| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | It's Inter 2-1 Palermo after the first half. |
| 45' | One minute of added time to play. |
| 43' | Rinaudo blocks Jimenez' low cross from the right. Cruz pounces on the loose ball but the Palermo defender blocks again. |
| 42' | Miccoli's fast strike from 25 yards takes a deflection off Burdisso and finishes in the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 37' | Another Rosanero booking. Guana is yellow-carded for foul play. |
| 36' | Palermo defender Rinaudo is booked for protesting. |
| 35' | GOOAAAALLL!!! Luis Jimenez collects Maicon's pass in the box, frees himself of an opponent and fires in from close range. We're back in front at the Meazza. INTER 2-1 PALERMO. |
| 29' | Corner to Inter after Ibrahimovic's right-footber is blocked by Cassani. |
| 27' | Inter have an immediate reply ruled out for offside. Vieira's placed shot from 20 yards hits the underside of the bar, resulting in open play. Jimenez steals in and prods home but the flag goes up for offside. |
| 26' | It's 1-1 now. Materazzi inadvertently touches into his own net after Julio Cesar blocks Simplicio's follow-up after fumbling Miccoli's long-range effort. INTER 1-1 PALERMO. |
| 24' | Patrick Vieira is on fire this afternoon. Unmarked in the box, the France captain heads Chivu's free kick just wide of the right post. |
| 22' | De Marco cautions Migliaccio for a foul on Vieira. |
| 21' | Free kick to the Sicilians in a central position 30 metres from goal. Fabio Simplicio's bullet shot is blocked by Esteban Cambiasso. |
| 20' | Cruz close again. This time, El Jardinero takes Jimenez' short pass into the box and fires wide. |
| 19' | Back at the other end, Cruz glances wide his header from Maicon's right-wing centre. The two South Americans are combining well this afternoon. |
| 16' | Palermo's first chance of the game falls to Rinaudo. The Rosanero number 77's glancing header from Miccoli's inswinging free kick is saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 15' | Burdisso rises and makes aerial contact with Jimenez' right-wing corner. De Marco blows for a foul in the box by Materazzi. |
| 12' | Marco Materazzi makes a couple of clearances as Amauri and Simplicio try to create danger on the edge of our box. |
| 11' | Materazzi picks out Ibra with a crossfield pass. The Swede controls and then crosses into the six-yard box. Fontana gathers. |
| 8' | Palermo play the long ball game. Burdisso intercepts Balzaretti's pass for Amauri. |
| 7' | Inter come looking for a second. Cruz climbs in the box and heads Maicon's deflected right-wing cross into the arms of Jimmy Fontana. |
| 5' | GOAL!!!!!!! Patrick Vieira plays a swift one-two with Ibrahimovic and heads past Fontana. INTER 1-0 PALERMO. |
| 4' | Luis Jimenez' inswinging cross is caught by Fontana. |
| 2' | Applause for Zanetti. Il Capitano powers down the left, taking on two before winning a free kick. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Meazza for Inter v Palermo. |
| 1' | Game on! The Nerazzurri kick off. |
| 1' | Team news<br>Palermo: 12 Fontana; 2 Zaccardo, 77 Rinaudo, 21 Biava; 16 Cassani, 14 Guana, 8 Migliaccio, 30 Simplicio, 42 Balzaretti; 11 Amauri, 10 Miccoli. |
| 1' | Team news<br>Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 16 Burdisso, 23 Materazzi, 26 Chivu; 14 Vieira, 19 Cambiasso, 4 Zanetti; 11 Jimenez; 8 Ibrahimovic, 9 Cruz. |
| 1' | A win this afternoon will put us six points clear of Roma, who cut our Serie A lead to three points with their 2-1 win over AC Milan last night. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 52' | De Marco blows his whistle at last. Inter beat Palermo 2-1. See you on Wednesday for Genoa v Inter. |
| 52' | We're now into the 7th minute of added time. |
| 51' | Julio Cesar rises in his box to catch Simplicio's right-wing cross. The match should have been over sixty seconds ago. |
| 49' | Storming run along the left byline by Zanetti. The captain's low cross is swept clear by Biava. |
| 49' | Inter make their last change. Nelson Rivas replaces Patrick Vieira. |
| 46' | Materazzi in the wars again. The Inter defender and Migliaccio remain on the ground after a clash of heads. |
| 45' | Five minutes of additional time. |
| 44' | Rinaudo sweeps to safety after Cruz and Crespo fail to connect with Vieira's low cross. |
| 43' | Materazzi is booked for a foul on Zaccardo, and will automatically miss Wednesday's trip to Genoa. |
| 42' | Marco is okay to continue. |
| 40' | Materazzi remains flat out on the ground after being elbowed in the temple by Cavani. |
| 39' | Palermo close at the other end. Jankovic's diving header from a left-wing cross is inches wide. |
| 38' | Figo collects Burdisso's pass, races on goal and shoots straight at Fontana. |
| 36' | Crespo volleys home in frustration and is promptly booked by De Marco for taking his shot after the offside flag went up. |
| 35' | Guidolin replaces Cassani with Cavani. |
| 34' | Mancini makes his second substitution. On comes Hernan Crespo for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. |
| 33' | Migliaccio makes a headed clearance from Chivu's right-wing free kick. |
| 29' | Rinaudo intercepts Cruz' through pass for Maicon, denying the Brazilian a vis-à-vis with Fontana. |
| 27' | Burdisso connects with Chivu's corner and heads wide. |
| 27' | Figo, Cambiasso and Zanetti combine in the box and win us a left-wing corner. |
| 25' | Palermo attack back, Balzaretti sending a low shot wide of the far post. |
| 24' | Ibra goes close twice in the space of ten seconds. The Swede is denied by Fontana and then Zaccardo. |
| 24' | Figo collects Ibrahimovic's pass to the left and gets into the box before hitting his left-foot shot wide. |
| 20' | Cassani intercepts Ibra's low pass for Cruz and sweeps clear. |
| 18' | Chivu's long-range pass into the opposing area is beyond Ibrahimovic and Cruz. Fontana collects. |
| 17' | Inter bring on Luis Figo for Luis Jimenez. |
| 15' | Chivu makes a headed clearance from Jankovic's left-wing free kick. |
| 10' | Vieira glides past two and floats the ball into the Palermo area. Fontana gets out quick and gathers. |
| 8' | Both players are okay to continue. |
| 7' | Vieira and Migliaccio remain on the ground after a clash of heads just inside the Palermo half. |
| 6' | Julio Cesar makes a punched clearance from Bosko Jankovic's outswinging free kick. |
| 6' | Palermo captain Zaccardo makes a diagonal run to the edge of our box and wins his team a free kick after a foul by Chivu. |
| 1' | Palermo kick off the second half. |
| 1' | The Rosanero have brought on Tedesco for Guana and Jankovic for Miccoli. |