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| 46' | Anorthosis lead Panathinaikos 2-1 in the other Group B Matchday 2 fixture. |
| 46' | Half time. Inter lead Werder Bremen, courtesy of Maicon's 13th-minute goal. |
| 45' | One minute of added time. |
| 45' | The corner is cleared as far as Sulley Muntari, whose effort is saved by Wiese. |
| 45' | Another missed chance for Inter. Balotelli's shot from Adriano's cross is deflected out for a corner. |
| 44' | Masut Özil rifles a shot at Julio Cesar from 20 yards. Difficult save for the Brazilian keeper. |
| 41' | Markus Rosenberg runs on to Pizarro's flicked pass and crashes over the bar and into the Curva Sud. |
| 39' | Inter survive a scare at the other end as Claudio Pizarro's close-range effort from Prödl's brilliant cross comes back off the upright. |
| 38' | Wasted chance at the Meazza. Dejan Stankovic shoots wide with just the keeper to beat after collecting Mario Balotelli's pinpoint pass into the area. |
| 34' | Beautiful ball into the box by Ibrahimovic, but Muntari is beaten to it by Wiese. |
| 31' | Adriano gets a couple of crosses in from the left. The first is punched clear by Wiese while the second is blocked by a defender. |
| 30' | A scare for the Germans as Ibrahimovic almost gets a foot to Mertesacker's rather dangerous pass back to his keeper. |
| 29' | The Werder fans get vocal as their team enjoy a few minutes of possession. |
| 24' | Pasanen delivers a dangerous cross from the left. Muntari makes an acrobatic clearance. |
| 21' | Bremen captain Frank Baumann is yellow-carded for bringing down Adriano from behind. |
| 20' | José Mourinho is forced into an early change. Nicolas Burdisso replaces the injured Marco Materazzi. |
| 15' | Werder fantasista Diego tests Julio Cesar from 25 yards. The Inter keeper gets down at his near post and makes the save. |
| 13' | GOAL!!!!!!! Maicon!!!!!!! The Inter number 13 wins a rebound, takes the ball into the area and dinks it over Wiese and into the net. INTER 1-0 WERDER BREMEN. |
| 10' | Adriano charges forward as Inter hit Werder on the break. His shot is blocked by Mertesacker and it's another corner. |
| 9' | Balotelli's left-wing corner is headed to safety by Özil |
| 8' | Another chance for the Nerazzurri. Ibrahmovic chests down Muntari's cross to the back post and sees his volley deflected behind. Nothing comes of the corner but we win another as Pizarro heads over after winning an aerial duel with Materazzi. |
| 6' | The Germans counter-attack after Muntari is caught napping in the box. Frings plays long to Claudio Pizarro but Julio Cesar moves quickly to thwart the Peruvian. |
| 4' | Torsten Frings sends Mario Balotelli clattering to the ground on the left wing. Supermario takes his free kick quickly, serving Muntari who is intercepted in the area. |
| 3' | Werder defender Naldo unleashes a shot from over 30 yards out. It's way off target. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district for our first home game of the 2008/09 Champions League. |
| 1' | Great chance for Adriano in the opening seconds! The Brazilian striker, who scored both our goals the last time these two teams met in Milan, hooks over on the turn after meeting Ibrahimovic's cross into the centre of the box. |
| 1' | We're under way in San Siro. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!! |
| 1' | And here are the teams: Inter: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Cordoba, Materazzi, Zanetti; Stankovic, Cambiasso, Muntari; Balotelli; Ibrahimovic, Adriano. <br>Werder: Wiese; Prödl, Mertesacker, Naldo, Pasanen; Frings, Baumann, Özil; Diego; Rosenberg, Pizarro |
| 1' | The fans are pouring into the stadium as we approach the 20:45 kick-off. Plenty of green shirts in the Curva Sud. |
| 1' | In tonight's other match, the Greeks play away to Cypriot outfit Anorthosis Famagusta, who held Werder 0-0 in Matchday 1. |
| 1' | We go into tonight's clash as leaders of Group B, thanks to our 2-0 win at Panathinaikos in Athens a fortnight ago. |
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| 49' | Full time. Werder Bremen hold the Nerazzurri 1-1 at the Giuseppe Meazza. Anorthosis Famagusta beat Panathinaikos 3-1 in tonight's other Group B game. See you on Saturday for Inter v Bologna. |
| 48' | Werder Bremen close to a shock winner as Pizarro blasts into the sidenetting after Naldo's free kick is parried. |
| 47' | Free kick to Werder in the dying seconds after a foul by Balotelli on Diego. |
| 45' | Two minutes of added time. Time enough for a late winner? |
| 45' | Muntari volleys wide from the left egde of the box. It's all Inter in these final minutes. |
| 43' | Another chance for Inter as Julio Cruz scythes at Wiese from the edge of the box. |
| 43' | Maicon goes so close to a priceless second, his low shot from 25 yards shaving the far post! |
| 41' | Schaaf makes his final change: Clemens Fritz for Sebastian Prödl. |
| 40' | Great chance for Inter. Ibrahimovic crosses low into the six-yard box, and Cruz only just fails to connect. |
| 38' | Bookings-as-soon-as-you're-on are in vogue tonight. Jensen gets a yellow for foul play. |
| 38' | Inter clear a dangerous free kick from Diego. |
| 37' | Werder Bremen bring on Daniel Jensen for Mesut Özil. |
| 37' | Ibra looks for Cruz with a sublime backheel but Naldo reads the move perfectly and intercepts. |
| 35' | Julio's first contribution to the match is a yellow card for a foul on Frings. |
| 34' | Ibra storms past two in the box but the Germans make a quick recovery and dispossess him on the byline before he can pass to Cruz. |
| 33' | And Mourinho makes his second. It's Julio Cruz for Adriano. Can El Jardinero do what he did against Lecce the other week? |
| 32' | Thomas Schaaf makes his first change. On comes Aaron Hunt for Markus Rosenberg. |
| 32' | A trivela cross from Quaresma. Another save from Wiese. |
| 31' | Quaresma gets a shot on target from 25 yards. Wiese saves. |
| 30' | Ibra again. This time, he strikes a low shot narrowly wide from the left edge of the box. |
| 28' | Ibra tries the impossible from a very tight angle on the left. Goal kick. |
| 27' | Substitution time. Mourinho brings on Dejan Stankovic for Quaresma. |
| 27' | A let-off for Inter. Naldo has a free header from a right-wing corner but he heads wide. |
| 25' | Baumann's weak shot is saved by Julio Cesar after a half-clearance by Stankovic. |
| 23' | Mario Balotelli's curling free kick from the left is easily caught by Wiese. |
| 23' | Lubos Michel produces the third yellow card of the evening. It goes to Torsten Frings for a foul on Ibra. |
| 20' | Inter have a chance to retake the lead but Naldo beats Adriano to Ibrahimovic's pass, conceding a corner. |
| 17' | GOAL. At the far post, Claudio Pizarro pokes Özil's cross from the right and the Germans are level. INTER 1-1 WERDER BREMEN. |
| 16' | Naldo blasts his free kick high and wide. |
| 15' | Dejan Stankovic is booked for a foul on Diego. The free kick is around 25 metres from goal. |
| 14' | Supermario looks for Ibra with a dangerous inswinger from the left. Naldo gets there first and makes the clearance. |
| 12' | Julio Cesar saves Diego's volleyed shot from the edge of the area. |
| 11' | Werder's Finnish defender Petri Pasanen has a go from 35 yards. His ambitious effort sails into the Curva Nord. |
| 9' | Adriano's curling free kick is over the wall and into the arms of Tim Wiese. |
| 8' | Diego is yellow carded for dissent. |
| 8' | Free kick after Stankovic goes down under a sliding challenge from Frings. |
| 8' | A headed pass from Muntari finds Ibrahimovic. The Swede's brilliant volley it's a yard or so wide. |
| 6' | Julio Cesar saves a stinging shot from Mesut Özil. |
| 3' | The first chance of the second half goes our way as Adriano crashes wide from 20 yards. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the second half. |