| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Half time. Palermo 1-1 Inter. |
| 46' | Lucio is booked for a late tackle on Pastore. |
| 45' | One minute of stoppage time. |
| 44' | Santon, who has had an excellent first half, gets to the byline and crosses for Milito. Bovo intercepts. |
| 43' | Santon crosses from the left. Simplicio makes the clearance. |
| 41' | Miccoli drills a low shot wide of the far post. |
| 39' | Missed chance for Palermo. Pastore tears down the middle and lays off to Miccoli. The Rosanero captain crosses into the area for Simplicio, who slips while shooting. |
| 35' | Sneijder duets with Eto'o before seeing his 20-yard shot blocked by the Rosanero defence. |
| 34' | Maicon steals in behind Bovo to head wide Sneijder's excellent floated pass into the six-yard box. |
| 32' | Pastore drills a low shot at Julio Cesar from the edge of the area. |
| 31' | Nocerino blasts wide from 25 yards. |
| 30' | Balzaretti makes a sliding tackle on Maicon, denying the Brazilian a clear route on goal from Eto'o's well-timed pass to the right wing. |
| 24' | GOAL. Fabrizio Miccoli turns Cambiasso and threads through to Edinson Cavani who takes one touch before firing low beyond Julio Cesar. PALERMO 1-1 INTER. |
| 24' | Great crossfield pass by Maicon for Stankovic. At the back post the Serbian volleys wide. |
| 22' | Simplicio sends a low drive several yards wide of Julio Cesar's left-hand post after a swift attack by the Rosanero. |
| 21' | Bovo appears to elbow Milito in the face during an aerial duel. Inexplicably the free kick goes Palermo's way. |
| 18' | Back in the Palermo half it's a free kick to Inter out on the left. Sneijder delivers a dangerous inswinging cross and Milito rises above Balzaretti to head narrowly over the bar. |
| 16' | Balzaretti whips in a cross from the left. Good defending by Davide Santon right in the middle of the area. |
| 15' | They have now as Pastore's 20-yard drive whizzes over the bar. |
| 15' | Fifteen minutes in and we're totally bossing Palermo at the Barbera, who haven't managed a single shot on goal. |
| 15' | Dejan Stankovic is booked for hand ball. He will serve an automatic one-match ban. |
| 14' | Milito is brought down from behind by Bovo, who is already on a booking. The free kick is 25 yards out on the right. Sneijder's cross is headed clear by Migliaccio. |
| 11' | GOAL!!!!!! Diego Milito blasts past Sirigu for his 20th goal of the season. PALERMO 0-1 INTER. |
| 10' | PENALTY! Bovo is booked for bringing down Lucio in the area as both players tussle to reach Sneijder's corner at the back post Damato points straight to the spot. |
| 9' | Eto'o's drilled diagonal shot is blocked by Balzaretti. Corner. |
| 7' | Great chance for Milito. Eto'o controls a long pass from Stankovic and plays in his strike partner, who hits the upright with a shot from an almost impossible angle. |
| 6' | Lucio is sent flying by Pastore as he advances down the right. Free kick. |
| 6' | Sneijder's outswinging free kick is caught by Sirigu. |
| 5' | Sneijder looks for Eto'o with a quick-thinking pass to the edge of the box. Kjaer intercepts and heads back to his keeper. |
| 4' | Maicon floats a pass to Eto'o on the edge of the area but the Cameroon forward is beaten to the ball by Bovo. Moments later Maicon swings in another cross. Easy save for Sirigu. |
| 3' | Inter attack back and Eto'o squares for Stankovic whose first-time shot from 25 yards is blocked by the Rosanero defence. |
| 2' | Pastore hooks into the area for Miccoli, but the Palermo midfielder overhits his pass and Julio Cesar gathers. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Renzo Barbera for tonight's Serie A Week 29 clash against Palermo, who are unbeaten in their 'fortress' for over a year. The Rosanero's last home defeat was on 1 March 2009 when they lost 4-0 to their island rivals Catania. |
| 1' | Seconds away, half one. Inter kick off. |
| 1' | Palermo: 46 Sirigu; 16 Cassani, 5 Bovo, 24 Kjaer, 42 Balzaretti; 8 Migliaccio, 30 Simplicio, 9 Nocerino; 6 Pastore; 10 Miccoli, 7 Cavani.
<br>Subs: 28 Benussi, 3 Goian, 14 Bertolo, 20 Budan, 88 Blasi, 89 Celustka, 90 Hernandez.<br>Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 39 Santon; 5 Stankovic, 19 Cambiasso, 4 Zanetti; 10 Sneijder; 9 Eto'o 22 Milito.
<br>Subs: 1 Toldo, 2 Corodoba, 7 Quaresma, 8 Thiago Motta, 17 Mariga, 23 Materazzi, 27 Pandev. |
| 1' | José Mourinho makes two changes to the side that dumped Chelsea out of the Champions League. Thiago Motta and Goran Pandev are dropped to the bench with Dejan Stankovic and Javier Zanetti starting in midfield and Davide Santon returning at left-back. |
| 1' | If the reverse fixture is anything to go by, we're in for a few goals tonight. It ended 5-3 to Inter in Milan, with Mario Balotelli and Samuel Eto'o each scoring twice in the first half before Palermo pulled back three in a 20-minute second-half spell. Diego Milito knocked in Inter's fifth to give us a bit of breathing space in the final stages. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time. Palermo hold Inter 1-1 at the Renzo Barbera. See you on Wednesday for Inter v Livorno at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. |
| 47' | Miccoli's left-wing free kick is on target at Julio Cesar's near post. Nice save by the Brazilian. |
| 46' | Diego Milito is booked for a foul on Bertolo. |
| 46' | Miccoli charges forward on the counter-attack. Maicon gets back in time to tackle the Rosanero captain. |
| 45' | Three minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Corner to Inter as Eto'o's crisp right-footer takes a deflection. |
| 44' | Delio Rossi brings on Hernandez for Cavani. |
| 43' | Chance for Maicon. The Brazilian turns his marker just outside the area and tries to beat Sirigu with a chip shot. The Palermo keeper saves. |
| 42' | Lucio gallops down the middle after intecepting in defence. He serves Pandev wide on the right and the Macedonian crosses into the middle, but Palermo clear. |
| 41' | Migliaccio is booked for elbowing. |
| 40' | Palermo hit us on the break but Cavani fails to capitalise as Samuel wins the ball despite slipping. |
| 37' | Samuel is booked for foul play. |
| 37' | Pandev squares to Cambiasso who fires over from 20 yards. |
| 36' | Sneijder has an effort blocked as the Nerazzurri attack in numbers. |
| 34' | Cavani has a go from distance. Luckily for Julio Cesar, the Uruguayan's effort is well wide. |
| 33' | Another Miccoli free kick from the right. Another easy clearance - for Maicon this time. |
| 32' | Zanetti makes an easy clearance from Miccoli's right-wing free kick. |
| 29' | Samuel heads wide a right-wing corner taken by Maicon. |
| 28' | Kjaer makes a headed clearance from Sneijder's corner. It's end-to-end at the Barbera. |
| 27' | Cavani wastes a chance, blasting over from the edge of the box after turning Cambiasso. He had two team-mates available in the area. |
| 25' | Cassani blocks a fierce angled shot from Eto'o, who did well to turn Kjaer. |
| 21' | Maicon has a low diagonal shot saved by Sirigu after a combination between our two substitutes. |
| 20' | Double substitution for Inter. Goran Pandev replaces Dejan Stankovic, with Thiago Motta coming on for Davide Santon. |
| 20' | Sneijder volleys over from outside the area. |
| 18' | Santon plays low to Cambiasso who blazes over from 20 yards. |
| 14' | Maicon is booked for a tactical foul on Bertolo. |
| 12' | Bertolo plays through to Migliaccio who sees his shot saved by Julio Cesar but the flag had already gone up for offside. |
| 11' | Pastore gets past Santon on the right and whips in a dangerous cross. Zanetti saves the day at the far post. |
| 9' | Simplicio is stretchered off and on comes Bertolo. |
| 8' | Simplicio, making his 200th appearance in Serie A today, injures himself as he slides in on Lucio. |
| 8' | Kjaer heads away an inswinging left-wing cross from Santon. |
| 6' | Inter come back at Palermo and Sneijder cuts inside Migliaccio before rifling wide from 20 yards. |
| 5' | Bovo makes a headed clearance and sets up a counter-attack. Miccoli goes on a 60-yard run before crossing over to Cavani who wastes his header at the far post. |
| 4' | Another chance for Eto'o. This time he turns Cassani and sends a curling shot over the bar. |
| 2' | Eto'o gets into the box and shoots. Kjaer blocks. |
| 1' | Seconds away, half two. Palermo get the match restarted. |