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| 51' | It's 0-0 after an explosive first half at the Giuseppe Meazza. |
| 49' | Bruno Giordano has been sent off. |
| 49' | Materazzi is inexplicably booked for taking the ball back from Messina coach Bruno Giordano after tackling Cordova on the touchline. |
| 48' | Spotting Julio Cesar off his line, Parisi tries an ambitious shot from inside his own half. Zanetti blocks. |
| 47' | Storari clutches a Figo cross from the right to deny Recoba. |
| 46' | Corner for Inter. Recoba's inswinger is cleared by Storari. Inter remain in attack and El Chino has a chance from an tight angle but volleys narrowly wide. |
| 45' | 4 minutes of injury time. |
| 45' | Recoba's left-foot effort is punched clear by Storari. |
| 44' | Free kick to Inter 30 yards out for a De Vezze foul on Figo. |
| 43' | Ogasawara has a shot blocked by Materazzi (where it hurts...). |
| 41' | Zoro skips past Cambiasso and unleashes a fierce left-foot shot from 20 yards. It's wide of the right post. |
| 40' | Maicon's flicked header from Figo's deep right-wing cross is over the Messina bar. |
| 39' | Parisi tackles Figo on the right. Corner for Inter. |
| 38' | Ibra collects a Vieira pass in the Messina box but has his shot blocked. |
| 36' | Zanetti receives from El Chino and sends a low shot on target from 20 yards. Storari gets down to save. |
| 33' | Messina close as Zoro gets to the right-wing by-line and cuts back for Floccari to fire a low shot wide from the edge of the six-yard box. |
| 32' | Recoba fires wide after a wonderful passing move by the Nerazzurri. |
| 31' | Messina clear the corner as far as Cambiasso, whose thunderous shot is deflected out by Parisi. Nothing comes of Recoba's corner as Stefanini blows for a foul. |
| 30' | Another corner for Inter a De Vezze cuts out Maxwell's driven cross from the left. |
| 29' | Messina struggle to clear Recoba's inswinger from the right-wing corner flag. The move ends with Ibra's shot rebounding off Cambiasso. |
| 28' | Headed clearance by Zanchi from another Figo right-wing cross. The Nerazzurri remain in attack and win a corner. |
| 27' | Inter close again. Ibra's close-range header from Figo's right-wing cross bounces before hitting the crossbar. |
| 27' | Superb headed intervention by Nicolas Burdisso, who denies Floccari a scoring chance from De Vezze's floated ball into the Inter area. |
| 24' | Inter close through Figo who combines with Ibra before sending a curling shot on target. Storari parries, then makes a punched clearance from the resulting corner kick. |
| 23' | Recoba picks out Maicon in space and plays a crossfield pass to the Brazilian who fires wide from 25 yards. |
| 21' | Ogasawara fails to make headed contact with Zoro's right-wing cross. The ball rolls out for an Inter throw. |
| 20' | Zoro intercepts Figo on the left edge of the Messina box and plays to safety. |
| 19' | Recoba's curling shot from the resulting free kick is inches wide of Storari's left-hand post. |
| 18' | Figo is tripped by De Vezze after collecting a return pass from Recoba. The Messina defender is booked. |
| 18' | Ibrahimovic is back on the pitch with a bandaged right leg. |
| 16' | Parisi clears a Recoba cross from a long-range free kick. |
| 16' | Inter temporarily down to 10 men again as Ibrahimovic receives more treatment. |
| 15' | It looks as if Ibrahimovic is unable to continue. |
| 14' | Inter replace Walter Samuel with Nicolas Burdisso, who scored twice against Messina in the cup last month. |
| 13' | Walter Samuel appears to have hurt a muscle during a duel with Floccari. Burdisso is set to come on. |
| 13' | Cambiasso, making his 100th appearance for Inter today, overhits his pass for the front men. Storari gathers. |
| 12' | Recoba tries a one-two with Zanetti but is tackled by Rea. |
| 11' | Ibrahimovic is caught in possession after receiving from Figo on the edge of the Messina area. |
| 11' | Ibra is back on the pitch. The Meazza applauds. |
| 10' | Vieira's headed clearance from Zoro's right-wing cross is smashed over the bar by Japanese midfielder Ogasawara. |
| 9' | Inter momentarily down to 10 men as the Swedish forward receives treatment behind the Messina goal. |
| 8' | Zlatan requires medical attention after a collision with the Messina keeper. |
| 8' | Storari is quick off his line to beat Ibra to Vieira's delightful ball over the Messina defence. |
| 7' | Zoro blocks and clears a Vieira ball into the box after Figo's attempt at a one-two is thwarted by the Sicilian defence. |
| 5' | Parisi has a go from the left side of the Inter box. The Messina defender's diagonal rising drive is plucked out of the air by Julio Cesar. |
| 4' | Di Napoli receives in space on the right, advances several yards and unleashes a left-foot shot from 20 yards. It's too central, there's not enough power in it, and Julio Cesar makes an easy save. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Meazza in Milan's San Siro district for Inter v Messina. Goals from Burdisso (2), Gonzalez and Andreolli dealt the Sicilians a 4-0 Tim Cup thrashing when these two teams last met on 29 November. Let's hope for more of the same today. |
| 1' | Messina kick off. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!!!! |
| 1' | Messina: 1 Storari; 27 Zanchi, 8 Zoro, 33 Iuliano, 13 Rea, 19 Parisi; 5 De Vezze, 16 Ogasawara, 20 Cordova; 18 Floccari, 11 Di Napoli. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar, 13 Maicon, 23 Materazzi, 25 Samuel, 6 Maxwell; 7 Figo, 14 Vieira, 19 Cambiasso, 4 Zanetti; 20 Recoba, 8 Ibrahimovic. |
| 1' | The match will kick off after a minute's silence to remember the two Juventus academy players who lost their lives in a tragic accident on Friday. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time. Inter beat Messina 2-0 to set a new club record of nine consecutive Serie A victories. |
| 48' | Adriano races down the right but is immediately surrounded by three opponents. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time to play. |
| 45' | Stankovic fires wide from distance. |
| 44' | Adriano heads over from Figo's corner. |
| 43' | Adriano has a go from distance. The Brazilian's blistering effort takes a deflection. Corner for Inter. |
| 42' | Lavecchia's shot from 20 yards is too central. Easy save for Julio Cesar. |
| 40' | Luis Figo collects a pass, turns and fires wide from 25 yards. |
| 38' | Julio Cesar saves a Iuliano shot from inside the Inter area. Corner for Messina. |
| 37' | Iuliano smashes clear an Ibra ball into the Messina area. |
| 35' | Storari catches Adriano's header as the Brazilian goes close to breaking his goal drought. |
| 33' | Maicon's flicked header from Figo's corner falls to Ibra is denied by Parisi. |
| 33' | Storari makes a one-handed save to deny Adriano again, this time from Maicon's cross. |
| 32' | Storari beats Adriano to Figo's corner. |
| 32' | Messina bring on Provenzano for De Vezze. |
| 30' | Ooooohhhh!!!!! Dejan Stankovic receives in space and crashes a right-foot shot against the upright. |
| 26' | Inter bring on Vieira for Stankovic. |
| 25' | Ibra delights the Meazza with some fancy footwork in the Messina area. |
| 24' | Good tackle by Burdisso on Floccari in the Inter area to deny the Messina forward a one-on-one with Julio Cesar. |
| 22' | Figo is tackled by Parisi as he looks for a way into the Giallorossi box from the right. |
| 20' | Corner for Messina after Parisi's free kick takes a deflection. |
| 20' | Messina sub Lavecchia hits the far post with a low left-foot shot from inside the Inter area after receiving from Zoro. |
| 19' | And Inter replace Recoba with Adriano. |
| 19' | Messina bring on Lavecchia for Ogasawara. |
| 14' | That was Ibra's seventh goal for Inter. |
| 14' | GOOOAAAALL!!!! Zlatan Ibrahimovic doubles Inter's lead with a low shot past Storari from Maicon's through ball. |
| 11' | Free kick to Inter on the left wing for a foul by Morello on Recoba. |
| 11' | Storari palms clear a Figo cross to deny Materazzi a second goal. |
| 11' | Figo's inswinger from the left is headed clear by Floccari. |
| 9' | Zanetti tests Storari with a low drive from 25 yards. |
| 9' | Rea makes a headed clearance from Figo's right-wing cross. |
| 8' | Maxwell booked for foul play. |
| 7' | Figo's lob shot from distance is over Storari's crossbar. |
| 6' | Zoro booked for a foul on Zanetti. |
| 4' | GOOOAAALLLL!!!! Marco Materazzi's splendid overhead kick from Ibra's headed pass gives Inter the lead at the Meazza. |
| 3' | Storari makes a punched clearance from Recoba's right-wing corner. |
| 3' | Recoba's fierce left-foot drive is parried by Storari. Corner for Inter. |
| 3' | Another free kick for the Nerazzurri, this time over 35 yards out. |
| 2' | Recoba's curling free kick is just over the Sicilian bar. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half going. FORZA RAGAZZI!!! |
| 1' | Free kick to inter 25 yards out for a foul by Iuliano on Ibrahimovic. |
| 1' | Free kick to Inter 25 yards out for a foul by Iuliano on Ibrahimovic. |
| 1' | Messina have replaced Zanchi with Morello. |