| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Half time. Sampdoria lead Inter by three goals to nil. |
| 45' | One minute of added time. |
| 44' | Toldo gets out quick to beat Pazzini to Cassano's through ball. Corner to Samp. |
| 42' | GOAL. Pazzini slides into an open net for his second of the game after Cordoba attempts to clear after Toldo parries Padalino's angled shot from Cassano's cross. SAMPDORIA 3-0 INTER. |
| 40' | Palombo shoots high and wide after collecting a short pass from Cassano. |
| 34' | Mario Balotelli fires a low shot on target. Castellazzi saves. |
| 30' | GOAL. Raggi diverts the resulting corner, taken by Palombo, into the path of Giampaolo Pazzini, who heads past Toldo from close range. SAMPDORIA 2-0 INTER. |
| 29' | Toldo tips behind a dangerous curling cross from Cassano. |
| 26' | Nelson Rivas' shot from the resulting free kick comes back off the Sampdoria wall. |
| 25' | Gastadello is booked for a two-footed challenge on Muntari. |
| 24' | Padalino delivers a cross from the right but there's no team-mate on hand at the far post and Zanetti cleans up. |
| 15' | Mourinho brings on Crespo for Mancini. |
| 14' | Sampdoria down to ten men as Gastaldello is sent off for a foul on Balotelli. |
| 13' | Inter win a free kick in a central position about 30 metres from goal. Balotelli's powerful rising drive is over the bar. |
| 12' | Adriano, who has shaken off a knock to the knee, serves Balotelli but the Italian is intercepted by the Samp defence. |
| 9' | GOAL. Antonio Cassano robs Nelson Rivas of the ball, bursts into the area and lifts it over the onrushing Francesco Toldo. SAMPDORIA 1-0 INTER. |
| 5' | Adriano has hurt his leg after a challenge by Gastaldello and Crespo has started warming up. We'll see if the Brazilian is okay to continue. |
| 5' | Balotelli muscles his way past Campagnaro on the left and wins us a corner. |
| 2' | An early chance for Amantino Mancini. The Brazilian winger enters the box and unleashes a right-foot shot that hits the side-netting. |
| 1' | Inter kick off. |
| 1' | Inter: 1 Toldo; 2 Cordoba, 23 Materazzi, 24 Rivas, 6 Maxwell; 4 Zanetti, 14 Vieira, 20 Muntari; 33 Mancini, 10 Adriano, 45 Balotelli.<br> Subs: 22 Orlandoni, 5 Stankovic, 11 Jimenez, 13 Maicon, 18 Crespo,19 Cambiasso, 21 Obinna. |
| 1' | Sampdoria: 1 Castellazzi; 16 Campagnaro, 28 Gastaldello, 84 Raggi; 20 Padalino, 21 Sammarco, 17 Palombo, 19 Franceschini, 46 Pieri; 10 Pazzini, 99 Cassano.<br> Subs: 90 Fiorillo, 3 Ziegler, 11 Bellucci, 23 Stankevicius, 29 Ferri, 77 Da Costa, 88 Dessena. |
| 1' | Inter, on course for a fifth consecutive Coppa final, beat Genoa 3-1 after extra time in the round of 16, winning 2-1 at home to Roma in the quarter-finals. |
| 1' | Samp reach this stage of the competition thanks to a 5-2 penalties victory away to Udinese in the quarter-finals after a 2-1 home win over Empoli in the last 16. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa, our 'home' for the next two matches. Tonight we take on Sampdoria in the first leg of the Tim Cup semi-finals, and then on Saturday it's Genoa-Inter in Week 27 of the Serie A championship. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Full time. Sampdoria win 3-0, sending Inter to their heaviest defeat under José Mourinho. The semi-final return leg is scheduled to take place at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on 22 April. |
| 47' | Castellazzi beats Obinna to Crespo's pass in the area. |
| 45' | Five minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Adriano rises in the box and heads over Maicon's cross. |
| 42' | Javier Zanetti is cautioned for a foul from behind on Padalino. |
| 42' | Marco Materazzi is booked for protests. |
| 40' | Sampdoria bring on Bellucci for Cassano, who gets a standing ovation. |
| 40' | Crespo connects with Maicon's right-wing corner and heads wide. |
| 36' | Another save by Castellazzi. This time it's Muntari who tests the Samp keeper. |
| 35' | Stankevicius sends a low free kick wide of the target. |
| 34' | Castellazzi makes two reflex saves from Adriano and Crespo before Stankevicius pokes to safety. |
| 31' | Mancini picks his spot and rifles wide from 20 yards. |
| 29' | Sampdoria replace Campagnaro with Da Costa. |
| 25' | Brilliant flicked header by Crespo from Maicon's right-wing cross. Castellazzi makes a diving save. |
| 23' | A chance for Inter from a corner as Crespo's right-foot shot from Materazzi's header is saved by Castellazzi. |
| 22' | Inter replace the injured Balotelli with Obinna. |
| 21' | Sampdoria bring on Stankevicius for Pazzini. |
| 18' | Balotelli is stretchered off after colliding with the post. |
| 17' | Mancini's free kick his the Sampdoria wall. |
| 15' | Mourinho makes his second switch. Crespo comes on for Maxwell. |
| 14' | Gastaldello is red-carded for a foul on Balotelli - his second bookable offence. Sampdoria down to ten men. |
| 12' | Balotelli is booked for a foul on Campagnaro. |
| 11' | Adriano unleashes one of his left-foot specials from 25 yards. It's just over the bar. |
| 8' | Cassano is okay to continue and returns to the pitch. |
| 8' | Cordoba is booked for a retaliatory foul on Pazzini. |
| 7' | Play interrupted as Cassano is stretchered off. |
| 5' | Palombo tests Toldo with a low strike from the edge of the area. |
| 4' | Balotelli looks for Adriano with a curling cross from the left but his pass is too long for the Brazilian. |
| 3' | Padalino wins the ball off Maxwell and powers down the right but Toldo comes out of his area and intercepts the Samp winger. |
| 1' | Sampdoria get the second half under way. |
| 1' | Mourinho has brought on Maicon for Rivas. |