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| 48' | Half time. Inter lead Catania 1-0 thanks to Stankovic's early header. The Nerazzurri were reduced to ten men just past the half hour when Muntari was shown a straight red card. |
| 48' | Another corner for the home side. Paolucci's cross is tipped clear by Julio Cesar and Santon starts a counter-attack down the left. |
| 48' | Paolucci's corner is cleared by Ibra. Capuano's shot from the loose ball is blocked. |
| 47' | Cordoba blocks Paolucci before he can cross, conceding a corner. |
| 46' | Capuano turns Maicon in the box and goes even closer with a curling shot that goes inches wide. |
| 45' | Three minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Catania go close to a half-time leveller as Cambiasso makes a last-ditch clearance from Morimoto. |
| 44' | The Swede's thunderous effort from the resulting free kick is over Bizzarri's bar. |
| 44' | Ibrahimovic is fouled in a central positio about 30 yards from goal. |
| 42' | Paolucci turns Cordoba in the box but the angle is too tight and his left-foot effort flies wide. |
| 39' | Santon blocks Morimoto's back-post volley from the resulting left-wing corner. |
| 39' | Paolucci is denied by Julio Cesar as Catania turn up the heat. |
| 38' | Capuano looks for openings down the middle but there's no way past Esteban 'Cuchu' Cambiasso. |
| 34' | Unbelievable miss by Mascara. The Catania number seven curls wide with just Julio Cesar to beat. |
| 32' | Inter down to ten men as Sulley Muntari is shown a straight red card after challenge from behind on Tedesco in the middle of the park. A bit harsh that. |
| 31' | Catania win a free kick inches outside our area after a foul by Cordoba on Mascara. |
| 31' | Julio Cesar reads Mascara's curling effort perfectly and makes the save. |
| 27' | Back at the other end Catania win a free kick. Paolucci wastes his free kick and Sulley Muntari makes an easy block. |
| 27' | Inter break and Muntari finishes off the move with a curling shot that is high over Bizzarri's crossbar. |
| 26' | Julio Cruz blazes over from the left edge of the Catania box. |
| 25' | Second-place Juventus are trailing Udinese by a goal to nil at the Stadio Friuli. |
| 23' | Julio Cesar outjumps Martinez at his back post, beating the Uruguayan to Tedesco's floated cross. |
| 22' | Ibra twists and turns in the Catania box before shaving the bar with a perfectly executed angled drive. |
| 21' | Julio Cesar makes a punched clearance from Capuano's left-wing cross. |
| 20' | Zlatan Ibrahimovic sends a fiercely struck free kick a yard wide of Bizzarri's left-hand post. |
| 18' | Catania attack back and Martinez sends a rising drive high and wide. |
| 17' | Stankovic blasts into the side-netting after running on to an Ibrahimovic pass. |
| 15' | Free kick to the Rosazzurri about 35 yards from goal. Paolucci plays into the area and Martinez tries to divert his cross on target but is unsuccessful. |
| 15' | Ibrahimovic is booked for diving in the Catania box. |
| 13' | Catania have a goal disallowed. Paolucci crashes home from close range but Rocchi blows for a foul by Morimoto on Burdisso. |
| 13' | Mascara is booked for protesting. |
| 11' | Morimoto gets into a shooting position after a short pass from Mascara but Nico Burdisso is right on the case and the Argentine defender blocks the Japanese winger. |
| 10' | Muntari gets into the Catania box but is swiftly intercepted by Stovini who sets up a counter-attack. |
| 5' | That was the Serbian midfielder's third of the season after efforts away to Roma and at home to Chievo. |
| 5' | GOAL!!!! Inter make the perfect start as Dejan Stankovic steals in behind Silvestre and powers home his header from Cruz' right-wing cross. CATANIA 0-1 INTER. |
| 5' | Javier Zanetti has a shot blocked by Bizzarri. |
| 4' | Bizzarri parries Cambiasso's second cross and Mascara boots to safety. |
| 4' | Inter win the first corner of the game. Cambiasso's cross is headed clear by Baiocco and it's another corner. |
| 3' | Stovini intercepts Muntari's lofted pass for Cruz, denying the Argentine a clear chance on goal. |
| 2' | Free kick to us out on the left wing. Maicon's inswinging cross is punched clear by Catania keeper Bizzarri. |
| 1' | Inter kick off. FORZA RAGAZZI! |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 16 Burdisso, 39 Santon; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 20 Muntari; 5 Stankovic; 9 Ibrahimovic, 8 Cruz.<br> Subs: 1 Toldo, 6 Maxwell, 7 Figo, 18 Crespo, 24 Rivas, 33 Mancini, 77 Quaresma. |
| 1' | Catania: 1 Bizzarri; 21 Silvestri, 4 Silvestre, 6 Stovini, 33 Capuano; 25 Martinez, 17 Baiocco, 19 Tedesco; 15 Morimoto, 9 Paolucci, 7 Mascara.<br> Subs: 20 Acerbis, 2 Sardo, 3 Sabato, 8 Ledesma, 11 Llama, 18 D'Amico, 24 Spinesi. |
| 1' | José Mourinho, suspended after being 'sent off' against Sampdoria, will watch the match from the stands. Vice coach Giuseppe Baresi will take his place in the dugout. |
| 1' | Up front it's Julio Cruz, back in the starting eleven for the first time since January's 1-1 draw with Cagliari, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who missed Sunday's match through suspension. |
| 1' | Back to tonight's clash and Inter make several changes to the team that beat Sampdoria 1-0 on Sunday evening. At the centre of defence Cordoba and Burdisso replace injured pair Chivu and Samuel, while Santon makes his third consecutive start at left-back. |
| 1' | When these two teams met in the second round of the season in Milan last September, Inter came from behind to win 2-1. |
| 1' | Welcome to a packed Stadio Massimino in Catania on the east coast of Sicily for tonight's Serie A Week 21 clash against Walter Zenga's Rosazzurri. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | That's it. Ten-man Inter beat Catania 2-0 and move six points clear at the top of the table. Ciao for now. See on Sunday for Inter v Torino. |
| 46' | Luis Figo replaces the excellent Dejan Stankovic. |
| 45' | Three minutes of added time. |
| 45' | More good news as Genoa have equalised at the Meazza, cancelling out David Beckham's free kick. |
| 44' | Catania sub D'Amico is yellow-carded for a foul on Ibrahimovic. |
| 43' | Inter replace Davide Santon with Nelson Rivas. |
| 42' | Catania bring on D'Amico for Martinez. |
| 41' | Zanetti has a go from a tight angle on the right. Bizzarri saves but the ball had already gone behind for a goal kick. |
| 40' | Martinez sets up Morimoto with an acrobatic pass but Cordoba intecepts. Moments later, Baiocco forces a tipped save from Julio Cesar. |
| 37' | Maxwell combines well with Ibrahimovic but Stovini intervenes. |
| 35' | Stovini sends a long-range effort way off target. |
| 32' | Good news from Italy's northeast. Udinese have doubled their lead against Juventus at the Stadio Friuli. |
| 31' | Catania bring on Spinesi for Paolucci. |
| 30' | Mascara blazes over from 25 yards after combining with Martinez. |
| 27' | Zenga makes his first change. Llama replaces Capuano. |
| 26' | IBRACADABRA!!!!! Zlatan beats the offside trap as he runs on to Stankovic's lofted pass and then lifts the ball over Bizzarri before slotting into an open goal. CATANIA 0-2 INTER. |
| 22' | Paolucci pokes into the six-yard box after weaving past three but Burdisso is alert to the danger and the Argentine makes the clearance. |
| 20' | Stankovic goes for goal from 30 yards but his right-foot shot is high and wide. |
| 19' | Substitution time. Julio Cruz makes way for Maxwell. |
| 18' | Back in the Catania third, Julio Cruz looks for the top left corner with a curling shot but it's high and wide. |
| 17' | End-to-end stuff at the Massimino as Julio Cesar keeps out a Mascarra shot. |
| 16' | Stankovic's right-wing cross for Cruz is intecepted by Silvestre. |
| 16' | Catania close as Mascara's long-range shot takes a deflection off Burdisso and cannons off the post. |
| 15' | Tedesco is yellow-carded for protesting after a foul by Ibra. |
| 13' | Stankovic chests down Stankovic's ball into the box and bursts past Capuano before forcing Bizzarri into a save. Bizzarri punches clear Cambiasso's cross from the resulting corner kick. |
| 12' | Martinez intercepts Stankovic on the edge of the box, conceding a corner. Nothing comes of Cambiasso's cross. |
| 10' | Julio Cesar scrambles down to his right and blocks Tedesco's low strike from 25 yards. |
| 8' | Baiocco's outswinging cross from the right is smothered by Julio Cesar. |
| 4' | Stankovic pumps the ball upfield and Cruz races for it but Bizzarri comes out of his area and boots to safety. |
| 2' | Ivan Cordoba wins the ball off Morimoto and makes a sliding clearance to avoid a Catania corner. |
| 1' | Catania kick off the second half. |