| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Half time. Inter lead Spartak 1-0 thanks to Julio Cruz' goal in the first minute. |
| 46' | Corner to Spartak. Boyarintsev's cross is headed clear by Burdisso. |
| 45' | 1 minute of added time. |
| 45' | Materazzi makes a headed clearance from a Spartak free kick. |
| 44' | Jiranek cuts out Ibra's high ball for Maicon to deny the Brazilian wing-back a one-on-one with Spartak keeper Kowalevski. |
| 43' | Figo volleys wide from 25 yards after Spartak clear his looping ball into the box for Cruz. |
| 40' | Pavlyuchenko's header from Boyarintsev's cross is wayward. Julio Cesar collects. |
| 39' | Good headed interception by Ivan Cordoba to deny Boyarintsev a clear route through on goal. |
| 37' | Ibrahimovic is flagged offside as he runs to meet Stankovic's ball over the Spartak defence. |
| 35' | Cruz receives from Zanetti on the left and plays a delightful ball to the unmarked Figo who crashes his volley wide of the right post. |
| 34' | Spartak back in attack. Boyarintsev's curling cross for Mozart goes behind for a goal kick. |
| 32' | Inter close to a second. Cruz twice combines with Stankovic before firing a low shot wide of the right post. |
| 30' | Zanetti has shot blocked as the Nerazzurri come looking for a second goal. |
| 29' | Ibrahimovic combines with Maicon, enters the Spartak area from the right and crosses for Cruz. Shishkin intercepts and smashes to safety. |
| 28' | Boyarintsev fires high and wide from 25 yards. |
| 27' | Punched clearance by Julio Cesar from Mozart's long-range drive after Burdisso's clearance from a Rodriguez cross. |
| 26' | Bystrov sidesteps Dacourt on the right edge of the Inter area and sends a curling shot wide of the far post. |
| 22' | Julio Cruz dispossesses Rodriguez and sets up a counter-attack. The move ends with Figo's cross-shot going behind for a Spartak goal kick. |
| 20' | Julio Cesar narrows the angle to block Boyarintsev's diagonal shot from a Spartak through ball. |
| 18' | Nicolas Burdisso, preferred to Fabio Grosso at left-back tonight, beats Bystrov to Pavlyuchenko's ball wide. |
| 15' | Figo plays a one-two with Stankovic in the Spartak half before passing forward to Cruz. Kovac intercepts. |
| 13' | Materazzi's header from Figo's corner is wayward. Spartak regain possession. |
| 13' | Inter break but the Spartak defence does well to contain Cruz and Ibrahimovic. Corner to the Nerazzurri. |
| 12' | Rodriguez makes a central run on goal, plays a one-two with Titov and sweeps wide for Brystov who is tackled by Burdisso. |
| 12' | Ibrahimovic races back to dispossess Rodriguez as the Russians look for openings down the left. |
| 10' | Materazzi makes a near-post clearance from a Spartak corner. Maicon clears the resulting throw-in. |
| 9' | Burdisso beats Bystrov to a ball down the right and clears to deny the Spartak winger a crossing opportunity. |
| 6' | Figo tackled by Shishkin as the Nerazzurri mount an attack down the left flank. |
| 6' | Pavlyuchenko's cross-shot from the left side of the Inter area goes behind at the far post. |
| 4' | Shishkin's curling effort from the free kick is over Julio Cesar's bar. |
| 3' | Free kick to Spartak in a dangerous position for a Materazzi foul on Titov. |
| 3' | Cruz scored twice against the Russians two weeks ago to give the Nerazzurri a 2-1 victory. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Luzhniki Stadium for Spartak v Inter (kick-off at 18:30CET). |
| 1' | GOOOOAAALLLL!!!!! Julio Cruz sidefoots into the roof of net from Ibrahimovic's assist to give Inter the lead after a defensive mistake by Stranzl. |
| 1' | It's minus 1 in Moscow as the Nerazzurri get this Champions League Matchday 4 clash under way. FORZA INTER!!!!!!!! |
| 1' | Inter lineup: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 2 Cordoba, 23 Materazzi, 16 Burdisso; 7 Figo, 4 Zanetti,15 Dacourt, 5 Stankovic; 8 Ibrahimovic, 9 Cruz. |
| 1' | Spartak lineup: 30 Kowalewski; 49 Shishkin, 3 Stranzl, 13 Jiranek, 17 Rodriguez; 23 Bystrov, 15 Kovac, 9 Titov, 24 Mozart, 7 Bojarintsev; 10 Pavlyuchenko. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time. Inter beat Spartak Moscow 1-0 at the Luzhniki Stadium. |
| 48' | Julio Cesar collects a Covalciuc cross in an end-to-end finish to the game. |
| 48' | Stankovic goes through on goal but Kowalevski blocks again. |
| 48' | From keeper to keeper. Kowalevski's long ball forward finishes in the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 47' | Ibrahimovic goes through on goal and tries to lift the ball over Kowalevski but the Spartak keeper blocks. |
| 46' | Solari's long-range shot is saved by Kowalevski. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time. |
| 43' | Marco Materazzi and Nicolas Burdisso end a Spartak attack with a couple of headed clearances. |
| 42' | Spartak clear after Ibrahimovic looks for Grosso in the box. |
| 39' | Inter make a tactical substitution: Julio Cruz replaced by Santiago Solari. |
| 36' | Spartak close again. Titov plays a short corner with Cavenaghi and crosses for Kovac to head over at the far post. |
| 35' | Maicon's cross from the right caught by Kowalevski. |
| 34' | From the left channel Covalciuc crosses into non man's land. Goal kick to Inter. |
| 33' | Julio Cesar smothers the ball to deny Cavenaghi a follow-up after Shishkin's thunderous long-range shot hits the crossbar. |
| 31' | Back in the Spartak half Grosso whips in a cross from the left but there's no team-mate on hand. |
| 30' | Julio Cesar collects Titov's cross from the left. |
| 30' | Cruz and Kowalevski jump to meet Grosso's cross from the left-wing by-line. Danish referee Larsen awards Spartak a free kick for a foul by the Argentine. |
| 29' | Pavlyuchenko chests down a Shishkin pass, turns and volleys on target. Julio Cesar gets down at the near post to save. |
| 27' | Inter replace Luis Figo with Fabio Grosso. |
| 26' | It's three against two as Inter hit Spartak on the break. Figo serves Ibra who sends a fierce low shot on target from the right edge of the Russian area. Kowalevski blocks. |
| 25' | Materazzi closes down Cavenaghi to block a shot by the Argentine. |
| 22' | Spartak close to an equaliser. Titov fails to connect with Boyarintsev's dangerous ball in from the right wing. |
| 20' | Boyarintsev's cross-shot from Shishkin's short pass sails over Julio Cesar's bar. |
| 20' | Covalciuc fails to keep the ball in play as Spartak pass it around in the Inter area. |
| 15' | Stankovic gets into a shooting position and unleashes a right-footer from 25 yards. Kowalevski collects the Serbian midfielder's deflected effort. |
| 14' | Mozart drags his 25-yard shot well wide of the right post. |
| 13' | Spartak sub Covalciuc crosses into the Inter area from the left. Javier Zanetti makes a headed clearance. |
| 11' | Maicon plays a devastating one-two with Ibra in the Spartak area but sees his angled shot blocked by Kowalevski. |
| 8' | Bystrov is unable to continue. On comes Covalciuc. |
| 8' | Burdisso makes a headed clearance from a Shishkin cross. |
| 5' | Headed clearance by Cordoba from a Mozart cross. |
| 4' | Julio Cesar comes to the edge of his area and nods the ball to safety to deny Boyarintsev. |
| 3' | Mozart's inswinging cross from the right-wing corner flag is caught by Julio Cesar at the back post. |
| 2' | Inter hit Spartak on the break and waste a gilt-edged chance to double as Ibrahimovic heads wide a Figo cross from the right. |
| 2' | Marco Materazzi cuts out Cavenaghi's ball into the Inter area for Boyarintsev. |
| 1' | Spartak Moscow have replaced Rodriguez with Argentine forward Cavenaghi. |
| 1' | Spartak kick off the second half. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!!!!!!! |