| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Inter lead Anorthosis by a goal to nil at the break. |
| 46' | Free kick to Inter. Costantinou almost scores an own goal, heading behind Mancini's left-wing cross. |
| 45' | 1 minute of added time. |
| 44' | GOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!!! Adriano heads home Maicon's right-wing cross, and we're in front at the Giuseppe Meazza. INTER 1-0 ANORTHOSIS. |
| 42' | Bardon's low cross from the right is smothered by Francesco Toldo. |
| 36' | Ibrahimovic's splendid whipped cross from the right forces Beqaj into a diving save. |
| 34' | Trainos Dellas shoots from 25 yards. His sliced effort isn't far wide of the right-wing corner flag. |
| 33' | Costantinou, the only Cypriot on the pitch, makes a headed clearance from Maicon's right-wing cross to thwart Ibra. |
| 31' | A corner for Inter as Mancini's long-range effort comes off Costantinou. |
| 28' | Mancini whips in a cross from the left. It's too long for Ibrahimovic. |
| 27' | Back under the Curva Sud, Ibrahimovic capitalises on a defensive mistake by Dellas and has a cracking shot saved by Beqaj. |
| 26' | Maicon dispossesses his compatriot Savio as Anorthosis venture into our half of the pitch. |
| 23' | It's all Inter at the Meazza. Adriano has a shot blocked. |
| 22' | Magic from Ibra. The Swede controls Cambiasso's pass with his right heel and then sends an angled left-foot shot wide of the target. |
| 18' | Constantinou gets a boot to Muntari's quick cross, denying Mancini a clear chance on goal. |
| 17' | Adri unleashes a left-footer from 25 yards after meeting Muntari's ball square, but he drags his shot wide of Beqaj's left-hand post. |
| 16' | More flowing football from Inter. Adriano fires wide after some brilliant approach play by Stankovic and Cambiasso. |
| 13' | Stankovic just fails to get on the end of Ibrahimovic's floated cross-shot from the right as Inter maintain their push for an early goal. |
| 11' | A very ambitious shot from Mancini (about 35 yards out). It ends up in the Curva Sud. |
| 10' | Brilliant move by the Nerazzurri. Adriano surges down the right and lays off to Maicon who floats in a cross. At the far post Mancini taps back to Sulley Muntari, whose shot is blocked by the right foot of Beqaj. |
| 9' | Another chance for Inter as Ibra holds off a challenge and passes square to Adriano, but the Brazilian overhits his through ball for Mancini. |
| 7' | Dejan Stankovic, who scored a brilliant goal against Roma at the weekend, rifles over the bar from 30 yards out. |
| 6' | At the other end, Mancini beats the offside trap but fails to control Adriano's long pass. |
| 5' | Dellas' thunderous low effort from the free kick is punched clear by Francesco Toldo, in for Julio Cesar tonight. |
| 5' | The Anorthosis fans get vocal as their team win two corners in quick succession. |
| 4' | The Cypriots win a free kick around 30 metres from goal after a Muntari foul on Savio. |
| 3' | An early chance for Inter as Maicon beats Anorthosis keeper Beqaj to Mancini's left-wing corner before heading wide. |
| 2' | Mancini has a shot blocked by Serbian defender Ocokoljic after a pass from Muntari. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for tonight's Champions League Group B top-of-the-table clash between Inter and Anorthosis Famagusta. |
| 1' | Away we go in San Siro. Inter kick off. |
| 1' | Here are the lineups: <br>Inter: Toldo; Maicon, Cordoba, Chivu, Zanetti; Stankovic, Cambiasso, Muntari; Adriano, Ibra, Mancini.<br> Anorthosis: Beqaj; Ocokoljic; Katsavakis, Constantinou, Leiwakabessy; Dobrasinovic, Dellas; Bardon, Savio, Laban; Sosin. |
| 1' | The teams are out warming up and Anorthosis have brought loads of fans along with them - there's half of Cyprus in the Curva Sud. |
| 1' | Defending Italian champions Inter beat the Greeks in Matchday 1 before drawing at home to Bremen three weeks ago. |
| 1' | Anorthosis, who won four games out of six in the qualifying rounds, are the surprise team of the Champions League so far, having beaten Panathinaikos at home after holding Werder Bremen in Germany. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time. Inter 1-0 Anorthosis Famagusta. |
| 48' | Quaresma wins us a corner deep in added time after a counter-attack launched by Ibra. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Back in our half, Hawar Taher sends a long-range over Toldo's crossbar. |
| 44' | Julio Cruz drills a low shot inches wide of Beqaj's right-hand post. |
| 43' | Anorhosis bring on Nikolaos Frousos for Sinisa Dobrasinovic |
| 43' | Ocokoljic delivers a right-wing cross. Chivu boots out for a throw. |
| 40' | Ibrahimovic's low shot from 25 yards is saved by Beqaj. |
| 39' | Ocokoljic blocks Quaresma's angled shot from the left as Inter look to make the result safe. |
| 38' | ...and Nicolas Burdisso for the injured Esteban Cambiasso. |
| 37' | José makes a double change: Julio Cruz for Adriano... |
| 36' | Ibra and Adri combine well but the Brazilian's final pass for Quaresma is intercepted. |
| 34' | French midfielder Vincent Laban tries to lob Toldo from 30 yards, but there's no fooling Francesco. |
| 33' | Quaresma's cross-shot from the right is caught by Beqaj. |
| 31' | Anorthosis make their second switch: Klimenti Tsitaishvili replaces Cédric Bardon. |
| 30' | Quaresma darts into the box from the right and tries a trivela. It's high and wide. |
| 28' | Bardon tries to dribble through a wall of Nerazzurri players. Needless to say, he is unsuccessful. Inter hit straight back and Muntari heads over. |
| 25' | Stankovic tries an overhead kick. There's not much power in it, and Constantinou heads behind for a corner. |
| 23' | Great chance for the Nerazzurri. Ibra runs on to a pass from Adriano, takes the ball into the box and slots wide of the far post with just Beqaj to beat. |
| 18' | Substitution time. Quaresma comes on for Mancini. |
| 17' | Katsavakis is booked for a foul on Adriano. |
| 16' | At the other end Maicon makes a headed clearance from a Savio cross. |
| 15' | Muntari wins the ball off Constantinou on the left and crosses into the six-yard box. Ibrahimovic's effort is off-target. |
| 13' | Ibrahimovic shoots straight at Beqaj after a darting run to the edge of the box. |
| 8' | Another chance for the Nerazzurri. Beqaj intercepts Ibrahimovic's fast low cross, denying Adriano a tap-in. |
| 4' | And Inter go close to doubling their lead through Muntari, who heads over a right-wing cross from Mancini. |
| 2' | Anorthosis close to an equaliser as Katsavakis heads over Savio's free kick. |
| 1' | Anorthosis kick off the second half. |
| 1' | The Cypriots have brought on Hawar Taher for Lukasz Sosin. |