| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Half time. Inter lead Reggina by a goal to nil. |
| 47' | Maxwell makes a headed clearance from Cozza's right-wing centre. |
| 45' | 2 minutes of added time. |
| 43' | Julio Cruz is booked for a foul from behind on Aronica. |
| 42' | Toldo is quick off his line to deny Ceravolo. |
| 41' | Cozza booked for protesting. |
| 40' | Good counter attack by the Nerazzurri. Figo runs down the right and serves Maicon who passes into the box for Adriano. The striker's backheeled return ball to the right-back is intercepted. |
| 39' | Chivu blocks Cozza's shot from Hallfredsson's through ball to thwart a good chance for the Amaranto. |
| 37' | Campagnolo spills Adriano's fierce strike from the resulting free kick but smothers the ball before it can cross the line. |
| 36' | Aronica is booked for fouling Maicon. |
| 35' | Adri receives from Figo on the left edge of the Reggina area and passes to Cruz but the home team intercept. |
| 29' | Toldo punches clear Fabio Ceravolo's cross from the right-wing corner flag. |
| 26' | Ceravolo wastes a gilt-edged chance for Reggina. He takes on Cordoba during a run into the area but mis-kicks with just Toldo to beat. To be fair to him, the rainsoaked playing surface didn't help. |
| 25' | At the other end Adriano crosses for Cruz but Lanzaro gets to the ball first and chests it back to his keeper. |
| 24' | Francesco Cozza looks for the top left corner with a floated free kick from 25 yards. It's high and wide. |
| 22' | Reggina inches close to an equaliser. Cascione races down the right, takes on Cesar and feeds Cozza with a low ball into the area. The Amaranto striker's low effort is just wide of Toldo's left-hand post. |
| 18' | GOOOOOAAALLLLL!!!!! Adriano gets the slightest of touches to Luis Figo's inswinging left-wing free kick and glances it into the bottom right corner. Reggina 0-1 Inter. |
| 17' | Right-wing free kick to Inter. Figo delivers the cross. Cherubin heads clear but the Nerazzurri remain in the Reggina third and Cesar tests Campagnolo with a floated cross-shot. |
| 15' | Cordoba blocks a Missiroli shot. It's all Reggina at the moment. |
| 14' | Another chance for Reggina. Toldo is out quickly to block Cozza's close-range effort. |
| 13' | Icelandic midfielder Hallfredsson wins the ball and serves Cozza whose 25-yard piledriver is over Toldo's bar. |
| 10' | Cristian Chivu heads clear to deny Cascione a chance from Ceravolo's ball into the box. |
| 7' | Maicon blocks crosses from Aronica and Hallfredsson as Reggina look for openings down the left. |
| 6' | Cruz tries a one-two with Adriano after collecting Cambiasso's ball but the Brazilian's return ball is intercepted. |
| 2' | Cruz' curling free kick hits the Amaranto wall and spins out for an attacking throw-in. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Reggio Calabria in the south of Italy for tonight's Serie A clash between Reggina and Inter. |
| 1' | Brazilian trio Adriano, Maxwell and Cesar combine down the left. The latter is fouled just outside the area and Inter win a free kick. |
| 1' | Mauro Bergonzi blows his whistle and Reggina kick off. FORZA INTER!!!! |
| 1' | Inter: 1 Toldo; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 26 Chivu, 6 Maxwell; 7 Figo, 14 Vieira, 19 Cambiasso, 31 Cesar; 9 Cruz, 10 Adriano. |
| 1' | Reggina: 30 Campagnolo; 55 Lanzaro, 3 Cherubin, 16 Valdez, 6 Aronica; 34 Missiroli, 14 Tognozzi, 18 Hallfredsson, 4 Cascione; 21 Ceravolo, 10 Cozza. |
| 1' | It's Adriano and Cruz in attack for the Nerazzurri. Patrick Vieira returns in midfield, with Toldo preferred to Julio Cesar in goal. |
| 1' | It's raining hard at the Stadio Granilllo with less than half an hour until kick-off. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time. Inter hang on to beat Reggina 1-0. |
| 48' | It's end to end in these last few minutes at the Granillo. Suazo sees a right-foot effort deflected. |
| 47' | Reggina close again. Cascione's diving header from Aronica's cross is saved by Toldo. |
| 46' | Ibrahimovic is yellow carded by Bergonzi. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Back at the other end Suazo shoots high and wide from just outside the Reggina area. |
| 45' | Cozza swivels in the box and fires inches wide. What a let off for the Nerazzurri. |
| 43' | Zlatan Ibrahimovic takes on Cherubin and Barreto and tests Campagnolo with a thunderous strike from the edge of the box. |
| 39' | Suazo is flagged offside as he runs to meet Maxwell's left-wing pass but the Honduran began his run from an onside position. |
| 38' | Reggina bring on Danish striker Mike Tullberg for Simone Missiroli. |
| 38' | Suazo nods the ball into the path of Cesar who rifles a low shot wide of the far post. |
| 37' | Another change for Inter. David Suazo replaces Julio Cruz. |
| 32' | At the other end Cruz squeezes between two opponents to meet Ibrahimovic's headed pass. The Argentine's low shot is blocked by Campagnolo. |
| 31' | Cordoba intercepts Missiroli's intelligent ball into the box for Ceravolo to deny the Italian forward a certain goal. |
| 30' | Figo blasts wide after dancing past two opponents during a run into the box from the right. |
| 30' | Reggina make their second switch. Ficcadenti replaces Emil Hallfredsson with Montiel. |
| 29' | Ibrahimovic storms into the Reggina box and appears to be fouled by Cherubin. Not according to the referee though. |
| 27' | Reggina bring on Barreto for Tognozzi. |
| 26' | Another good chance for Reggina. Maxwell boots clear Cascione's sliding effort from Missiroli's acrobatic pass. |
| 25' | Cozza's 30-yard free kick is saved by Toldo. |
| 24' | Vieira is substituted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who will reach double figures if he scores tonight. |
| 23' | Vieira is yellow-carded for a challenge from behind on Tognozzi. |
| 23' | Campagnolo makes a smothering save to deny Julio Cruz. |
| 19' | Toldo catches Tognozzi's high cross from the left after two Reggina corners in quick succession. |
| 15' | Luca Tognozzi makes a headed clearance from Figo's right-wing free kick. |
| 11' | Mancini makes his first change. Javier Zanetti on, Adriano off. |
| 9' | Cordoba blocks Cozza's strike from Ceravolo's pass. |
| 7' | Reggina fail to clear Chivu's corner kick. Cambiasso shoots from close range but the Argentine's effort is blocked by Lanzaro. |
| 6' | Maicon's right-wing cross is deflected behind for a corner by Aronica. |
| 3' | Luis Figo's left-wing cross is straight into the arms of Campagnolo. |
| 1' | We're back under way at the Granillo as Inter kick off the second half. |