1st half
2nd half
Minute | Text commentary |
47' | Half time. Ten-man Inter lead AC Milan 1-0 at the break. |
47' | Borriello gets between two defenders but can't reach Beckham's high ball into the box. |
46' | Santon's pass into the area for Pandev is intercepted by Thiago Silva. |
45' | Two minutes of injury time. |
45' | Pirlo gets into a shooting position and fires his 20-yard shot over the bar. |
43' | Pirlo's weak left-wing free kick is easily cleared by the Inter defence. |
43' | Pandev goes down under a challenge from Abate as both players duel for Lucio's long ball into the box. The Macedonian has his penalty claim turned down. |
42' | Free kick to Inter at the other end. Esteban Cambiasso's low shot is blocked by the AC wall. |
41' | Inter's goalkeeper coach Silvino is booked for protesting. |
39' | Pirlo's free kick takes a deflection off the Inter wall and goes over. Nothing comes from the corner. |
38' | Muntari is yellow-carded for bringing down Gattuso in a central position 20 yards from goal. |
37' | From attack to defence, El Principe makes a headed clearance from a left-wing corner taken by Pirlo. |
36' | Diego Milito races into the box from the left, getting past Abate before Gennaro Gattuso makes a last-gasp tackle. |
31' | Ronaldinho connects with Abate's right-wing cross but he can't get his overhead kick on target. |
30' | Ronaldinho receives on the edge of our area but there's no way past Walter 'The Wall' Samuel. |
28' | Favalli is booked for kicking out at Diego Milito. |
28' | Julio Cesar makes a brilliant one-handed parry to deny the Rossoneri an equaliser. |
26' | Drama at the Meazza as Wesley Sneijder is red-carded for applauding Rocchi's decision to book Lucio. |
26' | Lucio is booked for diving, but Ambrosini appeared to make contact from behind with the Brazilian. |
25' | Sneijder works the ball to Pandev in the area. Rocchi blows for a foul by the Macedonian on veteran defender Favalli. |
23' | Lucio intercepts Pirlo's high pass for Borriello and clears with a spectacular bicycle kick |
22' | Pandev receives from Cambiasso just outside the Milan area and fires a low shot at Dida. |
19' | Julio Cesar makes an easy save from David Beckham's soft right-wing cross. |
19' | Maicon floats a deep cross into the path of Pandev, who is flagged offside. |
17' | Another swift attack by the Nerazzurri. Muntari plays to Sneijder and the Inter number 10 looks for Pandev in the area. Thiago Silva intercepts. |
16' | Maicon receives from Muntari, turns and shoots. Favalli blocks but the Brazilian regains possession and crosses into the six-yard box. Dida saves. |
15' | It's three versus three as Inter hit Milan on the break. Pandev plays wide to Milito who sees his diagonal shot parried away by Dida. |
14' | Muntari fouls Gattuso from behind and the Rossoneri are awarded a free kick in a central position 30 yards from goal. Andrea Pirlo's shot is blocked by Muntari in the Inter wall. |
12' | Pandev is closed down by Favalli and Ambrosini as he gets into the box from the right wing. |
10' | GOAL!!!!!!! Diego Milito arrows an angled shot beyond Dida after latching on to a fantastic through ball from Goran Pandev and taking advantage of an error by Abate. INTER 1-0 AC MILAN. |
9' | Brilliant play by Goran Pandev. The Macedonian accelerates past three players on the left, gets past two more in the box and serves Sneijder who forces a point-blank save from Dida. |
8' | Julio Cesar catches Beckham's whipped cross from the right wing. |
7' | Antonini receives on the left edge of our area and crosses low to Borriello who blasts over the bar. |
4' | Maicon squeezes between Ambrosini and Antonini after a surging run down the right and appears to be fouled by the Milan captain. No free kick given. |
3' | David Beckham is booked for a foul on Cambiasso. |
2' | Fantastic effort by Wesley Sneijder. The Dutchman picks the ball up about 25 yards from goal and shaves the outside of the post with a splendid swerveshot. |
2' | Ronaldinho finds Pirlo on the left with a classy no-look pass. The Italian is tackled by Maicon. |
1' | Tonight's match is the second competitive meeting between José Mourinho and Leonardo after last August's magnificent 4-0 win, but the two coaches went head-to-head twice in the pre-season, with Diego Milito scoring his first two goals for Inter in a 2-0 World Football Challenge win in Boston, and Mario Balotelli netting the solitary goal in the 45-minute Tim Trophy clash in Pescara. |
1' | The derby della Madonnina will be refereed by Florentine official Gianluca Rocchi. It's his first Milan derby but his 12th match involving Inter, who have never lost with Rocchi in charge, winning 6 and drawing 5. The Rossoneri's record with Rocchi is 4 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from 11 games. |
1' | It's 4-3-1-2 for Inter after three matches using 4-2-3-1. Santon gets the nod ahead of Cordoba at left-back after returning from injury against Bari last weekend. Another injury-returnee, Cambiasso, is deployed in the holding role in a diamond midfield, with Zanetti and Muntari in the wide positions and Sneijder behind front men Milito and Pandev. AC Milan reply with a 4-3-3, with ex-Inter defender Favalli coming in for the injured Nesta. |
1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 39 Santon; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 11 Muntari; 10 Sneijder; 27 Pandev, 22 Milito.
 Subs: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 8 Thiago Motta, 23 Materazzi, 30 Mancini, 45 Balotelli, 89 Arnautovic.<br> AC Milan: 1 Dida; 20 Abate, 19 Favalli, 33 Thiago Silva, 77 Antonini; 8 Gattuso, 21 Pirlo, 23 Ambrosini; 32 Beckham, 22 Borriello, 80 Ronaldinho. 
Subs: 12 Abbiati, 4 Kaladze, 9 Inzaghi, 10 Seedorf, 11 Huntelaar, 18 Jankulovski, 25 Bonera. |
1' | We're minutes away from kick-off as the two Curvas display their splendid derby choreographies. |
1' | Inter get the Milan derby under way. FORZA RAGAZZI!!!! |
1' | The whole world is watching. Wherever you are, good evening, good morning, good afternoon and a warm welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, where we are all set for the most intriguing Milan derby in recent seasons. |
Minute | Text commentary |
50' | Full time. Inter beat AC Milan 2-0 and go nine points clear at the top. See you on Thursday for our Tim Cup quarter-final clash against Juventus. |
49' | Dida makes a save from Maicon after a defensive blunder by the Rossoneri. |
47' | Julio Cesar goes the right way and makes a fantastic save from Ronaldinho's penalty! |
46' | Lucio is shown a red card for a second bookable offence. |
46' | Penalty to AC Milan after a handball by Lucio. |
46' | Julio Cesar makes a brilliant save from Borriello's close-range shot. |
45' | Five minutes of added time. |
44' | José Mourinho flaps his arms at the home fans, calling for their support in these final minutes. |
43' | Julio Cesar saves Ronaldinho's cross-shot from the left wing. |
42' | Substitution number three for Inter. Ivan Ramiro Cordoba replaces Sulley Muntari. |
42' | Pirlo fires wide from the edge of the box. |
40' | Ronaldinho latches on to Lucio's loose clearance from Beckham's cross and cannons his shot high over the bar. |
38' | Mario Balotelli receives from Zanetti on the right edge of the Milan box and drags his low shot wide of the far post. |
36' | Jankulovski controls on the by-line and crosses into the middle. Samuel blocks and clears. |
36' | José Mourinho brings on Mario Balotelli for Diego Milito. |
35' | Leonardo withdraws Massimo Ambrosini and introduces Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. |
34' | Jankulovski fires a long-range shot into the Curva Sud. |
33' | Sulley Muntari makes a headed clearance from a Beckham cross and Thiago Motta concedes a corner. |
32' | Marek Jankulovski comes on for Luca Antonini, who has taken a knock to the head. |
30' | Thiago Silva intercepts a pass for Milito as the Nerazzurri try to hit Milan on the break again. |
27' | Beckham's deflected cross is saved by Julio Cesar. |
26' | Seedorf sends a long-range shot way off the mark. |
24' | Thiago Silva is booked for a foul on Thiago Motta. |
22' | Pandev is given a standing ovation as he makes way for Thiago Motta. |
20' | Pandev is booked for removing his shirt. |
20' | GOAL!!!!!! Goran Pandev celebrates his first Milan derby with a magnificent free kick that sails past Dida. INTER 2-0 AC MILAN. |
18' | Maicon is tripped by Favalli just outside the Milan area. |
17' | Inter charge forward on the break. Pandev combines well with Milito and hits the post from the Argentine's return pass. |
14' | A sustained Milan attack sees Borriello head Beckham's outswinging cross over the bar. |
13' | Another cross from Beckham. Lucio wins an aerial duel with Ronaldinho and heads the ball to safety. |
12' | Julio Cesar makes a two-fisted save from Beckham's corner. Seconds later he saves Borriello's header. A busy few minutes for the Inter keeper. |
11' | Julio Cesar blocks Borriello's flicked header from Abate's pass, conceding a corner. |
10' | Diego Milito goes through on goal and sidesteps an opponent before rifling a low shot at Dida. |
8' | Maicon does well to beat Thiago Silva to Beckham's whipped cross from the by-line. |
6' | Maicon blocks Beckham's cross from the right and Cambiasso makes a hooked clearance as Milan pile on the pressure. |
5' | Pirlo combines with Antonini before sending a floated pass into the box. Borriello can't stop the ball from going out for a goal kick. |
2' | Double chance for the Rossoneri. Seedorf's close-range header is miraculously parried by Julio Cesar. Moments later Ronaldinho volleys narrowly wide. |
1' | Ronaldinho's inswinging free kick is headed behind by Pandev. |
1' | Cambiasso brings down Ronaldinho out on the left wing. From the corner Thiago Silva's header takes a deflection off Maicon. |
1' | AC Milan kick off the second half. |
1' | The Rossoneri bring on Clarence Seedorf for Gennaro Gattuso. |