| Minute | Text commentary |
| 45' | It's 0-0 between Valencia and Inter after a stormy first half at the Mestalla. |
| 45' | 1 minute of added time to play. |
| 44' | Carboni's free kick is headed clear by Bobo Vieri. |
| 43' | The Spaniards win a free kick on the right wing for a Stankovic foul on Curro Torres. |
| 42' | Canizares anticipates Vieri to Veron's long ball forward, but in any case Bobo is flagged offside. |
| 39' | Bobo Vieri fails to make contact with Adriano's well-taken left-wing cross into the Valencia box. |
| 35' | Emre requires medical attention after Albelda kicks his left leg. |
| 34' | Adriano takes the ball past three players and into the Valencia box, then with picks out Emre with a beautiful short pass. The Turk pulls his shot and Canizares saves. |
| 32' | Vieri loses the ball in the Valencia half, Adriano races back to win the ball and has a foul given against him for a shoulder barge on Curro Torres. |
| 29' | Adriano fires wide from an inviting position after Stankovic centres from Emre's excellent through ball. |
| 26' | Angulo is intercepted by Burdisso as he tries to find a route on goal from the left. |
| 21' | Rufete's left-wing corner is cleared by Cambiasso at the near post, then the Valencia midfielder shoots wide with a follow-up shot. |
| 20' | Adriano's diagonal left-foot shot is comfortably saved by Canizares. |
| 19' | Baraja's free kick comes off the Nerazzurri wall. |
| 18' | Valencia are given a free kick just outside our area after Cordoba is adjudged to have fouled Angulo. |
| 17' | Urs Meier has to intervene to stop a shoving match between Stankovic and Valencia captain Albelda. |
| 15' | Fontana makes a superb one-handed save from Di Vaio's close-range shot from Aimar's right-wing cross, then manages to prevent Angulo from making a follow-up shot. |
| 12' | Caneira wins the ball off Adriano, who gets on the end of Stankovic's ball into the Valencia penalty area. |
| 10' | Adriano receives from Vieri then turns his opponent on the left-wing by-line. His cross over to the far side where Curro Torres hooks clear before Veron can volley. |
| 9' | Adriano dribbles three opponents, but is eventually stopped by Albelda. |
| 8' | Veron's long-range free kick is too central and Canizares makes an easy save. |
| 7' | Curro Torres heads out of defence before Stankovic can get to Vieri's right-wing cross. |
| 6' | Veron is yellow-carded for fouling Amedeo Carboni. |
| 5' | Angulo is booked for a harsh challenge on Ivan Cordoba. |
| 4' | Adriano is offside as he races on to Veron's forward pass. |
| 1' | Inter kick off tonight's Uefa Champions League Matchday 3 clash at the Mestalla. |
| 1' | Rufete floats a shot from the edge of the Inter box over the bar. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Full time. Inter romp to a 5-1 victory over Valencia. |
| 46' | JULIO CRUZ!!!!!! Stankovic plays into the box and the Argentine forward makes it 5-1 with a shot past Canizares from close range. |
| 45' | 2 minutes of added time to play. |
| 45' | Carboni is booked for shoulder-barging van der Meyde. |
| 42' | Cruz slides Stankovic's left-wing cross wide of the far post. |
| 40' | Cruz' low shot from the edge of the Valencia box hits the side-netting. |
| 38' | Inter replace Adriano with Cruz. |
| 37' | Valencia bring on Stefano Fiore for Rufete. |
| 35' | 4-1. ADRIANO!!!! The Emperor smashes home from close range after excellent work on the right wing by Javier Zanetti. |
| 34' | Valencia keeper Canizaresa boots the ball to safety, denying Stankovic a chance on goal. |
| 31' | GOOOAAALLLLL!!! The Dutchman scores with his first touch. Andy receives from Adriano, bamboozles Carboni then from just inside the Valencia box slides under Canizares. |
| 30' | Mancini brings on van der Meyde for Vieri. |
| 30' | Angulo twists and turns his way into the Nerazzurri box from the left then crosses to Di Vaio, whose header is high. Fontana catches. |
| 28' | Argentine midfielder Aimar pulls a goal back for Ranieri's men, with a sweetly-struck first-time shot into the roof of the net from Di Vaio's right-wing cross. |
| 27' | Fontana comes to the edge of his area to beat Di Vaio to a ball down the right channel. |
| 23' | At the other end Di Vaio sees diagonal shot come off the left post. |
| 22' | With just Canizares to beat Dejan Stankovic pulls his shot wide of the left post after a neat ball from Adriano. |
| 21' | Valencia substitution: Ex-Nerazzurri forward Bernardo Corradi replaces Caneira. |
| 17' | Valencia look the claw their way back into this match. Rufete's volley is blocked by Materazzi. |
| 16' | From the edge of the Nerazzurri box Caneira sends a weak shot on target and it's an easy save for Fontana. |
| 13' | Rufete's thunderous shot from the distance whizzes wide of Fontana's right-hand post. |
| 10' | Inside the Inter area Baraja receives a cut-back from Aimar then fires well wide of the far post. |
| 9' | Fontana neutralises a Valencia attack, anticipating Di Vaio to Angulo's cross. |
| 7' | Incredible play by Adriano. The Emperor dribbles Canizares on the edge of the Valencia penalty area then takes on Navarro with a beautiful piece of skill before finding the side-netting with a shot from a tight angle. |
| 6' | Curro Torres fouls Adriano and becomes the third player to be booked tonight. |
| 4' | 2-0!!!!!! BOBOGOL!!!! Vieri silences the Mestalla with a left-foot shot into the left-hand corner after Curro Torres fails to clear Adriano's right-wing cross. |
| 2' | GOOOAALLLLL!! Dejan Stankovic. Unmarked in the Spanish box, the Serbia&Montenegro midfielder heads home Favalli's left-wing cross. |
| 1' | Valencia kick off the second half. |
| 1' | Javier Zanetti is on for Nicolas Burdisso. |