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| 46' | Half time. Inter 0-0 Barcelona. |
| 46' | Ibra backheels through to Messi but the Swede overhits his pass and Julio Cesar makes the ball his. |
| 45' | One minute of additional time. |
| 45' | Barça launch a fast counter-attack and the unpredictable Lionel Messi forces a tipped save from Julio Cesar. Nothing comes of the resulting corner. |
| 44' | Sneijder swings in a free kick from a deep position out on the left. Daniel Alves heads to safety. |
| 43' | Julio Cesar smothers the ball, denying Ibra a clear chance from Messi's through pass. |
| 41' | Keita misses a sitter as Barcelona come back at the Nerazzurri. |
| 40' | Piqué intercepts Eto'o's low cross for Milito after a moment of defensive suicide by Abidal. |
| 39' | Messi unleashes a fierce 20-yard shot. Samuel blocks it with his back. |
| 38' | Inter attack back. Milito gets to the byline and crosses for Eto'o. Valdes snatches the ball. |
| 37' | Thierry Henry receives a short pass from Ibrahimovic before sending wide a left-footed shot. |
| 34' | Back in our half, Xavi floats a pass into the box. Messi fails to connect. |
| 33' | Wesley Sneijder sidesteps Keita with a deft touch of the ball and sends his snapshot over the bar. |
| 32' | Muntari shoots from an impossible angle. His effort takes Valdes by surprise but it's off target. |
| 29' | Inter hit Barça on the break and Milito forces a save from Valdes with a crisp low shot. |
| 23' | Barcelona winger Keita sends a 20-yard shot wide of the target. |
| 20' | Ibrahimovic makes a headed clearance from Sneijder's right-wing corner and Barça come surging forward on the break. Messi is stopped in his tracks by Cristian Chivu, who times his tackle to perfection. |
| 16' | Stark blows for a foul in the box by Ibrahimovic after Daniel Alves' right-wing cross takes a dangerous deflection. |
| 15' | Brilliant sliding tackle by Lucio on Ibra as Barcelona launch a counter-attack. |
| 12' | Maicon gets into a shooting position and sends his 20-yard swerving drive over the crossbar. |
| 9' | Totally unmarked in the box, Messi sees his header from Xavi's pass blocked by Lucio. Xavi follows up with a better attempt, but Julio Cesar says no to the Spaniard. |
| 8' | Another scoring opportunity for Barcelona as Zlatan Ibrahimovic blasts wide from an inviting position inside the area. |
| 7' | Daniel Alves collects the ball on the right side of our area and sends a low drive wide of Julio Cesar's right-hand post. |
| 6' | Sneijder plays an intelligent ball into the area but Valdes gets to it before Milito. |
| 2' | Julio Cesar gets down low to his left and blocks Messi's low shot on goal after a darting run by the Argentine. |
| 1' | That long hot summer we were talking about before Inter-Parma on Sunday has come to an abrupt end. The temperature has dropped sharply, it's raining, and it's already coat-wearing time in Milan. |
| 1' | Inter kick off and the Meazza roars. FORZA INTER!!!! |
| 1' | Here we go with the lineups: <br> Inter: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Chivu; Muntari, Zanetti, Thiago Motta; Sneijder; Eto'o, Milito.<br>Barcelona: Valdes; Daniel Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Abidal; Xavi Hernandez, Touré, Keita, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Henry. |
| 1' | But the atmosphere at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza tonight is red hot as the Inter fans prepare to welcome the Nerazzurri for our first match of the 2009/10 Champions League. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | That's it. Inter's 2009/10 Champions League campaign starts with a 0-0 draw with reigning European champions Barcelona. |
| 45' | Two minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Messi's curling free kick sails wide of Julio Cesar's right-hand post. |
| 45' | Chivu is shown a yellow card for a foul on Lionel Messi. |
| 40' | Inter bring on Mario Balotelli for Diego Milito. |
| 39' | The resulting free kick is taken by Eto'o. His low effort is saved by Valdes. |
| 38' | Eto'o plays through to the onrushing Santon and the 18-year-old full-back goes down under a challenge from Touré, who gets a booking. |
| 36' | Maicon swings in a high free kick from the right wing. Valdes saves. |
| 35' | Substitution number two for Inter. Davide Santon on, Wesley Sneijder off. |
| 34' | Ibra has a shot blocked by Samuel and Milito makes a headed clearance from the resulting corner, taking by Xavi. |
| 32' | Guardiola shuffles his pack. Andres Iniesta replaces Thierry Henry. |
| 29' | Another dodgy offside decision as Milito is stopped by the flag. |
| 28' | Incredible miss by Messi. The Barcelona number ten connects with Henry's cross-shot and slides over the crossbar from six yards out. |
| 25' | Messi creates havoc with one of his trademark runs but the Argentine bumps into Maicon, who brings the ball out of defence with one of his trademark runs. |
| 23' | Keita flashes a dangerous low cross into our six-yard box. Luckily for us, Ibrahimovic fails to connect. |
| 21' | Ibra darts into our box from the right but runs into a Stankovic-Samuel sandwich. Inter hit Barça on the break and Milito shrugs off challenges from Abidal and Puyol before Stankovic rifles narrowly over. |
| 20' | The flag goes up as Eto'o latches on to Maicon's pass from the right wing, but the Cameroonian looked to be level. |
| 18' | Ibrahimovic fires wide from distance. |
| 17' | Mourinho makes his first substitution. Dejan Stankovic comes on for Sulley Muntari. |
| 17' | Keita's placed shot from just outside our box goes way over the bar. |
| 16' | With a bicycle kick Lucio clears Messi's skywards header from Abibal's whipped cross. |
| 15' | Ibra is flagged for offside as he muscles past Samuel to reach Xavi's low through ball. |
| 13' | Samuel does brilliantly to intercept Messi's high ball over the defence for Henry. |
| 12' | Lucio commits a foul in the Barcelona area after a teasing right-wing free kick from Sneijder. |
| 9' | Out comes the first card. It goes to Thierry Henry for foul play. |
| 8' | Henry gets to the byline and looks for Messi with his pull-back. Cristian Chivu makes a last-gasp interception. |
| 5' | Thiago Motta sends a 25-yard shot on target. Valdes saves. |
| 3' | And a chance for Barça at the other end. Xavi plays a looping pass over our defence and Zlatan hooks over. |
| 2' | A chance for Inter. Eto'o serves Sneijder after brilliantly controlling the ball and the Dutchman sends his low shot a whisker wide of Valdes' left-hand post. |
| 1' | Barcelona get the match restarted. |