| Minute | Text commentary |
| 45' | Half time in sunny Palermo. 1-0 to the hosts. |
| 44' | A corner now as Bovo fails to make a clean clearance from Maicon's right-wing cross. |
| 42' | Cristian Chivu has a go this time. The Romanian aims for the top left corner but it sails high and wide. |
| 41' | Another free kick in an interesting position for Inter after a Bovo foul on Milito. |
| 40' | Eto'o floats into the Palermo area from the left wing, but there's no team-mate there and Bovo, undisturbed, makes a headed clearance. |
| 38' | Stankovic takes the ball wide of Migliaccio with a quick turn of pace, before lashing over from 25 yards. Nice try. |
| 36' | Stankovic's curling free kick is comfortably saved by Sirigu. |
| 35' | Free kick to us in a central position just outside the Palermo area after a foul by Munoz on Milito. Wesley's not playing, but we still have plenty of options. |
| 32' | Cracking game at the Renzo Barbera. Inter come back at the Rosanero and Milito sees his shot saved by the onrushing Sirigu. |
| 31' | Palermo win a right-wing corner. The cross arrives over to Balzaretti on the far side and the Italian full-back crashes a low shot on target. It's blocked by the Inter defence. |
| 30' | Inter close to a leveller through Eto'o, but Palermo clear and launch another swift counter-attack. |
| 28' | GOAL. Ilicic runs on goal and passes left to Pastore who is in loads of space. The Argentine toe pokes at Julio Cesar, who parries, but Ilicic is straight on to the loose ball and the Slovenian midfielder fires home. PALERMO 1-0 INTER. |
| 27' | Ilicic has a dig from 20 yards. Wide. |
| 26' | Corner to the hosts as Cassani's cross spins off Chivu. Nothing comes of it as Pastore's near-post effort is wide. |
| 23' | Maicon gets into a shooting position just outside the box, but he drags his effort wide. |
| 22' | A scare for Palermo as Milito whips in a dangerous cross for Eto'o. The Inter number nine just fails to connect. |
| 19' | Match ref Romeo from Verona strangely blows for a foul by Samuel when the Argentine actually won the ball. |
| 16' | Brilliant tackle by Walter Samuel on Pastore as Palermo launch a counter-attack after clearing an Inter corner. |
| 13' | Inter close through Dejan Stankovic, moments after Munoz blocks a Pandev shot. The Serbian severely tests Sirigu with a wicked curling shot from distance that hits the crossbar and bounces off the Palermo keeper before he can save. |
| 12' | Back at the other end Eto'o has a cross for Stankovic cleared in the six-yard box after some nice approach play by Pandev and Cambiasso. |
| 11' | Palermo counter-attack and Pastore looks for Hernandez with a long low pass. Zanetti intercepts and passes back to JC. |
| 10' | Free kick to Inter on the right as Pandev is shoved over by Balzaretti. Maicon's cross is cleared by Bacinovic. |
| 8' | Pandev picks out Eto'o in space and the Cameroonian unleashes a long-range shot from 25 yards. High and wide. |
| 7' | Maicon pounces on a loose ball and gets into the box before firing low at Sirigu. |
| 6' | The Nerazzurri pile forward on the break after a bit of pinball on the edge of our area. Stankovic sweeps wide to Milito who sees his arrowed shot deflected out for a corner. |
| 4' | Inter win a free kick in the Palermo third. Maicon crosses into the six-yard box, where Balzaretti plays back to his keeper. |
| 2' | An Argentina-Uruguay combination as Pastore tries a one-two with Hernandez, but the former overhits his return pass to the latter and Julio Cesar gathers. |
| 1' | Good news for the Nerazzurri. Goran Pandev is fit to play and takes his place on the right wing with Samuel Eto'o on the left and Dejan Stankovic filling Wesley Sneijder's shoes in the middle - all three in support of lone front man Diego Milito. <br>Cristian Chivu returns at left-back, meaning captain Javier Zanetti slots in alongside Esteban Cambiasso in defensive midfield with MacDonald Mariga dropping to the bench. No change then in the system to face Palermo: 4-2-3-1. |
| 1' | Off we go at the Renzo Barbera. Inter kick off. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!! |
| 1' | There will also be a minute's applause to remember Alessandro Romani, the Italian solider killed in Afghanistan yesterday. |
| 1' | On behalf of Inter, Javier Zanetti will lay some flowers beneath the away fans sector before kick-off this afternoon, in memory of Norman Zarcone, a friend of Palermo and great football fan. |
| 1' | It won't be easy away to the Rosanero. And Rafa Benitez said so yesterday in his pre-match presser, pointing out that intensity is key. Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo (to give their full name) are unbeaten at home since the start of March 2009, when they were trounced 4-0 by their island rivals Catania. <br>Here are a few interesting stats though: we haven't lost here since 2005, and in 23 away games against Palermo since 1933 we have won 8, drawn 11 and lost just 4. |
| 1' | Here we go with the lineups:<br>Palermo: 46 Sirigu; 16 Cassani, 6 Muñoz, 5 Bovo, 42 Balzaretti; 23 Nocerino, 21 Bacinovic, 8 Migliaccio; 27 Pastore, 72 Ilicic; 9 Hernandez.<br>Subs: Benussi, Kasami, Liverani, Garcia, Maccarone, Darmian, Pinilla.<br> Inter: 1 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso; 27 Pandev, 5 Stankovic, 9 Eto'o; 22 Milito.<br>Subs: Castellazzi, Cordoba, Muntari, Mariga, Materazzi, Coutinho, Santon. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time at the Renzo Barbera. Palermo 1-2 Inter (Ilicic, Eto'o, Eto'o). We're on top of the table with 7 points, a position we share with newly promoted Cesena. See you on Wednesday for our first Serie A midweeker of the season against Bari. |
| 48' | Julio Cesar smothers the ball to deny Nocerino a late equaliser for Palermo. |
| 45' | Three minutes of second-half injury time. |
| 44' | Sirigu says no to an Eto'o hat-trick, saving a shot from the Cameroonian. |
| 43' | Mariga for Pandev. |
| 43' | A moment of drama in Palermo as Pastore turns Samuel in the box on the right and fires on goal. Julio Cesar gets a touch to it and palms on to the post. |
| 39' | Goran Pandev has a chance to kill off the game. The Macedonian receives from Eto'o and turns Bovo and Munoz in the box before shooting wide. |
| 36' | Pinilla for Ilicic. |
| 34' | Dejan is replaced by Davide Santon. The Italian youngster slots into midfield on his first appearance of the season. |
| 33' | Maicon floats a cross over to Eto'o at the back post. Sirigu intercepts. All that while Stankovic remains on the ground after a challenge on Pastore. |
| 32' | Maccarone for Hernandez. |
| 31' | Muntari for Milito. |
| 27' | Cassani for protesting after going down in the box following a challenge by Chivu. |
| 26' | Liverani for Bacinovic. |
| 25' | GOAL!!!!!! Samuel Eto'o does it again after some fantastic play by Dejan Stankovic. The Serbian backheels to Maicon, gets on the end of the Brazilian's return pass and plays short to Eto'o who slots home. PALERMO 1-2 INTER. |
| 23' | Bovo for a challenge from behind on Eto'o. |
| 21' | Great chance for Palermo. Pastore deftly controls Nocerino's ball over the Nerazzurri defence but can't find the winning touch at Julio Cesar's right-hand stick. |
| 20' | The flag goes up for offside as Sirigu parries Pandev's volley on the turn from Eto'o's headed pass. |
| 17' | GOAL!!!!! Samuel Eto'o levels it up at the Renzo Barbera. The Cameroonian collects a pass from Milito and shakes off Munoz before firing low into the far corner. PALERMO 1-1 INTER. |
| 13' | And another chance for Inter. A gilt-edged one. Pandev strokes into the six-yard box from the left and Milito has the goal gaping, but his shot is wide. |
| 10' | Hernandez blazes over from an inviting position. |
| 9' | A chance for Inter now as Milito one-twos with Stankovic and goes through on goal. But as he did in the first half, Sirigu narrows the angle to thwart the Argentine. |
| 7' | The Rosanero soak up a bit of Inter pressure and launch another swift counter-attack. The Nerazzurri have Cristian Chivu to thank for a last-ditch interception which denies Hernandez a one-to-one with Julio Cesar. |
| 5' | Palermo close to a second. Pastore crosses to the far side and Hernandez plays into the area for Bacinovic, whose low shot from close range is blocked by Julio Cesar. |
| 2' | Hernandez outmuscles Samuel and gets a shot in from the left, forcing Julio Cesar into a tricky save. |
| 1' | Palermo get us restarted in Sicily. |