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| 47' | Boos for Tedesco ring round the stadium as the players make their way to the tunnel. It's 1-1 at the break, with Quaresma replying to Plasmati's opener and the Nerazzurri down to ten men after Muntari's dismissal. |
| 46' | Stovini goes close to scoring an own goal from Maicon's cross. |
| 45' | Damati books Tedesco. |
| 45' | Two minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Tedesco remains on the ground after slap in the face from Muntari. Damato sends off the Ghanaian. |
| 43' | WE'RE LEVEL!!!!!!!! Within a minute, Ricardo Quaresma's right-wing trivela takes a deflection off Mascara and goes in at the near post. CATANIA 1-1 INTER. |
| 42' | GOAL. Another corner for Catania. Mascara's cross is blocked by Maxwell but Catania keep possession and Mascara feeds Tedesco, who crosses to Plasmati, who heads past a hapless Julio Cesar. INTER 0-1 CATANIA. |
| 41' | Maxwell blazes high and wide after powering past three down the left. |
| 41' | Corner for Catania. What resembles a rugby scrum on the edge of the area quickly becomes a six-yard box goalmouth scramble as Vieira boots to safety. |
| 40' | Javier Zanetti is warming up. That could mean two things: either Maicon will be rested in the second half ahead of Tuesday's Champions League to Athens, or José will make a midfield change. We will see. |
| 36' | Actually, it's not that bad. Maicon is back on the pitch. |
| 34' | Play interrupted as Maicon requires medical attention after outstretching his right leg to intercept a pass. It doesn't look good. |
| 33' | Maxwell crosses from the left. Bizarri saves. |
| 33' | Quaresma's other speciality is the rabona. |
| 32' | If you didn't know what a trivela is, it's Quaresma's speciality - a fast cross using the outside of his foot. |
| 31' | Great chance for the Nerazzurri. Quaresma, back on the left flank, trivelas into the six-yard box. Bizzarri smothers to deny Balotelli and Muntari. |
| 30' | Captain Materazzi cuts out a Catania counter and plays shot to Muntari, who sends a long-range pass to the feet of Ibra on the right wing. The Swede's low ball into the box is intercepted by Biagianti. |
| 28' | A Nike pitchside ad reads: "Più goal, grazie". We agree. |
| 25' | "For me it's a nice thing to do, and when I've finished it I feel cleansed of my sins." Sulley Muntari's comments about Ramadam on Italian television network Mediaset. |
| 25' | Bizzarri palms behind a powerful 25-yard shot from Muntari as the Ghanaian international goes close. |
| 22' | Free kick to us after a foul on Figo. It's 30 metres from goal. Ibrahimovic's effort comes back off the wall. The ball falls to the feet of Quaresma, who 'trivelas' it into the arms of Bizarri. |
| 21' | He's here, there and everywhere. Quaresma drifts to the right flank and combines well with Maicon. The Brazilian sweeps in a cross for Balotelli who is beaten to the ball by Bizarri. |
| 18' | Quaresma has dropped to a position behind Ibrahimovic with Balotelli moving wide to the left wing. |
| 15' | And another chance for Mourinho's men. This time, Balotelli's powers over his header from Ibra's cross. |
| 14' | A chance for Inter as Ibra climbs high at the far post and heads wide after meeting Maicon's right-wing cross. |
| 10' | Giuseppe Mascara, the scorer of Catania's winner against Genoa in Week 1, blazes his free kick over the bar. |
| 9' | Catania win a free kick just outside our box as Materazzi sends Martinez clattering to the ground. |
| 8' | Another cross from Figo. Another save from Bizzarri. |
| 7' | Brilliant tipped parry from Bizzarri, who denies Inter a chance from Figo's floated right-wing cross. |
| 5' | Ibra holds the ball up well after collecting a Muntari pass but Stovini sticks to him like glue, forcing the Nerazzurri to backtrack. |
| 4' | A corner for Inter as Bizzarri gets down at his near post to parry Maxwell's arrowed shot. Ibra's flicked header from Quaresma's corner kick is over the bar. |
| 2' | Quaresma's first touch of the ball on his competitive debut for Inter is a cross from the left. The Catania defence comfortably deals with it. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Inter v Catania - José Mourinho's home debut in the Serie A championship. |
| 1' | It has started raining after a dry afternoon following this morning's downpour in Milan. |
| 1' | Antonio Damato gets the match under way. Catania kick off. FORZA INTER! |
| 1' | W 1 Z is the pre-match coreography displayed by the Curva Nord, with a banner reading: 'The Cuvra Nord doesn't forget its heroes. Walter Zenga one of us'. |
| 1' | Benches<br>: Inter: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 4 Zanetti, 9 Cruz, 10 Adriano, 19 Cambiasso, 33 Mancini. <br>Catania: 12 Kosicky, 2 Sardo, 3 Sabato, 9 Paolucci, 10 Dica, 17 Baiocco, 20 Antenucci. |
| 1' | Catania (4-3-3): 1 Bizzarri; 21 Silvestri, 23 Terlizzi, 6 Stovini, 4 Silvestre; 27 Biagianti, 8 Ledesma, 19 Tedesco; 25 Martinez, 16 Plasmati, 7 Mascara. |
| 1' | Inter (4-4-2): 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 16 Burdisso, 23 Materazzi, 6 Maxwell; 77 Quaresma, 20 Muntari, 14 Vieira, 7 Figo; 8 Ibrahimovic, 45 Balotelli. |
| 1' | Zenga, who made 473 black 'n blue appearances during his lengthy playing career, was a team-mate of Mourinho's assistant coach Giuseppe Baresi for ten seasons from 1982/83 to 1991/92). |
| 1' | Tonight's opponents Catania are coached by Walter 'Spiderman' Zenga, the legendary ex-Nerazzurri goalkeeper. |
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| 48' | A roar goes up as Damato blows his whistle. Inter beat Catania 2-1. |
| 48' | Paolucci is yellow-carded for a foul on Materazzi. |
| 45' | Three minutes of overtime. |
| 44' | Silvestri's snapshot from 25 yards is just over Julio Cesar's bar. |
| 40' | Brilliant save by Bizzarri. The Catania custodiano expertly blocks Ibrahimovic's hooked shot from Mancini. |
| 38' | Maicon is booked for protesting. |
| 38' | Inter counter-attack and Ibra squanders a golden chance to make it 3-1. His low shot from Mancini's short pass is blocked by Bizzarri's feet. |
| 37' | Under ten minutes to go at the Meazza and Catania continue their frantic search for a leveller as Silvestre dummies Cambiasso and drives in a low cross. Materazzi blocks and clears. |
| 36' | A chance for Catania. Mascara floats his free kick into the six-yard box, forcing Burdisso to concede a corner. |
| 35' | The ex-Roma player's first contribution to the game is a free kick that takes a deflection, winning us a corner. |
| 33' | Mourinho makes his third switch. Mancini comes on for Quaresma. |
| 31' | Biagianti's first time effort from Ledesma's pull-back is way way over Julio Cesar's bar and into the Curva Sud. |
| 30' | Dica is booked for a foul on Zanetti. |
| 29' | Walter Zenga makes his last change. Off comes Tedesco. On comes Antenucci. |
| 28' | In loads of space on the right, Silvestre whips in a cross. Marco Materazzi makes a headed clearance. |
| 27' | Maicon almost does a repeat of Maradona's famous goal against England. The Brazilian surges past four or five opponents before firing narrowly wide of the far post. |
| 22' | Mario is replaced by Esteban Cambiasso, who comes on to a roar from the crowd. |
| 21' | Biagianti is yellow-carded for a foul on Mario Balotelli. |
| 19' | Zenga's men are trying to make the extra man advantage count and Ledesma gets into a shooting position, firing wide from 25 yards. |
| 17' | Catania make a double change: Paolucci for Plasmati and Dica for Martinez. |
| 16' | Ledesma is booked for foul play. |
| 15' | Corner for the Rossoazzurri. It comes to nothing as Mascara's cross is blocked. |
| 14' | Patrick Vieira is shown a yellow card after a foul on Plasmati. |
| 13' | Incredible miss by Burdisso. The Argentine heads over from five yards out after meeting Materazzi's headed pass from Balotelli's left-wing corner. |
| 12' | Applause for Maxwell, who wins a corner after a mazy run from the left. |
| 7' | Ivan Ramiro Cordoba is warming up, but Nicolas is okay to continue. |
| 5' | Nicolas Burdisso is flat out on the ground after an accidental boot in the face. |
| 3' | GOAL!!!! Terlizzi inadvertently heads Maicon's right-wing cross in off the post, and we're in front at the Meazza. INTER 2-1 CATANIA. |
| 2' | Corner for Inter as Maxwell's cross takes a deflection. Quaresma take it and Mario Balotelli tries an overhead kick from Materazzi's header. The Italy Under-21 international is unsuccessful. |
| 1' | Inter have a penalty claim turned down as Ibrahimovic's left-wing centre appears to be handled by a Catania player. |
| 1' | Quaresma tears down the right and delivers a high cross. Bizarri saves. |
| 1' | José Mourinho makes a tactical substitution after the dismissal of Muntari. Mourinho has sacrificed Figo, with Zanetti replacing him. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half under way. |