| Minute | Text commentary |
| 49' | Signor Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni blows his whistle. See you in fifteen minutes. |
| 48' | Eto'o latches on to an up-and-under and tries to take Gillet by surprise from 30 yards. Off target. |
| 46' | Alvarez hits a shot straight at Julio Cesar. |
| 45' | Four minutes of first-half stoppage time. |
| 45' | Nice inswinging cross by Pandev for Eto'o, but it's a touch too long. |
| 44' | Pulzetti for shoving Sneijder to the ground. |
| 44' | Stankovic floats into the box for Milito. Pulzetti intercepts and the ball falls to Sneijder, who can't get a shot on target. |
| 42' | Chivu's curling free kick hits the wall and it will be another corner. |
| 41' | A free kick now as Sneijder goes down under a challenge from Almiron. |
| 40' | Chivu's left-wing cross spins off Pulzetti and goes out for a corner. Sneijder's inswinging cross is punched away by Gillet. |
| 37' | Barreto wins the ball off Cordoba and plays wide to Alavarez. The Honduran crosses into the box and Ivan Ramiro blocks before clearing. |
| 32' | Early substitution for Inter. Ivan Ramiro Cordoba replaces Walter Samuel, who has hurt his knee. |
| 30' | Samuel Eto'o's workrate in these first thirty minutes has been incredible. It hasn't gone unnoticed by the Inter faithful, who chant his name. Samu responds with a gesture of thanks. |
| 30' | Brilliant move by the Nerazzurri. Stankovic cuts out Alvarez's cross for Barreto and sets up a counter-attack. Eto'o roars down the left and crosses low to Maicon, who shoots wide. |
| 27' | GOALLLLL!!!!!! DIEGO MILITO IS BACK!!!!! Eto'o makes a darting diagonal run into the box from the left and shakes off Pulzetti before crossing to the Prince, who heads home with Gillet completely stranded. INTER 1-0 BARI. |
| 25' | Pandev gets into the box and scythes wide after collecting Milito's low pass. |
| 23' | Midway through the first half and it's all Inter since that early scare in the opening minute. |
| 21' | Sneijder serves Cambiasso, who leaves his opponent for dead before passing to Milito. Diego rifles his shot narrowly over the bar after |
| 18' | Stankovic for protesting after Almiron's two-footed challenge on Eto'o. |
| 17' | Eto'o crosses low to Milito in the six-yard box, but the Prince can't find the winning touch. Nice approach play by Wesley. |
| 15' | Milito is blatantly pulled to the ground by Rossi. No free kick given. |
| 12' | Eto'o gets away from Donati and takes two touches before side-footing wide of Gillet's left-hand upright. |
| 11' | Sneijder fires over the bar after a quick one-two with Eto'o. |
| 10' | Masiello cuts out Sneijder's ball into the area for Milito as Inter try to take control. |
| 8' | Another Inter attack as Milito receives from Pandev and turns quickly before playing into the area for Eto'o. It's too long for the Cameroonian, and Gillet gathers. |
| 5' | Eto'o combines with Milito and sees his shot hit Donati. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for live coverage of tonight's Serie A midweeker against Bari. |
| 1' | Bari close in the opening seconds. Barreto passes to Ghezzal who ghosts past Lucio on the left and serves the onrushing Almiron, whose cracking shot hits the post. |
| 1' | Bari kick off. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!!! |
| 1' | Stankovic leads the Inter team out on to the pitch - he's our captain tonight. |
| 1' | Bari: 1 Gillet; 13 Pulzetti, 5 A.Masiello, 33 Rossi, 21 Parisi; 90 Alvarez, 4 Almiron, 8 Donati, 11 Ghezzal; 10 Barreto, 20 Kutuzov.<br> Subs: 25 Padelli, 6 Rinaldi, 7 Rivas, 9 Castillo, 18 Caputo, 19 Crimi, 91 D'Alessandro. |
| 1' | Bari defender Andrea Raggi hasn't recovered from the flu in time for tonight's clash and he is replaced by Nico Pulzetti. That's the Galletti's only change from Sunday's 0-0 draw at home to Cagliari. |
| 1' | Inter: 1 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu; 5 Stankovic, 19 Cambiasso; 27 Pandev, 10 Sneijder, 9 Eto'o; 22 Milito. <br>Subs: 12 Castellazzi, 2 Cordoba, 11 Muntari, 17 Mariga, 23 Materazzi, 29 Coutinho, 88 Biabiany. |
| 1' | Wesley Sneijder returns to the starting lineup after missing Sunday's win at Palermo. Sitting out tonight's game is captain Javier Zanetti, sidelined for a week with post-traumatic pneumothorax, so Dejan Stankovic, who stepped in for the Dutch playmaker at the Renzo Barbera, drops to holding midfield alongside Esteban Cambiasso. There are no other changes to the team that beat the Rosanero 2-1. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 49' | Mazzoleni blows for full time. Inter 4-0 Bari. |
| 49' | Coutinho serves Pandev, but the Macedonian shoots over. |
| 45' | Four minutes of added time. |
| 43' | Gillet saves Muntari's effort from distance. |
| 41' | GOOAAAALLLL!!!!!!! Diego Milito makes it four. The Prince races on to Stankovic's through ball and blasts an unstoppable shot past Gillet. INTER 4-0 BARI. |
| 37' | Good chance for the Galletti. D'Alessandro steals in at the back post and shoots wide after Castillo fails to make headed contact with Parisi's cross. |
| 36' | It's taken by Pandev, and cleared by Almiron. The ball arrives at the feet of Dejan Stankovic, who shoots over. |
| 35' | Donati blocks Maicon's cross and it's an Inter corner. |
| 34' | Coutinho for Sneijder. |
| 33' | Almiron fires wide from 25 yards after Cordoba's clearance from D'Alessandro's cross. |
| 27' | Parisi fires a fierce shot on target, forcing Julio Cesar into a tipped save. |
| 26' | Rivas weaves his way into the box but there's no way past Lucio. Corner. |
| 24' | Muntari's first contribution to the game is to block Parisi's long-range shot. |
| 23' | Sneijder fouls Masiello about 30 yards from our goal. Free kick. |
| 23' | Inter make a change before it can be taken. Samuel Eto'o comes off to a standing ovation. On comes Sulley Muntari. |
| 22' | Bari win two quick corners but fail to take advantage. |
| 18' | GOALLLLLLL!!!!! Plain sailing at the Meazza as Eto'o sends Gillet the wrong way again. INTER 3-0 BARI. |
| 17' | ANOTHER PENALTY!!!! Rivas trips Lucio in the box and we have a golden chance to go 3-0 up. |
| 17' | Double substitution by the visitors: Castillo for Ghezzal and D'Alessandro for Alvarez. |
| 15' | Eto'o-Sneijder-Cambiasso-Milito. Brilliant crossfield move by the Nerazzurri. The Prince tries to finish it off with a shot into the top corner but he bends his effort high and wide. |
| 11' | Ghezzal wriggles free of Lucio just outside our area and hits a low shot just wide. |
| 11' | Milito is flagged offside as he runs on to Sneijder's pass. Close call. |
| 10' | Sneijder exchanges passes with Cambiasso before dragging a low shot wide of Gillet's right-hand post. |
| 6' | Bari make their first change: Rivas for Kutuzov. |
| 5' | Man of the moment Eto'o has now scored 7 goals in 6 games this season (make that 11 in 8 if we include his doubles for Cameroon against Poland and Mauritius). |
| 5' | GOAL!!!!!!!! Samuel Eto'o sends Gillet the wrong way from the penalty spot. INTER 2-0 BARI. |
| 4' | PENALTY TO INTER. Sneijder twists and turns on the left and crosses into the area. Rossi handles and Mazzoleni points straight to the spot. |
| 3' | Almiron collects a loose ball in midfield and plays forward to Barreto, who hits it first time on the turn. Julio Cesar saves. |
| 1' | Inter get the game restarted. |