| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Inter lead Catania by a goal to nil after the first half. |
| 46' | Vargas' curling cross from the free kick is caught by Julio Cesar. |
| 46' | Stankovic booked for a foul from behind on Baiocco. The Serbian will automatically miss Wednesday's home game against Udinese. |
| 45' | One minute of added time. |
| 45' | GOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!! Walter Samuel scores with a flicked header from Stankovic's left-wing corner. Catania 0-1 Inter. |
| 45' | Ibra plays a one-two with Cruz but Stovini gets back in time and pokes behind for a corner. |
| 41' | Inter close yet again. Ibrahimovic collects a Stankovic though ball in the Catania area before dragging his shot agonisingly wide of the right post. |
| 39' | Inter close again through Stankovic. The Serbian midfielder receives a Zanetti square pass and unleashes a fierce right-footer from 25 yards that shaves the outside of the left post. |
| 36' | Good chance for Inter. Solari's first-time effort from 15 yards is blocked by Pantanelli. Solari touches back the loose ball to Maxwell whose follow-up shot is well wide. |
| 35' | Edusei wins the ball in his own half and plays forward for Spinesi. Samuel reads the move perfectly and dispossesses the Catania forward. |
| 34' | Cruz' effort from Maicon's right-wing cross goes behind for a Catania goal kick. |
| 33' | Grosso's volleyed cross from the left is hooked clear by Sottil. |
| 31' | Pantanelli is quick out to beat Cruz to Grosso's ball over the Catania backline. |
| 30' | Zanetti blocks a Caserta shot as Catania look for openings down the right before playing central. |
| 29' | Ibrahimovic is okay to continue. |
| 28' | Grosso has a shot blocked by Lucenti. Ibra runs on to the loose ball and appears to twist his ankle. |
| 27' | There's no Inter player on hand in the box as Pantanelli collects Solari's backheeled through pass. |
| 26' | Zanetti storms down the right and plays wide to Solari whose inswinging cross is headed clear by Sottil. |
| 25' | At the other end Ibra wins us a corner. Stankovic delivers the cross, Samuel's header is wide. |
| 25' | Spinesi's header from a Catania left-wing cross is easily caught by Julio Cesar. |
| 23' | Julio Cesar is quick out to grasp Lucenti's floated cross from the right after a flowing Catania move. |
| 21' | Ibra's backheeled effort from Stankovic's corner kick is off-target. |
| 20' | Grosso's cross from the left spins off Lucenti. Corner for Inter. |
| 19' | Mascara plays his second corner to Caserta whose thunderous right-foot volley from the edge of the box is punched clear by Julio Cesar. |
| 19' | Mascara's inswinger from the left-wing corner flag comes off an Inter player. Another corner for Catania. |
| 18' | Great challenge by Cordoba on Mascara. Corner for Catania. |
| 18' | Julio Cesar rises to deny Spinesi a chance from Lucenti's looping ball in from the right. |
| 17' | Samuel outpaces Spinesi to a Catania through ball and nudges back to his keeper. |
| 16' | Solari gets a cross in after some trickery on the left, but Edusei blocks and plays to safety. |
| 14' | Colucci's effort from a 30-yard free kick is caught by Julio Cesar. |
| 12' | Ibra tests Pantanelli with a fierce low shot from the edge of the Catania box. Stovini beats Solari to the loose ball to deny the Argentine a follow-up. |
| 11' | Ibrahimovic bursts past two opponents before crossing to Cruz, whose back-post header is blocked by Pantanelli. |
| 9' | At the other end Grosso's left-wing free kick is headed clear by Stovini. |
| 8' | Baiocco overhits his through ball for Caserta. Julio Cesar collects. |
| 7' | Solari's cross from the left-wing by-line is straight into the arms of Pantanelli. |
| 6' | Colucci races down the left and lays off to Mascara, who is promptly intercepted by Zanetti. |
| 4' | Samuel overhits his long pass for Cruz. Goal kick for Catania. |
| 3' | Free kick to Inter on the left wing for a Colucci foul on Santiago Solari. Stankovic's cross is cleared. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Dino Manuzzi in Cesena for Catania v Inter. The match will be played behind closed doors. |
| 1' | Ibra's cross from the left is headed clear by the Sicilian defence. |
| 1' | Catania kick off. FORZA INTER! |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 25 Samuel, 6 Maxwell; 21 Solari, 4 Zanetti, 5 Stankovic, 11 Grosso; 8 Ibrahimovic, 9 Cruz. |
| 1' | Catania: 1 Pantanelli; 18 Lucenti, 4 Sottil, 6 Stovini, 7 Vargas; 17 Baiocco, 8 Edusei, 26 Caserta; 23 Colucci, 24 Spinesi, 10 Mascara. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time. Inter breeze to a 5-2 win over Catania. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time. |
| 44' | Cruz close to a sixth. The Argentine's diagonal shot is parried by Pantanelli. |
| 43' | Spinesi sent off for a second yellow. |
| 43' | Spinesi is booked by Bertini. |
| 41' | Samuel makes a headed clearance from a Catania corner. |
| 39' | Catania bring on Izco for Caserta. |
| 34' | Catania bring on Morimoto for Colucci. |
| 33' | GOOOAAAALLL!!!! Cruz slots past Pantanelli from close range after chesting down Maicon's ball into the box. Catania 2-5 Inter. |
| 32' | Cruz blasts over from the left edge of the Catania box after receiving from Solari. |
| 32' | Mancini makes his third switch. Stankovic is replaced by Nicolas Burdisso. |
| 29' | Catania reduce the arrears again as Corona sends a low volley under Julio Cesar and into the far corner. |
| 29' | Inter replace Maxwell with Mariano Gonzalez. |
| 28' | Baiocco booked for protesting after being fouled from behind by Maxwell. |
| 27' | Grosso's deflected cross from the left is blocked by Pantanelli at the near post. |
| 26' | Maicon's whipped cross for Adriano is headed clear by Sottil. |
| 25' | Free kick to Catania in a central position 30 yards out. Vargas' shot is over the wall but too central. Easy save for Julio Cesar. |
| 24' | Adriano replaces Ibrahimovic. |
| 23' | Julio Cruz' diagonal effort from the left is wide of the far post. |
| 22' | IBRACADABRA!!! The Swedish forward controls a Solari pass into the box, picks his spot and beats Pantanelli with a precise right-foot shot. It's a goal a minute at the Manuzzi! |
| 21' | The Sicilians replace Mascara with Corona. |
| 20' | Catania pull one back through Spinesi who meets a through ball, rounds Julio Cesar and fires into an open net. |
| 19' | Baiocco's ball over the Inter defence is chested back to Julio Cesar by Maicon. |
| 18' | Ibrahimovic gets into the Catania box before being intercepted by Edusei. Nothing comes of the resulting corner. |
| 17' | At the other end Colucci fires over after some good approach play by Baiocco. |
| 16' | Maxwell has a go from 25 yards. It's off-target. |
| 15' | Cordoba blocks Caserta's attempt from 25 yards. |
| 12' | What an incredible goal by Fabio Grosso!!!!! The Italian full-back's cross-shot from a tight angle on the left sails over Pantanelli and into the far corner. Catania 0-3 Inter. |
| 10' | Caserta blasts over from 25 yards after a half-clearance by Cordoba. |
| 9' | Solari feeds Grosso after a run down the left. The Italian crosses for Cruz who is beaten to the ball by Stovini. |
| 8' | Cruz' near-post header from Maxwell's left-wing cross is just wide. |
| 5' | Julio Cruz goes close to a third for Inter after collecting an Ibra thorugh pass. The Argentine striker's shot from 12 yards hits the underside of the crossbar. |
| 4' | GOOOAAALLLL!!!!! We're 2-0 up as Santiago Solari drifts across the face of the Catania area before sending a low left-foot shot past Pantanelli and in off the right post. |
| 3' | Ibrahimovic's return pass for Solari is too long for the Argentine. Pantanelli collects. |
| 2' | Zanetti takes the ball past two opponents before firing well wide of the target. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half under way. |
| 1' | Lucenti's cross from the right is blocked and cleared by Maxwell. |