| Minute | Text commentary |
| 51' | Half time. Inter lead Roma 1-0, thanks to Milito's cracker in the 40th minute. |
| 50' | Toni looks for Mexes with a flicked header from the corner but Thiago Motta gets there before the French defender and heads to safety. |
| 49' | Inter have a corner to defend after Maicon heads behind Taddei's cross from the right. |
| 47' | Chivu is booked for protesting. |
| 47' | Mexes is booked for shoving Materazzi off the ball as both players rise at the far post to meet Balotelli's free kick. |
| 45' | Five minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Burdisso commits a bad challenge on Balotelli is lucky not to get a second yellow card. Instead, Inter official Gabriele Oriali is sent off for protesting. |
| 44' | Taddei's cross takes a deflection off Cambiasso but Materazzi is perfectly positioned and the veteran defender makes a headed clearance. |
| 42' | Julio Cesar saves Pizarro's curling free kick. |
| 40' | GOAL!!!!!!! Amazing goal by Diego Milito. Thiago Motta plays the perfect through ball and the Prince sprints on goal and shrugs off a challenge before firing a crisp shot beyond Julio Sergio and into the top left corner. It's his 26th goal in all competitions this season. INTER 1-0 ROMA. |
| 39' | Ivan Cordoba is unable to continue. On comes Walter Samuel. |
| 37' | Another yellow. Rizzoli scribbles Simone Perrotta's name into his book after a foul on Maicon. |
| 35' | Materazzi is yellow-carded for a last-man foul from behind on Vucinic as Roma mount another counter-attack. |
| 34' | Perrotta runs down the middle, sweeps wide to Taddei and sends his bullet header from the return pass over the bar. |
| 32' | Taddei's rifled shot is tipped round by Julio Cesar. The linesman raises his flag as Toni was offside. |
| 29' | Balotelli has a strong 25-yard shot saved by Julio Sergio after Thiago Motta mistimes his return pass for Milito. |
| 28' | Free kick to Inter out on the right wing. Cambiasso's inswinging cross is headed away by Luca Toni. |
| 26' | Roma launch a swift counter attack and work the ball into the area where Julio Cesar makes a tipped interception to deny Toni a tap-in from Taddei's low cross. |
| 24' | Eto'o shoots with the outside of his right foot. It's over the bar. |
| 23' | Eto'o picks out Balotelli on the left side of the area. The Italian controls with his right thigh and unleashes a shot with his left foot. Burdisso blocks and it's a corner to Inter. |
| 22' | Vucinic sends a long-range free kick straight into the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 21' | Maicon plays low down the right for Milito. Offside. |
| 18' | Thiago Motta fouls Vucinic in a central position just over 20 yards out. Riise's effort is blocked by the wall and Vucinic's follow-up is high over the bar. |
| 17' | Milito is flagged for offside as crashes home Eto'o's through ball. Mourinho goes to the pitch-side TV to check. If the Prince was offside, it was a matter of millimetres. |
| 15' | Zanetti muscles his way out of defence and takes on two Roma players before setting up a counter-attack. Immense. |
| 14' | Burdisso is booked for a foul on Balotelli. |
| 13' | Thiago Motta climbs in the box and heads over Maicon's cross. |
| 12' | Chance for Inter. Cambiasso sweeps wide to Eto'o and the Cameroon forward serves the onrushing Maicon, whose angled shot is blocked by Julio Sergio. |
| 11' | De Rossi frees Taddei on the right wing and the Brazilian whips in a fast cross. Julio Cesar saves. |
| 9' | Burdisso gets past Balotelli down the right and swings in a cross for Vucinic, who can't get a header in at the back post. |
| 8' | Juan acrobatically cuts out Maicon's intelligent ball down the right and into the box for Milito. |
| 7' | Materazzi makes a headed clearance from Vucinic's outswinging free kick. |
| 6' | Roma win a free kick on the right wing after a foul by Materazzi on Toni. |
| 5' | Nothing doing. Sneijder can't continue and he is replaced by Mario Balotelli. |
| 4' | Sneijder is back on the pitch but he's limping. |
| 3' | Balotelli is also running up and down the touchline as we wait to see if Wesley is okay. |
| 1' | All roads lead to Rome. Here we are at the Stadio Olimpico for the 2009/10 Tim Cup final between Inter and Roma - the fifth final between these two teams in the last six seasons. |
| 1' | Sneijder remains on the ground after a high challenge by Burdisso. Magic spray needed for the Dutch midfielder, and Stankovic has started warming up. |
| 1' | Roma kick off and the cup final is under way. FORZA INTER! |
| 1' | An Italian brass band is banging out the tunes but the pre-match music is completely drowned out by the fans. Cracking atmosphere in the capital. |
| 1' | Roma: 27 Julio Sergio; 29 Burdisso, 5 Mexes, 4 Juan, 17 Riise; 16 De Rossi, 7 Pizarro, 20 Perrotta; 11 Taddei, 30 Toni, 9 Vucinic. 
<br>Subs: 1 Lobont, 10 Totti, 13 Marco Motta, 19 Baptista, 22 Tonetto, 33 Brighi, 94 Menez.
<br>Coach: Claudio Ranieri. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 23 Materazzi, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 8 Thiago Motta; 10 Sneijder; 22 Milito, 9 Eto'o. 
<br>Subs: 1 Toldo, 5 Stankovic, 11 Muntari, 17 Mariga, 25 Samuel, 27 Pandev, 45 Balotelli. 
<br>Coach: José Mourinho. |
| 1' | José Mourinho makes three changes to the team that beat Lazio here three days ago. Cordoba and Materazzi come in for Lucio and Samuel at the centre of defence, while Milito returns up front and Stankovic drops to the bench as the Portuguese tactician goes for a diamond 4-4-2. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | It's all over!!!! Inter beat Roma 1-0 and win the 2009/10 Tim Cup. |
| 49' | Tempers flare as Taddei and Muntari clash on the by-line. A nervous end to a nervous cup final. |
| 48' | Muntari replaces Balotelli. |
| 45' | Three minutes more to go. |
| 43' | Drama as Totti, already booked, is shown a straight red card for a terrible challenge on Mario Balotelli. Roma down to ten men. |
| 42' | Balotelli is booked for foul play. |
| 40' | Totti's free kick is blocked by the Inter wall |
| 37' | Vucinic sends a diagonal shot wide of Julio Cesar's right-hand post |
| 34' | Bullet shot from Riise. It's on target but Julio Cesar makes a spectacular punched save. |
| 31' | Riise rifles his free kick high and wide after a foul by Zanetti on Vucinic. |
| 28' | Balotelli receives in space on the left and sends a thunderous shot over Julio Sergio's crossbar. |
| 28' | At the other end Vucinic is flagged for offside as he controls Juan's long-range pass. |
| 26' | Menez has a crossed blocked by the Inter defence and it's a corner to the Giallorossi. |
| 21' | Eto'o gets past Riise on the right but his angled shot is blocked by Juan. |
| 18' | Roma replace Luca Toni with Jeremy Menez. |
| 18' | Totti is booked for a foul on Milito. |
| 15' | Zanetti overhits his pass into space for Milito. |
| 12' | Inter close as Balotelli has a snapshot saved by Julio Sergio. |
| 9' | Julio Cesar spills Totti's long-range free kick and Juan steals in to head over the bar. Incredible miss. |
| 8' | Samuel is booked for a foul on Toni. The free kick is in a central position about 30 yards out. |
| 5' | Maicon looks for Eto'o with a flicked pass into the box but Juan intercepts. |
| 1' | Ranieri makes a double change: Marco Motta and Francesco Totti replace David Pizarro and Nicolas Burdisso. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half going. |