward's shot. |
31' | Antonini's shot takes a deflection. Nothing comes of the resulting corner. |
30' | Ibrahimovic looks for Stankovic with a high ball over the Siena defence but the Serbian midfielder is beaten to the ball. |
29' | Samuel blocks a Konko cross from the right, conceding a corner to Siena. |
25' | Antonini booked for a foul on Ibra. He will miss Siena's next match. |
25' | Vieira booked for fouling Frick. The France captain will also miss Inter's next game. |
25' | Ibrahimovic has a go from a tight angle on the left edge of the Siena area. It's cleared. |
22' | Siena bring on Candela for Gastaldello. |
20' | Materazzi's effort from the resulting free kick is blocked by Locatelli. Corner for Inter. |
20' | Brevi booked for a foul on Vieira. |
19' | Manninger makes a point-blank save from Stankovic, who ran on to Ibra's pass wide before crashing a diagonal shot on target. |
17' | Cambiasso blocks Negro's low ball to the edge of the Inter area. |
16' | Siena win another corner. Crespo makes the clearance. |
15' | Siena close as Julio Cesar tips Frick's looping header over his crossbar. Nothing comes of the resulting corner. |
14' | At the other end, Gastaldello holds off a challenge from Ibra and smashes clear to deny the Swedish striker a clear chance on goal. |
14' | Brevi volleys into the Curva Nord from 20 yards. |
13' | Roberto Mancini makes his first substitution. On comes Walter Samuel for Fabio Grosso, meaning Nicolas Burdisso will switch from the centre of defence to full-back. |
9' | GOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Hernan Crespo beats Gastaldello to a Brevi back pass into the area and lifts the ball over Manninger to score his eighth goal of the season (including his Super Cup goal against Roma). |
8' | Molinaro booked for a foul on Patrick Vieira. |
5' | Julio Cesar goes the right way and pulls off a great one-handed penalty save from Mario Frick. |
4' | The Brazilian full-back is booked by De Marco, and will miss next weekend's trip to Empoli as he was among those on a caution. |
4' | Penalty to Siena for a Maicon foul on Antonini. |
3' | Fabio Grosso takes on Konko on the left, gets to the by-line and crosses into the middle of area. The Siena defence makes a headed clearance. |
1' | Inter kick off the second half. |
1' | Julio Cesar is quick off his line to deny Frick a chance from Maicon's wayward back pass. |