1st half
2nd half
Minute | Text commentary |
49' | Roma lead 1-0 at the break but there is plenty to suggest that we can turn the result around after the interval. |
48' | Those three minutes become four after Menez' protests. |
46' | Menez is booked for protesting. |
45' | Three minutes more to play. |
45' | Milito gets away from Andreolli on the left and shoots from an acute angle. His effort is blocked and Inter win a corner. |
45' | We're approaching half time and there are sure to be a few extra minutes after stoppages for injuries to Mexes and De Rossi. |
42' | Julio Sergio gets down to save Thiago Motta's central low shot. |
40' | Sulley Muntari is booked for foul play. |
38' | Muntari's superb cross-shot from a tight angle on the left is deftly tipped over by Julio Sergio. |
37' | Pizarro plays his free kick short to Riise, whose fierce low shot takes a slight deflection and goes inches wide. |
36' | The Meazza roars its disapproval as Rocchi awards Roma a free kick in a dangerous position after a foul by Thiago Motta on Menez. |
34' | Ranieri brings on Faty for De Rossi. |
31' | De Rossi walks to the touchline after a collision with Patrick Vieira. Roma look set to make an early subtitution. |
30' | Eto'o crosses to Stankovic and the Serbian plays quickly into the six-yard box. Mexes makes the clearance. |
26' | A dramatic moment at the other end as Julio Sergio just beats Stankovic to a ball in the six-yard box, followed by some jittery defending by Mexes. |
25' | Pizarro wastes a free kick, floating his cross into no man's land. Goal kick to Inter. |
23' | Vucinic wins Roma a free kick after a foul by Vieira, takes it quickly and wins a corner after his deflected shot. |
21' | Stankovic, Eto'o and Muntari come forward on the counter but Roma are defending in numbers to protect their early lead. |
20' | The French defender hobbles to the touchline and Gianluca Rocchi resumes play. |
19' | Play interrupted as the Meazza with Mexes requiring medical attention after an aerial duel. |
18' | Brilliant ball by Muntari for Milito. The Ghanaian's pass is inch-perfect and the Argentine goes through on goal but Julio Sergio is out quick to block and Roma's Brazilian keeper concedes a corner. |
17' | Maicon tests Julio Sergio with a swerveshot from 30 yards. |
13' | It's third time lucky for Mirko Vucinic. The Roma number nine climbs in the box and sends a looping header beyond Julio Cesar after beating Lucio to Motta's floated cross. INTER 0-1 ROMA. |
12' | Stankovic scythes a 25-yard over the bar after a darting move down the right by Eto'o. |
11' | Eto'o gets a low cross in from the right. Milito is beaten to the ball. |
10' | Maicon swings in a free kick from the left. It's headed away by the Roma rearguard. |
8' | Roma captain De Rossi wastes a free kick, blasting his effort way over. |
6' | Another chance for Vucinic under the Curva Nord. This time the Montenegrin blazes his 20-yard shot over the bar. |
5' | Dejan Stankovic's free kick is cleared by the Roma defence. |
3' | Vucinic goes through on goal but Lucio gets back well to intercept the Roma striker. |
1' | Inter-Roma brings us to the end of a rainy weekend in Milan, and precedes the third international break of the season. A win tonight will see the Nerazzurri go off for national service with a seven-point lead intact with almost a third of the season gone. |
1' | Roma: 27 Julio Sergio; 13 Motta, 3 Andreolli, 5 Mexes, 17 Riise; 33 Brighi, 7 Pizarro, 20 Perrotta; 16 De Rossi; 9 Vucinic, 94 Menez.
<br>Subs: 1 Lobont, 19 Baptista, 14 Faty, 21 Guberti, 22 Tonetto, 77 Cassetti, 89 Okaka. |
1' | Roma: 27 Julio Sergio; 13 Motta, 3 Andreolli, 5 Mexes, 17 Riise; 33 Brighi, 7 Pizarro, 20 Perrotta; 16 De Rossi; 9 Vucinic, 94 Menez.
<br>Subs: 1 Lobont, 19 Baptista, 14 Faty, 21 Guberti, 22 Tonetto, 77 Cassetti, 89 Okaka. |
1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 25 Samuel, 6 Lucio, 4 Zanetti; 11 Muntari, 14 Vieira, 8 Thiago Motta; 5 Stankovic; 22 Milito, 9 Eto'o<br>
Subs: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 10 Sneijder, 19 Cambiasso, 26 Chivu, 30 Mancini, 45 Balotelli. |
1' | We're under way as Roma kick off. FORZA INTER! |
1' | The teams are out for the warm-up. José Mourinho has made several changes to the team that won in Kiev, bringing in Vieira, Muntari and Thiago Motta for Cambiasso, Sneijder and Zanetti in midfield. The captain switches to left-back in place of Chivu. |
1' | Both teams have had a few days to rest after their midweek efforts in Europe, so we should be in for an entertaining encounter between two teams who have produced some classic encounters in recent years. The same fixture last year ended in a 3-3 draw. |
Minute | Text commentary |
48' | Gianluca Rocchi blows for full time. Inter hold Roma 1-1 and take a five-point lead over Juventus into the international break. See you on Saturday 21 November at 18:00CET for Bologna-Inter. |
47' | Diego Milito crashes into the back of the net after latching on to Sneijder's headed pass but the Argentine is flagged offside. |
45' | Three minutes of added time. |
40' | Balotelli drives across the face of the six-yard box after receving from Eto'o. Milito can't get the winning touch. |
38' | Samuel Eto'o looks for goal number seven in Serie A but his shot is wide. |
38' | Balotelli swings in a cross from the right and Mexes makes another aerial clearance. |
37' | Mexes makes a headed clearance from Maicon's corner but there's no Roma team-mate far upfield enough to mount a counter. |
36' | Balotelli commits a foul just before trying an overhead kick from Eto'o's cross. |
35' | A chance for Roma. Julio Cesar gets down to his right and blocks Faty's low shot. Lucio plays the ball to safety. |
34' | Ex-Inter defender Andreolli wins a duel with Milito in the area and makes a headed clearance from Maicon's cross. |
33' | Pizarro is booked for a rash challenge on his old team-mate Stankovic. |
33' | Pizarro's inswinging free kick is headed away by the Inter defence. |
30' | Change number three for Roma. Max Tonetto replaces Jeremy Menez. |
29' | Lucio brings the ball out of defence, lays it off and continues his run towards the Roma box, but Mexes makes a headed clearance. |
25' | Roma sub Okaka gets past Zanetti and Stankovic during a mazy run down the middle, blazing over after one-twoing with Pizarro. |
24' | Sneijder's shot bounces back off the Roma wall. |
24' | Pizarro fouls Sneijder around 30 metres from goal. Ideal territory for the Dutchman. |
23' | Ranieri makes his second change. Mirko Vucinic is replaced by Stefano Okaka Chuka. |
20' | Sparks fly as Mexes and Balotelli mouth words at each other after strong run down the right by the Italian striker. |
19' | Mourinho brings on Esteban Cambiasso for Thiago Motta. |
18' | Julio Cesar blocks a Menez volley with his fists and Maicon boots the loose ball out for a corner. |
17' | Dejan Stankovic is booked for a foul from behind on Motta. |
15' | Stankovic unleashes a shot from distance. It's high over the bar. |
10' | Riise's driven shot from the resulting free kick is off target. Perrotta runs back on to the pitch. |
9' | Play is temporarily halted as Perrotta is stretchered off. |
9' | Thiago Motta is yellow-carded for a crunching tackle on Perrotta. |
5' | Menez drifts across the face of our area and wins Roma a corner after his shot takes a deflection. |
3' | GOAL!!!! Maicon's cross arrives at the feet of Thiago Motta after a bit of pinball in the area. The Brazilian serves Samuel Eto'o, who turns and fires a crisp shot past Julio Sergio. INTER 1-1 ROMA. |
1' | Inter get the second half started. |
1' | Inter have made two half-time substitutions. Mario Balotelli and Wesley Sneijder are on for Sulley Muntari and Patrick Vieira. |