| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Half time. Inter lead Reggina by two goals to nothing. |
| 48' | At the other end, Obinna slices wide his left-foot shot from Ibrahimovic's headed pass. |
| 47' | Barillà goes through on goal but Julio Cesar has read the move to perfection and he thwarts the Reggina number 17. |
| 45' | Three minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Muntari blocks Cozza's long-range free kick. Reggina remain in the Inter third and Cozza has a second attempt on goal, his shot on the turn finishing wide. |
| 42' | Brilliant save by Julio Cesar from Barillà, who was through on goal with just the Inter keeper to beat. |
| 41' | Obinna comes on for Mancini. |
| 41' | Mario Balotelli hits a low shot wide. |
| 40' | Mancini has pulled up with an injury. Obinna has started his warm-up. |
| 38' | Cozza goes close with a well taken shot from just outside our box. The Reggina number ten's effort hits the side-netting. |
| 37' | Ibra goes for goal with a low shot from an almost impossible position on the left. Puggioni is taken by surprise but the Reggina shotstopper gets down to his right and blocks. |
| 34' | Ibrahimovic commits a foul on Valdez as he rises in the box to meet Maicon's outswinging cross. |
| 29' | Valdez beats the onrushing Santon to Muntari's ball over the Reggina defence. |
| 27' | Mario's inswinging cross is punched to safety by Puggioni. |
| 26' | Barillà is booked for chopping down Balotelli on the right wing. Another free kick. |
| 25' | Ibra's free kick hits the Amaranto wall. |
| 24' | Another free kick, in a more promising position this time, after a foul by Carmona on Balotelli. |
| 23' | Free kick to Inter on the right channel 25 metres from goal after a foul on Balotelli. Ibrahimovic slips as he shoots and the Reggina defence come forward on the break. |
| 22' | Another chance for the visitors after Muntari is dispossessed in the Inter third. Cozza unleashes a decent right-foot shot from 20 yards. It's not far over Julio Cesar's bar. |
| 20' | Costa pokes his shot wide as Reggina create a chance to reduce the gap. |
| 18' | Zlatan does better seconds later with a first-time shot that hits the inside of the post and goes out for a goal kick. |
| 18' | Ibrahimovic scuffs wide when it would have been easier to score after collecting Mario Balotelli's cross. |
| 16' | Brilliant ball out to the left by Muntari for Ibra. The Swede pokes through for Mancini but the Amaranto defence intercepts. |
| 12' | Zanetti, who today surpasses Giacinto Facchetti to become Inter's second most present player of all time, brilliantly blocks Barillà and brings the ball out of defence. |
| 10' | GOAL!!!! Zlatan Ibrahimovic shoots low under Puggioni and we're 2-0 up after just ten minutes of play. INTER 2-0 REGGINA. |
| 10' | Valdez is booked. |
| 10' | PENALTY!!!! Mancini weaves his way into the box from the left, forcing Valdez into a foul. Mazzoleni points to the spot. |
| 9' | Maicon pumps upfield for Balotelli but Santos has things covered. |
| 6' | Inter attack back and Maicon squeezes between two opponents in the box, earning us a corner kick. |
| 6' | GOAL!!!! Mario Balotelli's corner is cleared as far as... Mario Balotelli. The Italian whips in a cross and Stankovic backheels through to Cambiasso who lifts the ball over Puggioni. Not bad for a lad who is playing at centre-back today.INTER 1-0 REGGINA. |
| 4' | Adejo races on to a through ball but Maicon gets there first. |
| 3' | Reggina come forward on the counter-attack and Brienza has a shot saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 2' | Santon serves Mancini but the winger fails to control and Reggina clear. |
| 1' | What a gorgeous sunny day in Milan. Here we are at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, where the teams are warming up ahead of the three o'clock kick-off. |
| 1' | Ibra plays an inviting ball through to Mancini but the Brazilian is intercepted by his opposite number Santos. |
| 1' | Away we go in San Siro as Reggina kick off. FOOOORRRZZZA NERAZZURRI!!!! |
| 1' | Reggina: 1 Puggioni; 55 Lanzaro, 16 Valdez, 33 Santos; 40 Adejo, 8 Barreto, 35 Carmona, 17 Barillà, 3 Costa; 10 Cozza; 81 Brienza.<br> Subs: 26 Marino, 4 Cascione, 11 Ceravolo, 19 Krajicik, 77 Sestu, 86 Stuani, 88 Di Gennaro. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 24 Rivas, 19 Cambiasso, 39 Santon; 4 Zanetti, 5 Stankovic, 20 Muntari; 45 Balotelli; 8 Ibrahimovic, 33 Mancini.<br> Subs: 1 Toldo, 6 Maxwell, 9 Cruz, 11 Jimenez, 14 Vieira, 18 Crespo, 21 Obinna. |
| 1' | The Reggio Calabria outfit, who last won a Serie A match last November when they beat Atalanta 3-1, haven't scored away to Inter since 2001. |
| 1' | Juventus cut our lead to four points with their 4-1 win at Roma last nght. That will, of course, return to plus seven if we beat Serie A cellar dwellers Reggina, who haven't won a league fixture in 15 attempts. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 45' | Full time. Serie A leaders Inter beat Reggina 3-0 and stay seven points clear of second-placed Juventus. |
| 45' | Muntari hooks over the bar after Balotelli has a shot blocked. |
| 41' | Julio Cesar blocks a low shot from Sestu, who takes on Cambiasso after collecting a pass from Ceravolo. |
| 41' | Julio Cesar blocks a low shot from Sestu. |
| 39' | Nelson Rivas blocks Krajicik's driven cross from the right. |
| 38' | Brienza has a well struck strike from distance saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 35' | Balotelli's curling free kick is punched clear by Puggioni. Muntari's follow-up is over the bar. |
| 34' | Free kick to Inter, awarded for a foul by Barreto on Ibra. |
| 33' | And Mourinho makes his last change, bringing on Maxwell for the injured Jimenez. |
| 32' | Reggina replace the injured Adejo with Krajcik. |
| 31' | Balotelli blocks Barreto's free kick and Jimenez brings the ball out of defence. |
| 29' | Nevio Orlandi brings on Ceravolo for Cozza. |
| 27' | Sestu's curling cross from the left goes behind for a goal kick. |
| 25' | Balotelli's cross from the corner flag is caught by Puggioni. |
| 25' | Carmona intercepts Obinna's low cross from the right, conceding a corner. |
| 24' | Ibrahimovic's curling free kick is over the Amaranto wall and just over Puggioni's crossbar. |
| 23' | Inter break after clearing the corner and win a free kick in the Reggina third after a foul on Balotelli by Carmona, who is booked by Mazzoleni. |
| 22' | Reggina bring on Sestu for Barrilà. |
| 22' | Maicon keeps Adejo at bay, beating the Reggina winger to Brienza's cross and heading behind for a corner. |
| 21' | Substitution number two for Inter. Luis Jimenez replaces Dejan Stankovic. |
| 20' | Our Brazilian keeper makes two more saves from Barreto and Lanzaro. |
| 19' | A chance for Reggina. Adejo controls with his chest and sends a left-foot shot on target. Julio Cesar makes an easy save. |
| 16' | Balotelli forces a save from Puggioni with a right-foot snapshot from 20 yards. |
| 13' | IBRACADABRA!!!!! Zlatan Ibrahimovic dances past three opponents and, spotting Puggioni off his line, lobs the Reggina keeper. What a brilliant goal by the Swedish ace! INTER 3-0 REGGINA. |
| 11' | Balotelli's cross from the left corner flag is straight into the arms of Puggioni. |
| 11' | Mario Balotelli's free kick takes a deflection. Corner. |
| 10' | Valdez fouls Ibrahimovic in a central position approximately 25 metres from goal. |
| 6' | Reggina break and Santon is booked for a tactical foul on Brienza. |
| 6' | Cambiasso's header from the resulting corner, taken by Balotelli, is blocked and cleared by the Reggina defence. |
| 5' | Costa blocks a diagonal shot from Stankovic after some excellent approach play by Obinna. |
| 2' | Puggioni gets out quick and makes a smothering block as Stankovic combines well with Ibrahimovic. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the second half. |
| 1' | Obinna one-twos with Muntari in the box, firing wide from a tight angle after collecting the return pass. |