| Minutos | Crónica |
| 47' | Half time. Inter lead Cagliari by two goals to nothing. |
| 47' | Another chance for Inter in stoppage time as Thiago Motta tests Agazzi after sidestepping Conti. |
| 46' | Free kick to us on the right wing after a foul on Maicon. Cambiasso's inswinging cross-shot is on target at the near post, forcing a save from Agazzi. |
| 45' | Two minutes of injury time. |
| 43' | Biondini switches to the left flank and whips in a cross that sails straight into the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 41' | Cambiasso's free kick takes a deflection off the wall and spins up into the air. Agazzi catches. |
| 39' | Eto'o gets past Dessena down the right and crosses to Milito, who is surrounded by three Cagliari players and promptly dispossessed. |
| 36' | Nenè unleashes a terrific volley on the turn just outside the six-yard box. What a magnificent reflex save by Julio Cesar! |
| 34' | Cagliari counter-attack and have a goal disallowed for offside as Matri is adjudged to be in an offside position when he receives from Lazzari before firing into the net. |
| 34' | Milito latches on to a ball down the right and lifts into the area for Eto'o. Astori intercepts. |
| 30' | Jeda launches a fast counter-attack after elegantly bringing the ball out of defence. Zanetti intercepts his pass wide for Lazzari. |
| 27' | Julio Cesar makes a tricky save from Conti's 35-yard free kick. |
| 24' | Nenè combines with Conti in our box after a cross from Biondini but the Brazilian can't stop the ball from going out for a goal kick. |
| 24' | The sunshine islanders have woken up and their other Brazilian player Jeda flashes a low shot not far wide of Julio Cesar's right-hand post. |
| 20' | GOAL!!!!!!! Walter Samuel rises on the edge of the six-yard box and heads Maicon's right-wing corner beyond Agazzi. INTER 2-0 CAGLIARI. |
| 19' | Eto'o juggles the ball on the right edge of the area and plays in Maicon, who wins us a corner. |
| 14' | And another chance for Pandev. He controls Maicon's right-wing cross in the area and volleys at the well-positioned Agazzi, who fails to hold. The Macedonian's rebound is over the bar. |
| 13' | Cagliari are pinned back in their own half as the Nerazzurri pass the ball around with supreme confidence. |
| 8' | Another chance for Pandev. He receives from Eto'o in a central position just outside the box and scythes his effort over the crossbar. |
| 8' | Cagliari close to a quick reply. Conti unleashes a dangerous shot from 20 yards, forcing a tipped save from Julio Cesar. |
| 6' | GOAL!!!!!! GORAN PANDEV!!!! Javier Zanetti makes a strong run down the right and gets into the box before pulling back for Samuel Eto'o. The Cameroonian's shot is blocked by Dessena and spins off Canini, and Goran Pandev pounces to slot past Agazzi from close range. INTER 1-0 CAGLIARI. |
| 3' | From 25 yards Matri fires a low shot just wide of Julio Cesar's right-hand post. |
| 1' | Gorgeous day in Milan. The early-morning fog has lifted and the sun is out as we prepare to cheer on the Nerazzurri against Cagliari in Serie A Week 23 - our last afternoon kick-off of the month before the Week 26 trip to Udine on 28 February. In between, we've got evening games against Parma at the Tardini, Napoli in Naples, and Sampdoria and Chelsea right here at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. |
| 1' | Maicon knocks a long ball into the area for Eto'o. Cagliari keeper Agazzi gets there first. |
| 1' | Off we go as Cagliari kick off. FORZA INTER! |
| 1' | Lineups: <br>Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 25 Samuel, 39 Santon; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 8 Thiago Motta; 27 Pandev, 22 Milito, 9 Eto'o. Subs: 1 Toldo, 7 Quaresma, 11 Muntari, 15 Krhin, 17 Mariga, 23 Materazzi, 45 Balotelli. <br> Cagliari: 25 Agazzi; 4 Dessena, 13 Astori, 21 Canini, 31 Agostini; 8 Biondini, 5 Conti, 10 Lazzari; 27 Jeda; 32 Matri, 9 Nenè. Subs: 12 Vigorito, 3 Ariaudo, 15 Marzoratti, 18 Parola, 20 Barone, 23 Larrivey, 28 Nainggolan. |
| 1' | With Wesley Sneijder out suspended and Dejan Stankovic still not match-fit, José Mourinho said in his pre-match presser that it would be easier to play with three strikers rather than a diamond midfield. And the Portuguese has gone for 4-3-3 with Pandev and Eto'o up front in support of Milito. Thiago Motta starts in midfield with Zanetti and Cambiasso after coming on as a sub against Fiorentina in midfweek, with Samuel and Cordoba earning recalls in defence. |
| Minutos | Crónica |
| 49' | Full time. Inter beat Cagliari 3-0 and we're ten points clear at the top of the table as AC Milan are held 0-0 at Bologna. See you on Wednesday for Parma-Inter. |
| 49' | Lazzari tries to grab a late consolation for Cagliari. His long-range effort flies wide. |
| 47' | Balotelli tests Agazzi with a thunderous low shot from 25 yards. |
| 45' | Four minutes more to play. |
| 45' | Muntari blocks a fierce drive from Conti and remains on the ground with his head in his hands. |
| 42' | Muntari overhits his pass into the box for Balotelli. Goal kick to Cagliari. |
| 41' | Balotelli receives from Pandev and appears to control with his arm before blasting over the bar. |
| 39' | Mourinho withdraws Diego Milito. On comes Mario Balotelli. |
| 38' | Allegri brings on Nainggolan for Jeda. |
| 36' | Another chance for Matri. He controls Agostini's left-wing cross with his chest and blasts over from an inviting position. |
| 36' | Diego Milito is booked for foul play. |
| 35' | Matri swivels in the area and crashes his angled shot into the side-netting. |
| 34' | Dessena muscles past Santon down the right and wins his team a corner. The cross is blocked and cleared by Javier Zanetti. |
| 32' | Matri is flagged offside as he goes through on goal with just Julio Cesar to beat. |
| 30' | Mourinho brings on Mariga for Thiago Motta. It's the Kenyan midfielder's first appearance in Serie A for Inter. |
| 30' | Santon makes a back-post clearance to deny Conti a tap-in from Larrivey's cross. |
| 28' | Conti turns Samuel and slips in the box with the goal gaping. Chance wasted for the Rossoblu. |
| 27' | Muntari rifles wide a long-range shot. |
| 26' | Milito plays in Pandev with a brilliant defence-splitting touch but Dessena intercepts. |
| 23' | Conti sends his long-range swerving free kick over the bar and into the Curva Nord. |
| 23' | Muntari kicks out at Jeda and Gervasoni awards the visitors a free kick about 30 yards from goal. |
| 21' | Zanetti intercepts Jeda's pass for Larrivey. Inter launch a counter-attack and Astori cuts out Maicon's pass into the area for Milito, conceding a corner. |
| 19' | Thiago Motta is booked for a foul from behind on Cagliari captain Conti. |
| 17' | Maicon makes a headed clearance from Conti's free kick. |
| 16' | Agazzi spills a cross but luckily for the Cagliari keeper there's a team-mate on hand to make the clearance before Milito can pounce. |
| 15' | And Cagliari bring on Larriey for Nenè. |
| 15' | Inter bring on Muntari for Eto'o and Inter go from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2. |
| 11' | Cagliari replace Biondini with Barone. |
| 9' | Lazzari does what Agostini just did. JC keeps his far post covered and sees the ball fly behind for a goal kick. |
| 9' | Agostini's speculative shot from 25 yards is comfortably saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 6' | The Inter defence blocks efforts from Nenè and Matri as Cagliari look for a way back. |
| 2' | GOAL!!!!!!!! Our three strikers combine to kill off the game. Pandev one-twos with Eto'o and lays off to Milito who takes two quick touches before sliding past Agazzi for his 16th goal of the season. INTER 3-0 CAGLIARI. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the second half. |