| Minutos | Crónica |
| 46' | Half time in Sardinia. Cagliari lead Inter by a goal to nil. |
| 45' | One minute of additional time to play. |
| 45' | Cagliari forward Cossu receives the ball on the right angle of our box and fires wide of the far post. |
| 42' | Marchetti comfortably saves Milito's weak shot after the Argentine turns two on his way into the box. |
| 41' | Cagliari keeper Marchetti makes a smothering save from Stankovic's low right-wing cross-shot. |
| 40' | Conti is booked for a foul on Zanetti. |
| 36' | The resulting free kick is taken by Eto'o. The Cameroonian bends his fiercely struck free kick round the wall and inches wide. |
| 35' | Lucio goes on a storming run down the middle. Astori stops the Brazil captain and gets a yellow card for doing so. |
| 34' | Wesley Sneijder tests Marchetti with a 25-yard grasscutter. |
| 33' | Agostini gets in a high cross from the left. No problem for Julio Cesar. |
| 30' | Corner to Inter at the other end as Eto'o's flicked header from Milito's right-wing cross takes a deflection off Canini. |
| 29' | Free kick to the Rossoblu after a Santon foul from behind on Jeda. It's played short to Agostini who tests Julio Cesar with a low drive. |
| 23' | Milito has a shot on the turn blocked after Cagliari fail to clear Sneijder's inswinging left-wing free kick. |
| 21' | Sneijder's 30-yard free kick hits the Cagliari wall and Allegri's men come forward on the counter-attack. |
| 17' | Matri shoots into the side-netting as Cagliari come close to a quick second. |
| 16' | That was the first penalty given against Inter since 2 March 2008. On that occasion Zalayeta missed for Napoli in a 1-0 home win. |
| 16' | Jeda sends Julio Cesar the wrong way and Cagliari are in front at the Stadio Sant'Elia. CAGLIARI 1-0 INTER. |
| 15' | The Brazilian is booked. |
| 15' | Jeda swings in a cross from the right and Cagliari are awarded a penalty for a foul by Maicon on Matri in the area. |
| 12' | Stankovic one-twos with Eto'o and goes down in the box after the slightest of contacts with Canini. It's not a penalty, according to Daniele Orsato. |
| 9' | Cambiasso is yellow-carded for a challenge from behind on Dessena. |
| 6' | Stankovic gets into a shooting position but drills his long-range swerveshot narrowly over. |
| 5' | Dessena overhits his through pass for Matri. Julio Cesar makes the ball his. |
| 3' | Calm down, says Orsato to Stankovic and Dessena after an exchange of ugly challenges in midfield. |
| 1' | After three consecutive league matches at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Inter's 2009/10 tour of Italy's stadiums begins here in sunny Sardinia with a Serie A Week 4 match against Cagliari. |
| 1' | We're under way at the Sant'Elia as Inter, playing in their all-white away kit, kick off against the Rossoblu. |
| 1' | Cagliari v Inter will start after a minute's applause to remember the six Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan on 17 September. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 6 Lucio, 39 Santon; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 5 Stankovic; 10 Sneijder; 22 Milito, 9 Eto'o.<br> Subs: 1 Toldo, 7 Quaresma, 8 Thiago Motta, 14 Vieira, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu, 45 Balotelli. |
| 1' | Cagliari: 32 Marchetti; 15 Marzoratti, 13 Astori, 21 Canini, 31 Agostini; 8 Biondini, 5 Conti, 4 Dessena; 7 Cossu, 27 Jeda; 32 Matri.<br> Subs: 24 Lupatelli, 9 Nenè, 10 Lazzari, 16 Sivakov, 18 Parola, 20 Barone 23 Larrivey. |
| 1' | Today's clash is the first of three in seven days and Mourinho has decided to rest Samuel, Chivu and Thiago Motta. In come Cordoba, Santon and Cambiasso - back in the starting lineup for the first time since his knee injury in mid-August. |
| Minutos | Crónica |
| 50' | Full time. Diego Milito's double cancels out Jeda's penalty opener as Inter beat Cagliari 2-1 at the Stadio Sant'Elia. See you on Wednesday for live coverage of our home match against Napoli. |
| 47' | Cagliari make their final switch. Larrivey comes on for Cossu. |
| 45' | Five minutes of added time. |
| 42' | Jeda rifles wide from an inviting position as Cagliari continue their search for a point. |
| 38' | Cossu drags his shot wide from a position just inside our box. |
| 36' | Lazzari sends a thunderous shot on target, but there's no way past Julio Cesar. |
| 33' | From a tight angle Balotelli sends a low shot well wide of the far post. |
| 33' | Cordoba boots upfield after two chances in quick succession for the Rossoblu. Julio Cesar saves from Nenè and Dessena sees his follow-up blocked by Chivu before Ivan Ramiro's clearance. |
| 31' | Cagliari bring on for Nenè for Matri. |
| 29' | Cossu's 30-yard curling free kick is straight into the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 28' | Eto'o drills a long shot on target. Marchetti makes a smothering save. |
| 27' | Maicon sends a fast low cross across the face of the Cagliari goal but there's no team-mate on hand to apply the finishing touch. Moments later Balotelli steals in to meet Eto'o's cross and blazes over the bar. |
| 25' | Cagliari build a promising move down the right. Jeda crosses for Matri who is intercepted by Maicon. Nothing comes of the resulting corner. |
| 22' | Cagliari bring on Lazzari for Biondini. |
| 21' | Balotelli's ambitious effort from distance isn't far wide of Marchetti's left-hand post. |
| 20' | Inter make their third substitution. Cristian Chivu comes on for the injured Thiago Motta. |
| 20' | Maicon sends a shot harmlessly wide after a run on goal. |
| 18' | At the other end Dessena rifles over after meeting Jeda's pull-back. |
| 17' | Milito blazes over the bar after latching on to Eto'o's inch-perfect through ball. |
| 14' | Thiago Motta's shot from the resulting free kick is high over Marchetti's crossbar. |
| 12' | José Mourinho is sent off for protesting after an ugly foul on Mario Balotelli. |
| 10' | GOAL!!!!!! Diego Milito does it again! The Argentine controls Thiago Motta's pass in the area and lifts over Marchetti for our second goal. INTER 1-2 CAGLIARI. |
| 8' | Samuel Eto'o is booked for a foul on Cossu. |
| 6' | GOAL!!!! Diego Milito capitalises on a defensive mistake by Conti and runs into the area before tucking past the onrushing Marchetti. CAGLIARI 1-1 INTER. |
| 4' | Cagliari hit us on the break after clearing a Sneijder corner. Cossu races down the right and swings in for Canini who heads wide with the goal gaping. Another let-off for the Nerazzurri. |
| 2' | A scare for Inter as Dessena hits the post with a low strike from distance. |
| 2' | Biondini's shot from Cossu's left-wing free kick takes a deflection and falls back at the feet of the Rossoblu number seven, who twists and turns before sending a shot on target. Stankovic blocks and clears. |
| 1' | Cagliari kick off the second half. |
| 1' | José Mourinho has made a double change, with Mario Balotelli and Thiago Motta on for Davide Santon and Esteban Cambiasso. |