| Minutos | Crónica |
| 46' | Inter lead Catania 2-0 at the break. |
| 45' | One minute of stoppage time. |
| 45' | Zanetti is booked for a two-footed challenge on Llama. |
| 44' | Another long ball into the Catania area. It's for Eto'o this time but it's too long, and Campagnolo gathers. |
| 42' | Balotelli controls a long ball into the box and shields from Spolli before going down under a challenge from the Rossazzurro defender. No penalty given. |
| 38' | Llama twice crosses from the left. Catania fail to capitalise. |
| 36' | Llama gets into a shooting position and fires wide from 25 yards. |
| 34' | Chivu intercepts a floated pass for Morimoto and Delvecchio pounces on the loose ball, pulling wide his shot from the edge of the box. |
| 31' | GOAL!!!!!! Wesley Sneijder finds the top left corner with a magnificent 25-yard curling free kick. INTER 2-0 CATANIA. |
| 28' | Patrick Vieira controls with his chest and hits the crossbar with a sweet strike inside the Rossazzurro box. |
| 27' | Inter attack the Sicilians and Sneijder sends a low on target from 20 yards. Easy save for Campagnolo. |
| 27' | Llama swings in a cross from the left for Catania's lone striker Morimoto, but Julio Cesar has read the move. |
| 22' | Spolli is booked for foul play. |
| 20' | The match comes to life after an eventless seven minutes, with Carboni forcing a tricky save from Juio Cesar with a long-range drive. |
| 13' | GOAL!!!!! Sulley Muntari! The Ghanaian picks out Eto'o in the box with a 25-yard cross that goes in at the far corner after the Inter striker fails to connect. INTER 1-0 CATANIA. |
| 9' | Balotelli wins a tough duel with Silvestre down the right and wins us a corner. With his foot, Campagnolo clears Lucio's header from Sneijder's cross. |
| 6' | Ivan Cordoba blocks a Potenza cross from the right and holds off a challenge from Morimoto before conceding a corner. |
| 4' | An early chance for Eto'o after a kamikaze moment from Silvestre, but the Cameroonian can't get a shot in and he plays to Sneijder, who is closed down by the Rossoblu defence. |
| 2' | Samuel Eto'o is adjudged to be offside as he runs on to Mario Balotelli's through ball, which is intercepted by Carboni. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district for the second match of Serie A Week 9. Sampdoria thrashed Bologna 4-1 at home in the early game and move one point clear at the top ahead of tonight's clash with Catania. |
| 1' | Catania kick off. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!! |
| 1' | Catania: 30 Campagnolo; 2 Potenza, 3 Spolli, 6 Silvestre 33 Capuano; 5 Carboni, 27 Biagianti; 13 Izco, 4 Delvecchio 16 Llama; 15 Morimoto.<br> Subs not used: 21 Andujar; 7 Mascara, 8 Ledesma, 9 Plasmati, 12 Marchese, 18 Augustyn, 19 Ricchiuti. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 2 Cordoba, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 14 Vieira, 11 Muntari; 10 Sneijder; 9 Eto'o, 45 Balotelli.<br> Subs 1 Toldo, 23 Materazzi, 39 Santon, 5 Stankovic, 15 Krhin, 30 Mancini, 89 Arnautovic. |
| 1' | Captain Zanetti will reach another milestone tonight. By appearing against Catania, the 36-year-old Argentine will join club legend Giacinto Facchetti in second place on all-time list of league appearances for Inter: 476 |
| 1' | Balotelli returns from suspension and will partner Eto'o up front, Cordoba comes in for Samuel in defence, and Vieira starts in the holding role in a diamond midfield. Sneijder slots into his usual playmaker position with Muntari and Zanetti on the wings. |
| 1' | Mourinho switches from a 4-3-2-1 'Christmas tree' formation to 4-3-1-2 for tonight's visit of the Sicilians and makes three changes to the team that held Dynamo Kiev 2-2 in the Champions League. |
| Minutos | Crónica |
| 48' | Full time. Inter beat Catania 2-1 and reclaim the Serie A top spot. See you on Thursday for our home fixture against another Sicilian outfit - Palermo. |
| 45' | Three minutes of injury time left. |
| 43' | Marco Materazzi comes on for Samuel Eto'o. |
| 42' | Balotelli's curling free kick is a whisker wide of Campagnolo's left-hand post. |
| 41' | Maicon is brought down by Silvestre just outside the Catania area after a strong run down the middle. Silvestre is booked. |
| 40' | Mourinho brings on Rene Krhin for Sulley Muntari. It's the Slovenian midfielder's second competitive outing for the first team. |
| 40' | Llama rifles narrowly wide as Catania come looking for a leveller. |
| 38' | Mascara fires home from the penalty spot. INTER 2-1 CATANIA. |
| 38' | Julio Cesar spills a shot and fouls Plasmati in his attempt to reach the loose ball. Giannoccaro awards Catania a penalty. |
| 38' | Stankovic has a shot blocked after good service from Eto'o. |
| 31' | Catania make their last substitution. Atzori brings on Plasmati for Delvecchio. |
| 30' | Julio Cesar makes an easy save from Spolli's header as the ball finds its way back into our area after Lucio's clearance from a corner. |
| 29' | Dejan Stankovic replaces Wesley Sneijder. |
| 24' | Maicon scythes over from 20 yards after Campagnolo's one-handed clearance from Balotelli's header following a Sneijder corner. |
| 23' | Balotelli, who swapped his long-sleeved shirt for the short-sleeved version at half time, wins us a free kick on the left after a foul by Silvestre. |
| 21' | Mascara's curling shot from the resulting free kick is high over Julio Cesar's right-hand post. |
| 19' | Ivan Cordoba tackles a goalbound Morimoto after a mistake by Lucio. The Colombian is booked for his two-footed challenge on the Japanese striker. |
| 17' | Campagnolo gets to the edge of his area and smothers the ball to deny the onrushing Javier Zanetti. |
| 15' | Eto'o's header from the edge of the box finishes on the roof of the net after Campagnolo's punched clearance from Sneijder's inswinging free kick. |
| 13' | Carboni is cautioned for a foul on Zanetti. |
| 9' | At the other end, Carboni runs on to Morimoto's pull-back and slices wide from the edge of the area. |
| 9' | The Ghanaian and Dutch midfielders combine again with the latter looking for Balotelli with a clipped pass into the box, but the Italian hasn't read the move. |
| 8' | Muntari combines with Sneijder as Inter's scorers look for a way through but Silvestre interrupts the dialogue. |
| 4' | Delvecchio heads clear a Sneijder corner after dangerous crosses from strike partners Balotelli and Eto'o. |
| 1' | We're back under way in Milan as Inter kick off the second period. |
| 1' | Catania have brought on Ledesma for Izco and Mascara for Biagianti. |