| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Pierpaoli blows for half time. Inter 0-0 Cagliari. |
| 45' | Two minutes of added time. |
| 45' | An inspired Zanetti powers his way past three players and crosses. It's blocked and Inter win a corner. |
| 44' | Inter hit Cagliari on the break. Cruz curls wide from 25 yards. |
| 44' | Cordoba blocks Acquafresca's overhead kick after a cross from Pisano. |
| 43' | Marchetti grasps Figo's high cross from the resulting corner kick. |
| 43' | Another shot from Javier Zanetti. Another save from Federico Marchetti. |
| 42' | Zanetti rifles a stunning right-foot shot on target from the right edge of the Cagliari box. Marchetti makes a diving save. |
| 41' | Inter hit back and Marchetti is forced into a tipped save from Zanetti's deflected right-wing cross. |
| 40' | Biondini is flagged offside as Acquafresca chests down Fini's cross from the right. |
| 39' | Ibrahimovic wins us a corner after taking on Astori and Canini after a pass from Chivu. Nothing comes of Figo's cross from the left corner flag. |
| 36' | Canini beats Cruz to Figo's low ball from the right, conceding a corner. Cordoba's header from Cambiasso's corner is over the bar. |
| 30' | Free kick to Cagliari on the left after a Figo foul on Biondini. Fini's cross is headed clear by Zanetti but Cossu pounces on the loose ball and tests Julio Cesar. |
| 29' | Sulley Muntari spots an opening and crashes a fierce left-foot shot wide of Marchetti's right-hand post. |
| 28' | Good chance for Inter. Samuel steals in and pokes wide Cambiasso's inswinging free kick. |
| 27' | Free kick to Inter on the right edge of the Cagliari area after a Biondini foul on Figo. |
| 26' | Luis floats his free kick into the box and Cruz gets behind the defence before heading wide. |
| 25' | Free kick to Inter after a sliding challenge by Jeda on Figo. |
| 25' | Samuel, sporting a head bandage, is back on the field. |
| 22' | Inter momentarily down to ten men as Samuel receives treatment to a head wound. Chivu has temporarily switched to his customary position at the centre of defence. |
| 22' | Cagliari win their first corner of the game. Cossu's cross is saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 20' | Biondini is flagged for offside as he collects Jeda's pass on the left edge of our box. |
| 17' | Cambiasso's inswinging cross from the right corner flag is saved by Marchetti. |
| 17' | Another corner to Inter as Figo has a cross blocked. |
| 16' | Pierpaoli blows for a foul by Biondini on Chivu as the Cagliari midfielder goes through on goal. |
| 15' | Ibra's looping header from Chivu's corner is saved by Marchetti. |
| 15' | Inter win a corner as Ibrahimovic's left-wing cross spins off Canini. |
| 14' | Cagliari come back at the Nerazzurri and Biondini has an angled effort blocked by Julio Cesar. |
| 13' | Inter attack back and Cruz holds off a challenge from Astori before playing low to Ibrahimovic, whose low shot is saved by Marchetti. |
| 12' | Figo's right-wing cross is cleared by Canini and Cagliari launch a counter-attack which ends as an Agostini left-wing cross finishes in the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 8' | Ibrahimovic rifles wide after a short pass from Luis Figo. |
| 6' | Cagliari back on the attack as Michele Fini swings in a cross from the right, forcing Cordoba into a headed clearance. |
| 5' | All that in the space of a minute! |
| 5' | End to end stuff as the Nerazzurri come storming back into the Cagliari half. Ibrahimovic collects a long pass and lays off to Chivu who blasts wide from the edge of the box. |
| 5' | The Rossoblu attack Inter and Julio Cesar is forced into a punched clearance. |
| 5' | Maxwell goes on one of his mazy runs and fires a shot on target from 20 metres. Cagliari custodian Marchetti saves. |
| 1' | Welcome to a freezing Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for our first match of the new year. |
| 1' | Pierpaoli blows his whistle and we're underway at the Meazza as Inter kick off. FORZA RAGAZZI!!!!!! |
| 1' | Cagliari: 22 Marchetti; 14 Pisano, 13 Astori, 21 Canini, 31 Agostini; 23 Fini, 5 Conti, 8 Biondini; 7 Cossu; 27 Jeda, 9 Acquafresca. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 4 Zanetti, 2 Cordoba, 25 Samuel, 6 Maxwell; 7 Figo, 19 Cambiasso, 20 Muntari, 26 Chivu; 9 Cruz, 8 Ibrahimovic. |
| 1' | Javier Zanetti slots in at right-back, with the versatile Cristian Chivu coming in at left midfield. Luis Figo will play on the right wing, behind the front pairing of Cruz and Ibrahimovic. |
| 1' | José Mourinho is without two important players for tonight's clash. Maicon, who scored both goals in our win at Siena before the Christmas break, misses the match through suspension, while Dejan Stankovic is ruled out with a twisted left knee. |
| 1' | A win tonight will be our ninth in a row, and will see us open up a nine-point gap at the top of the table ahead of tomorrow's fixtures. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Full time. Inter 1-1 Cagliari. See on Tuesday for Inter v Genoa, the first match of our Coppa Italia campaign. |
| 49' | Mancini slots home after Quaresma's free kick but the goal is disallowed for offside. |
| 48' | Cagliari coach Allegri makes his last change. On comes Parola for Biondini. |
| 47' | Zanetti leads by example. Il Capitano intercepts Matri with some vintage defending and runs half the length of the pitch before winning us a free kick. |
| 45' | Four minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Cossu's curling free kick from the left is caught by Julio Cesar. |
| 43' | Cossu is booked by Pierpaoli. |
| 41' | Muntari shaves the post with a low shot after one-twoing with Cruz. |
| 39' | Acquafresca pays for that missed chance with a substitution. On comes Matri for Cagliari. |
| 38' | What a let-off for the Nerazzurri. Acquafresca shoots over from inside the six-yard box after a brilliant one-handed block by Julio Cesar from Cossu. |
| 37' | Muntari is yellow-carded for a foul on Biondini. |
| 37' | Marchetti saves Ibrahimovic's header from Quaresma's left-wing cross. |
| 36' | Cagliari bring on Lazzari for Fini. |
| 35' | Cossu shoots straight at Julio Cesar as Cagliari come looking for a second. |
| 31' | GOAL!!!!!!! Crespo turns Fini and delivers a low cross to the far post where Ibrahimovic is on hand to slot home the equaliser. Inter 1-1 Cagliari. |
| 30' | Quaresma tests Marchetti with an angled shot after turning Fini with a beautiful piece of skill. |
| 29' | Inter on the rack as Acquafresca turns Zanetti and shoots just over. |
| 27' | Biondini's shot from Jeda's short pass is wide as Cagliari create a good chance to increase their lead. |
| 25' | Quaresma's deep floated cross is straight into the arms of Marchetti. |
| 24' | Conti's header from a Cagliari right-wing corner is saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 23' | Inter bring on Mancini for Figo and Crespo for Samuel. |
| 22' | Figo clears a weakly taken Cagliari corner. |
| 21' | Mourinho is preparing a double substitution. |
| 20' | GOAL. Cagliari take the lead against the run of play. Inter-owned Acquafresca chests down a pass from Fini on the edge of the box and fires past Julio Cesar. Inter 0-1 Cagliari. |
| 16' | Cruz has a sliding shot saved by Marchetti after Maxwell's cross from Figo's short pass. |
| 15' | Still no breakthrough at the Meazza as Cambiasso's curling free kick goes behind for a Cagliari goal kick. |
| 14' | Quaresma swings in a cross from the right. Astori heads to safety. |
| 12' | Ibrahimovic heads over Maxwell's cross as Cagliari struggle to find a way out of their own half. |
| 12' | Astori intercepts Cambiasso's return pass for Figo, denying the Portuguese veteran a clear scoring chance. |
| 10' | Another chance for Ibra but his header from Muntari's floated cross is wayward. |
| 9' | Ibra slots wide from close range after meeting Zanetti's cut-back. |
| 8' | It's all Quaresma in these opening minutes of the second half. The Portuguese receives from Ibrahimovic and unleashes one of his trivela crosses which takes a slight deflection before finishing in the arms of Marchetti. |
| 6' | Julio Cruz plays short to Quaresma whose angled shot is wide of Marchetti's left-hand post. |
| 4' | Quaresma blasts into the Curva Sud from 25 yards. |
| 2' | Quaresma crosses from the left byline. Astori beats Cruz to the ball and Jeda boots to safety. |
| 1' | Cagliari get the second half under way. |
| 1' | Mourinho has made a half-time switch. Quaresma is on for Cordoba, who has a back problem. |