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| 46' | It's 0-0 after a lively first half at the Stadio Meazza. |
| 45' | One minute of overtime. |
| 45' | Inter close again as Crespo's angled shot is deflected behind by Ferrari. |
| 42' | Brilliant solo move by Chivu. Inspired by the presence of Diego Maradona, the Romanian captain weaves his way into the box but is eventually thwarted by the onrushing Scarpi. |
| 41' | Adriano curls over after collecting a pass from Muntari. |
| 39' | Scarpi is out quick to beat Crespo to Maicon's through ball. |
| 38' | Jimenez tests Scarpi with a fiercely struck shot from 25 yards. |
| 36' | Adriano's weak low shot from just outside the area trickles through to Scarpi. |
| 35' | Maicon storms past Milanetto on his way to the edge of the box and fires wide. |
| 34' | Sulley Muntari is booked for a late tackle on Ivan Juric. |
| 32' | Brazilians Maxwell and Adriano combine as Inter go close. The left-back crosses to the striker who outjumps his marker and heads on target. Scarpi saves. |
| 28' | Maicon takes the resulting free kick. Scarpi makes a punched clearance. |
| 27' | Juric is booked after a challenge from behind on Cristian Chivu. |
| 27' | Maxwell goes for goal with an ambitious cross-shot from the left. It's on target, forcing Scarpi into a save. |
| 26' | In acres of space on the left, Maxwell collects a Chivu pass and crosses to the far post, where Crespo counter-crosses. Genoa clear but Inter remain in attack and Luis Jimenez sends a right-wing cross-shot wide of the far post. |
| 24' | Adri dribbles two players before blasting wide from 25 yards. |
| 21' | Adriano's penalty kick is parried by Scarpi and Mesto heads behind for a corner. |
| 20' | Genoa down to ten men as Biava is shown a straight red card. |
| 19' | Inter win penalty after a sliding challenge on Adriano by Biava! |
| 17' | Luis Jimenez fires wide from distance as Inter strike back. |
| 16' | Vanden Borre wastes a golden opportunity to give Genoa the lead. The Belgian midfielder takes the ball past Toldo after a mistake by Samuel and has the goal gaping but Muntari wins the ball back with some courageous defending. |
| 16' | Muntari's low 25-yard shot is easily saved by Scarpi. |
| 12' | Cristian Chivu, playing in midfield for the second match running, overhits his floated pass into the box for Crespo. |
| 10' | Juric looks for Sculli with a low first-time cross from the left. Samuel intercepts and sets up a counter-attack. |
| 9' | Vanden Borre sycthes over from 20 yards as Genoa attack Inter. |
| 8' | Free kick to Inter on the right wing. Maicon's outswinging cross is headed over by Hernan Crespo. |
| 7' | Another cross by Crespo (who has started the match like a man possessed) for Adriano, but his pass is too high for the Inter number 10. |
| 5' | A good chance for Inter as Maxwell plays an inch-perfect ball through to Hernan Crespo who sends his angled shot wide of the far post with just Scarpi to beat. |
| 4' | Luis Jimenez controls the ball just outside the Genoa box and crashes his crisp right-foot shot wide of Scarpi's right-hand post. |
| 3' | Genoa's Bocchetti tests Toldo with a long-range effort. |
| 3' | Hernan Crespo crosses for Adriano. The Brazilian is closed down by Biava and Ferrari. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district for our first match of the 2008-2009 Tim Cup. |
| 1' | A corner for Inter in the opening seconds. Jimenez's cross is deflected behind for a second corner - cleared by the Rossoblu defence. |
| 1' | Gabriele Gava blows his whistle and Inter get the match under way. FORZA NERAZZURRI! |
| 1' | Genoa: 73 Scarpi; 25 Biava, 13 Ferrari, 26 Bocchetti, 23 Modesto; 7 Rossi, 77 Milanetto, 28 Juric; 68 Vanden Borre, 14 Sculli, 20 Mesto. |
| 1' | Inter: 1 Toldo; 13 Maicon, 16 Burdisso, 25 Samuel, 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 26 Chivu, 20 Muntari; 11 Jimenez; 18 Crespo, 10 Adriano. |
| 1' | Julio Cruz is ruled out through suspension, but Diego will have the chance to see Burdisso, Samuel, Zanetti and Crespo in cup action. Inter's other Argentine player, Esteban Cambiasso, is on the bench. |
| 1' | We have a very special guest in San Siro tonight. New Argentina coach Diego Armando Maradona, who met with José Mourinho at the training ground this afternoon, will watch some of his compatriots in action tonight. |
| 1' | The Tim Cup format has changed this season, with one-legged ties in the round of sixteen and quarter-final stages, a two-legged semi-final (4 March, 22 April) and a one-legged final (13 May). |
| 1' | It's another bitterly cold evening in Milan after Saturday's Cagliari clash, when the temperature dropped to -5 after the final whistle. |
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| 49' | Full time. Inter 1-1 Genoa. Extra time coming up. |
| 49' | Ferrari blocks Ibra's shot on the turn. Corner. |
| 45' | Four minutes of added time before the onset of the extra sort. |
| 44' | Ibrahimovic heads over Cambiasso's cross. |
| 43' | Maicon's cross from the right forces a tipped save from Scarpi. |
| 43' | Scarpi saves a rocket shot from Javier Zanetti. Ibra's follow-up is blocked by Rossi. |
| 41' | Genoa keeper Scarpi is booked for time-wasting. |
| 41' | Cambiasso steals in at the near post and heads wide Zanetti's right-wing cross. |
| 38' | Inter close to a second as Ibrahimovic rifles his long-range free kick just over. |
| 38' | Milanetto is yellow-carded for a foul on Cambiasso. |
| 34' | Genoa equalise through Marco Rossi, who finds the top left corner with an unstoppable right-foot shot. INTER 1-1 GENOA. |
| 34' | Obinna pulls wide his low left-foot shot from 20 yards. |
| 33' | Crespo goes through on goal after an inch-perfect through pass from Maicon but Scarpi denies the Argentine with a smothering save. |
| 31' | Goalscorer Adriano is replaced by Ibrahimovic. |
| 30' | And there's that goal! Maxwell crosses from the left and Adriano powers his header beyond Scarpi. INTER 1-0 GENOA. |
| 29' | Applause for Adriano after a powerful run down the left. |
| 28' | José makes his second change: Cambiasso on, Jimenez off. |
| 28' | Adriano controls Obinna's cross with his chest and sends an overhead kick on target. Scarpi saves. |
| 27' | Scarpi makes a two-fisted save from Zanetti and Milanetto blocks Jimenez' follow-up as Inter go close again. |
| 26' | Toldo makes a low save from Milanetto's curling cross. |
| 21' | Both players are back on their feet, and we're under way again. |
| 21' | Play interrupted again with Obinna and Milanetto flat out after a collision. |
| 18' | We need a goal soon. It's too cold for extra time! |
| 16' | Sculli is okay to continue and play resumes. |
| 15' | Play interrupted as Sculli requires treatment after an aerial duel with Chivu. |
| 14' | Bocchetti intercepts Maicon's pass for Crespo as Inter continue to churn out openings against ten-man Genoa. |
| 12' | Maxwell's attempt from Maicon's intelligent through pass is blocked by Papastathopoulos. |
| 10' | Maicon sidesteps two opponents on the edge of the box and narrowly misses with a well struck left-foot shot. |
| 9' | Inter win their fifth corner in as many minutes as Milanetto makes a sliding block after Maxwell's left-wing cross. |
| 8' | Gasperini makes his final change. Olivera replaces Vanden Borre. |
| 8' | Inter so close but Scarpi makes another vital save for Genoa. Obinna gets a dangerous cross in from the left and Adriano backheels on target but the Rossoblu keeper saves. Adriano goes for goal with a follow-up but Scarpi denies the Brazilian again. |
| 7' | Maicon does a Maradona but is denied by the feet of Scarpi. |
| 6' | Adriano climbs highest in the box and sends a looping header just over the bar after Maicon's cross from the right. |
| 5' | Juric makes a hooked clearance from Maicon's right-wing corner. |
| 4' | Genoa make a second switch, with Criscito replacing Modesto. |
| 3' | Chivu rifles wide after Genoa clear a Jimenez corner. |
| 2' | Obinna is straight into the action with a dangerous left-wing cross. Crespo just fails to connect at the far post. |
| 1' | Genoa kick off the second half. |
| 1' | Both teams have made half-time substitutions Gasperini has brought on Greek defender Papastathopoulos for Mesto, while Mourinho has replaced Muntari with Obinna. |
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| 15' | Maxwell goes close to a fourth but Scarpi tips round the Brazilian's chip shot from Ibra's through ball. |
| 15' | The first period of extra time ends with Inter in command. |
| 14' | GOAL!!!! Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores the cheekiest of goals to put us 3-1 up. With Scarpi way off his line, the Swedish ace pokes through the legs of the Genoa keeper. INTER 3-1 GENOA. |
| 12' | Ibra bursts past Juric down the right and crosses for Obinna. Milanetto intercepts. |
| 12' | Obinna is booked for a foul on Rossi. |
| 10' | Criscito fires way off target after latching on to Burdisso's clearance from Rossi's cross. |
| 10' | GOAL!!!! Esteban Cambiasso crashes home from close range after Scarpi fails to hold Ibrahimovic's thunderbolt shot. |
| 8' | Ferrari blocks Cambiasso's effort from Maxwell's cross. |
| 5' | Crespo narrowly misses the target as Scarpi tips over the Argentine's angled shot from Ibra's through ball. |
| 5' | Cambiasso misses by a matter of inches with his low shot from Obinna's pull-back. Crespo just fails to divert Cuchu's effort at the back post. |
| 4' | Ibrahimovic's low shot is parried by Scarpi. |
| 2' | Obinna's cross from the left spins off Milanetto and ends up in the arms of Scarpi. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the first period of extra time. |
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| 15' | Chivu makes a headed clearance from Juric's right-wing free kick. |
| 15' | Full time. Inter beat Genoa 3-1 after extra time and will face Roma in next week's quarter-final. See you on Sunday for the all-Nerazzurri derby against Atalanta in Bergamo. |
| 14' | Francesco Toldo makes a diving save from Olivera's curling free kick. |
| 13' | Ibrahimovic has a shot saved by Scarpi. |
| 11' | Cristian Chivu fires over the bar from 25 yards. |
| 6' | Scarpi gets down to save Ibrahimovic's low 25-yard strike. |
| 1' | Genoa get the second period of extra time under way. |