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| 46' | Half time at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. Bayern Munich 0-1 Inter. |
| 46' | On the stroke of half time Robben serves van Bommel, whose low drive swerves away from Julio Cesar's right-hand post. |
| 45' | One minute of stoppage time. |
| 45' | Wasted chance for Bayern as Olic wins the ball off Zanetti and darts to the edge of the area before shooting wide. |
| 43' | Inter close to a second. Milito charges down the left and crosses low to Sneijder who shoots straight at Butt from close range. |
| 41' | Robben cuts inside and takes the ball round Zanetti before curling an ambitious shot high and wide. |
| 41' | Altintop slips while shooting from 20 yards. Easy save for Julio Cesar at his right-hand post. |
| 39' | Butt rises at his back post to catch Sneijder's inswinging left-wing free kick. |
| 38' | Inter pour forward on the counter. It's four versus four. Milito plays through to Eto'o, who mis-controls in the area. |
| 35' | GOAL!!!!!!!!!! Wesley Sneijder plays the sweetest of through balls to Diego Alberto Milito and the Argentine striker takes one touch before firing beyond Butt. BAYERN MUNICH 0-1 INTER. |
| 34' | Bayern back on the attack. Lahm sprints down the right and sees his cross take a deflection off Chivu on its way into the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 33' | Inter come back at Bayern and Milito crosses for Sneijder but the Dutch midfielder mis-times his shot on the turn. |
| 32' | Müller scythes high over the crossbar from 20 yards. |
| 31' | Altintop gets past Maicon on the left and swings in a low cross. Julio Cesar makes a diving save in his six-yard box. |
| 30' | Milito makes a headed clearance from Robben's inswinging cross, conceding an attacking throw. |
| 30' | Cristian Chivu gets a yellow card for bringin down Robben. The free kick is 25 yards out on the right. |
| 29' | Lucio elegantly cuts out Robben's pass for Müller as Bayern try to hit us on the counter. |
| 26' | Sneijder's shot from the free kick is on target, but Butt makes a fairly comfortable save. |
| 25' | Demichelis fouls Milito. He gets a yellow card and it's a free kick to us in a central position about 35 yards from goal. |
| 23' | Chance for Bayern. Robben hooks wide after Altintop and Müller work the ball to the Dutch winger. |
| 18' | Nerazzurri close as Sneijder's wicked free kick takes a deflection off Altintop, forcing Butt into a difficult save. Moments later Cambiasso has a shot on the turn blocked in the area. |
| 18' | Inter win a free kick midway inside the Bayern half after a foul by their captain van Bommel on Pandev. |
| 16' | Robben sends in a right-wing cross for Van Buyten, who can't get a header on target. |
| 16' | Howard Webb blows for a foul by Chivu on Robben. Bayern win a corner from the resulting free kick. |
| 14' | Altintop carves out some space for a shot just outside the area. Samuel blocks the Turkish midfielder's effort and it's a corner to the Germans. Robben's cross from the flag is caught by Julio Cesar. |
| 12' | Maicon unleashes a fierce low drive from 25 yards but the Brazilian's speculative effort is off target. |
| 10' | Robben gets past Chivu and Samuel with a quick burst of pace and plays low to Olic, who fires wide from close range. |
| 7' | Lucio dispossesses Olic on the left but the Croatian forward wins the ball back and serves Müller, who loses a duel with Samuel and concedes a goal kick. |
| 5' | Brilliant through ball by Cambiasso for Milito, but the Prince slips on the edge of the box. Sneijder pounces on the loose ball and tries to serve Pandev, but Bayern intercept. |
| 4' | Olic crosses for Muller. Samuel makes a headed clearance. |
| 3' | Robben picks up a loose ball on the right and he tries to cut inside Samuel, who commits a foul. José Mourinho shakes his head in disapproval. |
| 2' | Sneijder's dangerous inswinging cross is punched clear by Butt. |
| 1' | Good things come in threes, and the Italian champions are looking to add to their two European titles won under Helenio Herrera in successive seasons in 1963/64 and 1964/65. A third triumph would see Inter join Barcelona and Manchester United, winners in the past two seasons, on three European Cups. |
| 1' | Good things come in threes, goes the saying. This old adage will come true for one of tonight's finalists as German and Italian double winners Bayern and Inter both seek to complete a historic treble at the Estadio Santiago. |
| 1' | Bayern, who last won the Champions League in 2001, will join Liverpool on five European Cups with a win tonight and will become the joint-third most successful club in the competition's history behind Real Madrid and AC Milan. |
| 1' | Good things come in threes, and Samuel Eto'o is tonight bidding to become the second player to score in three Champions League finals. The Cameroon forward struck in the 2006 victory over Arsenal and scored again three years later as Barcelona beat Manchester United. The legendary Alfredo Di Stefano is the only other player to achieve that feat. |
| 1' | There's more than European glory at stake in what is the first ever Champions League final to take place on a Saturday. A win for Bayern or a draw after 120 minutes would mean four Bundesliga clubs will enter the Champions League draw for 2011/12 at the expense of one Italian side. Under the UEFA coefficient rules, Inter need to win without penalties to keep the four Champions League slots for Serie A teams. |
| 1' | What a night it is for Javier Zanetti. The veteran and versatile Argentine captained Inter to a fifth straight Serie A title on his 699th appearance for the Nerazzurri last weekend, but celebrating his 700th with the Champions League trophy would be impossible to forget. |
| 1' | There's less than an hour to go until kick-off and the atmosphere at the Bernabeu is electric, with both sets of fans currently engaged in a shouting competition. And they are all doing rather well. |
| 1' | Bayern Munich lineup: 22 Butt; 21 Lahm, 5 Van Buyten, 6 Demichelis, 28 Badstuber; 17 Van Bommel, 31 Schweinsteiger; 10 Robben, 25 Müller, 8 Altintop; 11 Olic. <br>
Subs: 1 Rensing, 13 Goerlitz, 18 Klose, 23 Pranjic, 26 Contento, 33 Gomez, 44 Tymoshchuk.<br>Coach: Louis Van Gaal. |
| 1' | Inter lineup: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso; 27 Pandev, 10 Sneijder, 9 Eto'o; 22 Milito. <br>
Subs: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 5 Stankovic, 11 Muntari, 17 Mariga, 23 Materazzi, 45 Balotelli.<br>
Coach: José Mourinho. |
| 1' | The teams are well into their pre-match warm-up with less than 30 minutes until kick-off. |
| 1' | The players are back in the dressing rooms for those last-minute preparations, and it's time for the pre-match flamenco-style entertainment - a tribute to the host city of Madrid. |
| 1' | The players are back on the pitch. Take one deep breath... |
| 1' | Away we go in the Bernabeu as the Nerazzurri kick off. FORZA INTER!!!!! |
| 1' | Free kick to us on the left wing after a Lahm foul on Pandev. |
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| 49' | Full time. Bayern Munich 0-2 Inter. We're champions of Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FORZA INTER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 47' | Mourinho replaces Diego Milito with Marco Materazzi. Huge ovation for the Prince. |
| 46' | Lucio blocks a shot from van Bommel and then makes the clearance. |
| 45' | Three minutes of additional time. |
| 40' | Five minutes to go plus injury time. |
| 40' | Robben runs on to Müller's pass and flashes his shot across the face of goal. |
| 38' | Robben's free kick is blocked by Muntari at the far end of Inter's wall. |
| 37' | Schweinsteiger is brought down by Stankovic as he tries to skip past the Serbian. Free kick. |
| 34' | Inter bring on Sulley Muntari for Goran Pandev. |
| 33' | Lucio goes on a trademark run, gliding past three opponents before van Bommel gets a booking for a two-footed challenge on Milito. |
| 31' | Julio Cesar drops Robben's corner at his back post but there's no opponent on hand. |
| 29' | Bayern bring on Gomez for Olic. |
| 25' | GOAL!!!!!! Diego Milito does it again!!!!!!!! The Prince receives from Eto'o and turns Van Buyten before slotting past a hapless Butt. BAYERN MUNICH 0-2 INTER. |
| 25' | Samuel makes a sliding block as Olic shoots on sight. |
| 23' | José Mourinho makes his first change. Dejan Stankovic replaces Cristian Chivu and Zanetti will switch to left-back. |
| 22' | Van Buyten makes a vital hooked interception to deny Milito a clear scoring chance from Sneijder's pass. |
| 20' | Julio Cesar makes a fantastic tipped save from Robben's curling shot. |
| 20' | Inter are awarded a free kick about 35 yards from goal. Sneijder's effort is saved by Butt. |
| 18' | Müller's shot from Robben's free kick is blocked and headed clear by Cambiasso. |
| 18' | Louis Van Gaal makes a substitution before the free kick can be taken. Klose replaces Altintop. |
| 17' | Pandev fouls Robben just outside our area on the right. Free kick. |
| 15' | Robben goes on another of his crossfield runs and frees Altintop down the left. The Turk's cross is straight at Julio Cesar. |
| 13' | Nothing comes of Robben's corner kick and Maicon launches a counter-attack down the right after beating Badstuber to the ball. |
| 11' | Demichelis deals with Sneijder's right-wing corner and Schweinsteiger sweeps to safety. |
| 9' | Altintop takes advantage of a mistake by Lucio and fires a low shot into the side-netting. |
| 9' | Wesley's curling free kick sails over the crossbar. |
| 8' | At the other end Inter win a free kick in a dangerous position 25 yards from goal after van Bommel's foul on Pandev. |
| 7' | Robben drifts inside from his right wing position and unleashes a shot. Samuel blocks. |
| 6' | Eto'o combines with Maicon on the right but he can't find a way past Demichelis. |
| 5' | Robben picks out Schweinsteiger in space with an arrowed pass and the Germany midfielder serves Olic, who can't get a shot on goal. |
| 2' | And a great chance for Inter. Milito crosses to Pandev, whose placed shot from the edge of the area is tipped over by Butt. |
| 1' | Bayern Munich get the second half going. |
| 1' | Massive save by Julio Cesar. Altintop plays through to Müller, who is brilliantly denied by our Brazilian keeper. |