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| 45' | Half time. Inter lead Udinese by a goal to nil thanks to Dejan Stankovic's goal on 9 minutes. |
| 45' | Good chance for Udinese just before the break. Floro Flores climbs in the area to meet Inler's right-wing cross and he heads wide. |
| 44' | Cruz receives from Maxwell in the area and crosses but it's too fast for Ibrahimovic. |
| 43' | Zapata beats Ibrahimovic to Stankovic's low, driven cross in from the right. |
| 40' | Incredible miss by Julio Cruz after a great move by the Nerazzurri. Ibrahimovic chests the ball into the path of Stankovic and the Serbian hooks it into the box for Cruz. El Jardinero blasts over with just Chimenti to beat. |
| 39' | Giandomenico Mesto is in acres of space as he receives on the right. The former Reggina captain whips in a cross-shot, forcing Julio Cesar into a diving save. |
| 37' | Ibra creates a yard of space with another magical touch of the ball and crosses from right to left. There's no team-mate on hand, and the ball rolls out for an Udinese throw-in. |
| 36' | Samuel rises at the back post to head on target Figo's corner. Chimenti collects. |
| 35' | Ibra's effort from the resultant free kick spins off Dossena and finishes over the bar. Corner for Inter. |
| 34' | Czech midfielder Tomas Sivok is booked for a foul on Stankovic. |
| 31' | Udinese come back at the Nerazzurri. Quagliarella enters the box from the right and serves Inler. His low shot is blocked. |
| 30' | Maicon booked for foul play. |
| 29' | Maicon's glancing header from an Inter corner is wide of the far post. |
| 28' | Superb play by Ibrahimovic. The Swede receives in the area from Figo, whips it up and lobs Handanovic, but Udinese's Swiss midfielder Gokhan Inler clears off the line. |
| 27' | Asamoah, by far his team's most dangerous player in this opening period, climbs in the area and heads a just over the bar. |
| 26' | With his back to goal Asamoah receives from Mesto. He turns and fires on target. Julio Cesar tips behind for a corner. |
| 24' | Ibra delights the crowd with some trademark fancy footwork on the left channel. |
| 23' | Cordoba almost scores an own goal. Asamoah sprints past Samuel down the right and crosses into the area. The ball spins dangerously off the Colombian and goes out for a throw-in. |
| 21' | Cruz' shot on the turn from Figo's corner is blocked by the Udinese defence. |
| 18' | Maicon's outswinging cross-shot from the right isn't far wide. |
| 17' | Inter close to a second. Zanetti dances past two in the box and crosses to the far post where Stankovic blazes wide. |
| 14' | Low ball in from the left by Maxwell. It's blocked by Coda. |
| 11' | Ibrahimovic fires in a low cross from the right. Zapata beats Maicon to the ball and brings it out of defence. |
| 11' | Tomas Sivok has a chance for an immediate reply for the visitors but blasts over from 20 yards. |
| 9' | GOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Dejan Stankovic is the scorer of Inter's first goal of the 2007/08 season. Ibra plays in the Serb with a delightful ball into the area. Dejan controls and lifts it over Chimenti. Inter 1-0 Udinese. |
| 7' | Stankovic floats a ball into the Udine box. Coda beats Ibrahimovic to it and sweeps clear. |
| 6' | An early chance for Udinese. Floro Flores tears down the left and then plays across the face of the area for Fabio Quagliarella whose shot is blocked by Walter Samuel. |
| 4' | Ibra combines with Figo on the left but Udinese captain Zapata intercepts. |
| 3' | Figo dribbles his way past two in the box and plays back to the edge of the area but there's no team-mate on hand. |
| 2' | D'Agostino blocks a Figo cross from the left. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district, where the Nerazzurri are all set to open their defence of the Serie A title against Udinese. |
| 1' | Inter, wearing their black and blue strip, kick off against the Bianconeri, playing in yellow this afternoon. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!!! |
| 1' | Udinese: 25 Chimenti; 20 Mesto, 6 Coda, 2 Zapata, 8 Dossena; 88 Inler, 4 D'Agostino; 66 Sivok, 27 Quagliarella, 3 Asamoah; 83 Floro Flores. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 25 Samuel , 6 Maxwell; 5 Stankovic, 15 Dacourt, 4 Zanetti; 7 Figo; 8 Ibrahimovic, 9 Cruz. |
| 1' | The teams are out warming up. It's over 30 degrees Celsius down there on the pitch. |
| 1' | There are plenty of white shirts bearing white crosses dotted around the stadium - a sign that our new away strip for the centenary season has gone down well with the fans. Get yours at http://store.inter.it. |
| 1' | After a week of a grey weather in Milan, it's a sweltering Sunday. The heat is sure to take its toll on the players this afternoon. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 52' | Full time. Inter are held 1-1 by Udinese. |
| 51' | Floro Flores flashes a shot high and wide from the left edge of the Inter area. |
| 47' | Udinese equalise. Mesto's header from a Pepe corner goes in off the head of Cordoba. Inter 1-1 Udinese. |
| 45' | Five minutes of added time. |
| 44' | Quagliarella's shot on the turn is blocked by Maicon. There's no way through for the Bianconeri from Friuli. |
| 42' | Floro Flores blazes over the bar, wasting a golden chance for a leveller. |
| 40' | D'Agostino's curling free kick is easy prey for Francesco Toldo. |
| 39' | Maxwell is booked for a foul on Pepe. |
| 35' | Udinese bring on another fresh pair of legs. Simone Pepe replaces Gokhan Inler. |
| 35' | The tiredness is creeping in at San Siro. |
| 32' | Udinese make their second substitution. Pasquale Marino bings on Aleksandar Lukovic for Andrea Dossena. |
| 29' | Mancini makes his third switch. Cristian Chivu is on for Olivier Dacourt. |
| 28' | Floro Flores climbs in the area and heads way over from Dossena's left-wing centre. |
| 27' | Ibrahimovic serves Suazo with a low ball into the area but Chimenti is out quick to thwart the Honduran striker. |
| 24' | Suazo is shoved off the ball by Coda and it's a free kick to us on the left wing. |
| 23' | Brilliant sliding tackle by Samuel on Quagliarella! |
| 22' | Dossena's volley is comfortably saved by Toldo. |
| 21' | Toldo grasps a cross from Inler as Udinese come looking to exploit the numerical superiority. |
| 20' | David Suazo comes on for Luis Figo. |
| 20' | Asamoah rises in the box and heads over a right-wing cross from Eremenko. |
| 18' | At the other end, Maxwell heads Mesto's inswinging cross safely back to Julio Cesar. |
| 16' | Zanetti tries to thread through to Ibrahimovic but Coda intercepts. |
| 15' | The crowd is really getting behind Inter, who will play this remaining half-hour with ten men. |
| 15' | Applause for Toldo, who makes an easy save from D'Agostino's weak free kick. |
| 13' | Mancini brings on Francesco Toldo for Julio Cruz. |
| 12' | Julio Cesar is sent off for handling the ball outside his area in an attempt to deny Asamoah a chance from D'Agostino's long ball forward. |
| 11' | Udinese bring on Roman Eremenko for Tomas Sivok. |
| 10' | Julio Cesar is out quick to grab Dossena's left-wing cross and deny Floro Flores. |
| 7' | We're back under way at the Meazza, and Figo returns to the pitch. |
| 6' | Play is yet to resume as Figo receives treatment to that kick in the face from Inler. |
| 5' | Figo goes down under a wild challenge from Inler, who becomes the second Udinese player to be shown a yellow card this afternoon. |
| 2' | Udinese hit us on the break. Fabio Quagliarella goes close to an equaliser with a low, diagonal shot that finishes just wide of the far post. |
| 2' | Maxwell leaves two opponents for dead with a mazy run in the box., He then cuts back for Ibrahimovic whose rocket shot is blocked. |
| 1' | Udinese get the second half under way. |