| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Half time. Basel 1-1 Inter. |
| 45' | 2 minutes of additional time to play. |
| 42' | Cantaluppi's shot from just inside the Inter box takes a deflection and finishes over Toldo's crossbar. |
| 40' | Zuberbuhler makes a diving save from Stankovic's left-footed shot from the left edge of the Basel box. |
| 38' | From eight yards out Ze Maria shoots onto the Basel crossbar after Zuberbuhler blocks Adriano's shot from Recoba's left-wing cross. |
| 32' | Basel on the attack. Gimenez plays wide to Rossi who crosses into the middle. Huggel's scissor kick is wide. |
| 31' | Recoba's thunderous left-footed shot from 20 yards is blocked by Zuberbuhler. |
| 30' | Dejan Stankovic is booked for a foul from behind on Chipperfield. |
| 28' | Stankovic's ferocious right-footed shot from the distance beats Zuberbuhler and comes back off the left-hand post. |
| 27' | Francesco Toldo collects Delgado's diagonal shot from the right edge of the Nerazzurri box. |
| 25' | Basel equalise through Huggel, who in a central position on the edge of the six-yard box heads Rossi's cross home with Toldo stranded at the near post. |
| 23' | Cantaluppi is yellow-carded for a foul on Stankovic in the centre circle. |
| 21' | Basel come straight back on the attack. Huggel heads over Toldo's bar after beating the Inter defence to a left-wing cross. |
| 19' | GOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Adriano receives from Stankovic then takes on two Basel defenders and the keeper before smashing the ball into the roof of the net. |
| 18' | Another chance for Basel. On the turn Gimenez sees his shot come off an Inter shirt. |
| 16' | From 30 yards out Alvaro Recoba pulls a low shot wide of the right-hand post. |
| 14' | Basel are showing lots of initiative in these early stages. Rossi's header from Chipperfield's left-wing cross comes off Stankovic and goes into the hands of Toldo. |
| 13' | Favalli makes a superb tackle on Gimenez to deny Basel's Argentine striker a clear-cut chance on goal. |
| 13' | Hernan Rossi's low shot from 25 yards is well-saved by Francesco Toldo. |
| 11' | Good move by the Nerazzurri. A crossfield ball is played to Recoba on the right wing then Il Chino finds his way into the Basel box before passing to Javier Zanetti. The Swiss defence wins possession. |
| 10' | Kleber's left-wing cross played into the middle of the Inter box is cleared by Marco Materazzi. |
| 9' | At the other end Ivan Cordoba neatly wins the ball off Gimenez, who is through on goal. |
| 7' | Adriano storms down the left wing then is tackled and we win a corner. Ze Maria's corner kick is caught by Zuberbuhler. |
| 5' | Inter win a free kick on the right wing after Ze Maria is fouled. Recoba's curled free kick is cleared then Veron fires wide. |
| 1' | Welcome to the St. Jakob Park Stadion for our first live text report of the 2004/05 season. Playing in their white away strip, Inter kick off. FORZA NERAZZURRI! |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 49' | Full time. Basel 1-1 Inter. |
| 47' | Stankovic's curled shot from the distance goes into the hands of Zuberbuhler. |
| 45' | 4 minutes of injury time to play. |
| 42' | Toldo tips Smiljanic 'hand of God' header over the bar and the Basel player is promptly booked by Graham Poll. |
| 40' | Inter on the counter-attack. Ventola's shot is blocked. |
| 37' | Cantaluppi's volley from the edge of the Nerazzurri box is way off-target. |
| 36' | Ze Maria curls his free kick over the Basel wall and Yakin makes a headed clearance on the goal line. |
| 35' | Ventola is fouled just outside the Basel area. Free kick to us. |
| 34' | In space on the right side of the Nerazzurri box, Huggel's low shot comes off the far post. |
| 31' | Emre replaces Cambiasso. |
| 26' | Adriano's free kick from 25 yards goes over Zuberbuhler's crossbar. |
| 24' | Basel substitution: Gimenez off, Carignano on. |
| 21' | Petric fires wide with a spectacular volley from the edge of the Inter box. |
| 18' | Roberto Mancini brings on Ventola for Recoba. |
| 15' | Christian Gross makes his first substitution: Petric comes on for Delgado. |
| 13' | Basel captain Yakin is booked for a foul on Adriano. |
| 10' | Cambiasso receives from Recoba on the edge of the Basel box then shoots over. |
| 9' | Degen floats in a cross from the right, Gimenez heads just wide of the left-hand post. |
| 8' | Francesco Toldo makes another great save. At full stretch, the Nerazzurri custodian tips Rossi's shot round for a corner. |
| 5' | At the other end Delgado's shot dips at the far post and Toldo pulls off a terrific save to deny Basel a second goal. |
| 5' | Zuberbuhler punches clear Ze Maria's diagonal shot from the right. |
| 2' | Inter straight on the attack. Recoba wins the ball midway inside the Basel half then plays wide to Javier Zanetti, who takes the ball to the right-wing by-line then crosses over to the far side. We win a corner. |
| 1' | Basel kick off the second half. |