| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | End of part one. Twente 2-2 Inter. |
| 46' | Twente close to a third. Rosales curls in a cross for Janko, who rises on the edge of the box and heads over. |
| 45' | One minute of the additional. |
| 44' | Maicon whips in a dangerous cross from the right. Ruiz heads away. |
| 41' | GOAL!!!!!!!!! Samuel Eto'o combines swiftly with Pandev just outside the area and curls a delicious right-footer low beyond Mihaylov and into the bottom right corner. TWENTE 2-2 INTER. |
| 39' | Sneijder floats in a left-wing cross. Mihaylov beats Milito to it. |
| 37' | Back in our box, Chadli serves De Jong but the Dutch forward fails to capitalise. |
| 36' | Woodwork! Eto'o receives from Milito and hooks back into the box to Cambiasso, whose shot on the turn bounces off the crossbar. |
| 34' | Chadli forces a tricky save from Julio Cesar with a well taken 25-yarder. |
| 32' | Janssen sends a low, long-range drive way off target. |
| 30' | GOAL. Diego Milito, the hero of Madrid, heads Janssen's corner into his own net. TWENTE 2-1 INTER. |
| 29' | Janssen delivers another insidious free kick. Magnificent tipped save by JC. |
| 28' | Lucio fouls De Jong just outside our area and Pedro Proenca awards a free kick. |
| 25' | Tiendalli has a dig from 25 yards. It's a powerful one, but Julio Cesar takes the sting out of it and Twente win a corner. |
| 23' | Twente come back at the Nerazzurri and Tiendalli pings a cross over to the unmarked Janko, who miscues at the back post. |
| 22' | The home crowd are really getting behind their team now as Benitez's men try to raise the tempo a peg or two. |
| 20' | GOAL. Twente are level in Enschede as Janssen finds the top left corner with an unstoppable 20-yard free kick - awarded after a Samuel foul on De Jong. TWENTE 1-1 INTER. |
| 18' | Sneijder goes through on goal after a suicidal back header by Twente, but luckily for the Dutch champions Mihaylov gets to the ball first. |
| 17' | Corner to Inter as Eto'o's shot takes a deflection and spins over the net. |
| 14' | Twente react quickly and Chadle tests Julio Cesar from 20 yards after slipping between Mariga and Lucio. |
| 13' | GOAL!!!!!!! Inter hit Twente on the break and Wesley Sneijder crashes home a loose ball from 10 yards after Mihaylov's parry from Milito's angled shot. TWENTE 0-1 INTER. |
| 13' | Janssen's first, low corner goes out for a second, which is decidedly higher, forcing JC into a palmed parry. |
| 12' | Ruiz breaks down the Twente right but there's no getting past Javier Zanetti, who outstretches his leg and pokes behind for a corner. |
| 7' | A half-scare for Inter as Chadli sends a looping cross over to the far post, where De Jong fails to connect. |
| 5' | Julio Cesar makes a punched save from the ensuing corner, taken by Janssen. |
| 4' | Twente launch a counter-attack and Ruiz sweeps wide to Janko, whose cross is blocked by Zanetti. |
| 3' | Wesley takes the free kick and plays it wide to Eto'o who floats a cross into the box. Twente clear. |
| 2' | Sneijder is hauled over by Brama and we get a free kick about 35 yards from goal. |
| 1' | European nights are back and the road to Wembley is a long one indeed. Welcome to the De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede, Holland, where we begin our defence of the Champions League title. |
| 1' | The hosts get us under way in Holland. FORZA INTER!!! |
| 1' | Out come the teams and it's red versus black 'n blue. A bit like that night in Madrid a few months back... |
| 1' | Starting this season there are six-man refereeing teams in each Champions League game. Tonight's man in the middle Pedro Proenca Oliveira Alves Garcia will be assisted by linesmen Garcias Bolinhas Trigo and Ferreira Santos, fourth official Moreira Miguel, and additional assistant referees Lopes Ferreira and Santos Capela. |
| 1' | Here are the lineups:<br>Twente: 13 Mihaylov; 15 Rosales, 19 Douglas, 4 Wisgerhof, 33 Tiendalli; 6 Brama, 9 De Jong, 8 Janssen; 10 Ruiz, 21 Janko, 22 Chadli.<br>Subs: 1 Boschker, 3 Kuiper, 5 Bengtsson, 7 Landzaat, 11 Bajrami, 14 Parker, 23 Buysse.<br>Inter: 1 J.Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 4 Zanetti; 17 Mariga, 19 Cambiasso; 27 Pandev, 10 Sneijder, 9 Eto'o; 22 Milito.<br>Subs: 12 Castellazzi, 2 Cordoba, 11 Muntari, 23 Materazzi, 29 Coutinho, 39 Santon, 88 Biabiany. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Pedro Proenca blows for full time and our opening game of the 2010/11 Champions League ends in a stalemate. Twente 2-2 Inter. |
| 50' | Wesley's corner is headed to safety. |
| 49' | Sneijder's outswinging free kick is headed behind for a corner. |
| 48' | Douglas for protesting as we get a free kick deep in injury time. |
| 46' | Janssen fires over from distance as Twente look for a late winner. |
| 45' | Three minutes of additional time. |
| 43' | Denny Landzaat for Nacer Chadli. |
| 42' | Sulley Muntari for Diego Milito. |
| 38' | Coutinho latches on to a loose ball about 25 yards from goal and cannons a low shot on target. It's blocked by the opposing defence. |
| 37' | De Jong gets the slightest of touches to Janssen's inswinging cross. Fortunately for us, it's not a winning one. Goal kick. |
| 34' | Sneijder's cross from the Inter right is headed away by Wisgerhof. |
| 33' | Emir Bajrami for Marc Janko. |
| 31' | Ambitious try by Janssen from 35 yards. It's way over. |
| 29' | Twente attack back and Chadli's inswinging cross is caught by Julio Cesar. |
| 29' | End to end as the Nerazzurri come back at the Dutch, Mariga receiving from Coutinho and hitting a low shot just wide of the far post. |
| 28' | Sneijder gets past Brama and sends a soaring shot high and wide. |
| 24' | Coutinho close. Eto'o twists and turns in the box before serving the Brazilian starlet, whose low shot is blocked by Tiendalli. |
| 23' | Cambiasso shoots on sight after receiving short from Sneijder. It's blocked, and Twente captain Wisgerhof can make the clearance. |
| 22' | Another Rosales cross from the Twente right. Nothing to write home about though. |
| 18' | Rosales commits a foul on Sneijder. The free kick is about 35 yards out. Wesley hammers it over the bar. |
| 16' | Coutinho for Pandev. It's the Brazilian youngster's Champions League debut. |
| 14' | Looks like Goran is unable to continue. Off he comes on a stretcher. Let's hope it's nothing serious. |
| 13' | De Jong plays on with Pandev still down on the ground after a challenge. Zanetti tackles him on the by-line and then kindly reminds the Twente forward about the concept of fair play. |
| 11' | Sneijder gets into a shooting position and unleashes. Wisgerhof blocks. |
| 10' | Samuel comfortably deals with Rosales' low cross from the Twente right. |
| 3' | Maicon for a two-footed tackle on Chadli. |
| 3' | Wisgerhof makes a headed clearance from Sneijder's corner. |
| 2' | Rosales delivers a looping cross from the right. Julio Cesar catches. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the second half. |