| Minute | Text commentary |
| 45' | Half time. Samp 0-2 Inter. |
| 45' | Sala blocks a whipped left-wing cross by Grosso. |
| 44' | Franceschini's dangerous left-wing cross is headed clear by Grosso at the far post. |
| 42' | Samp break and go close through Quagliarella, whose shot from the edge of the area is caught by Toldo. |
| 42' | Mariano Gonzalez combines with Crespo on the edge of the Sampdoria area but is dispossessed after collecting the return ball. |
| 40' | Solari booked for fouling Delvecchio. |
| 38' | Speedy Gonzalez combines with Solari and Grosso as Inter rip into Samp down the left, but Novellino's side win a goal kick. |
| 37' | Toldo gets down at the right post to parry a Bonazzoli header. The flag goes up as Delvecchio was in an offside position. |
| 36' | Cordoba makes a headed clearance to deny Bonazzoli a chance from a right-wing cross. |
| 34' | Another Toldo save from... guess who? Quagliarella. The Samp number 27's dangerous-looking rising drive from the edge of the box is plucked out of the air by the Paduan custodian. |
| 32' | Toldo makes another save from Quagliarella, who chests down on the edge of the box, turns and rifles on target. |
| 32' | Franceschini's cross from the left is blocked by Cordoba. Corner for the Blucerchiati. |
| 31' | Another save by Toldo, this time from Flachi's shot on the turn. |
| 30' | Headed clearance by Samuel from a Maggio ball into the Nerazzurri box. |
| 30' | Toldo pulls off a terrific save from Quagliarella as Samp attack back. Corner for the home team. |
| 28' | Inter close to a third. Zotti smothers the ball after Samuel fails to make clean contact with Grosso's cut-back from the left-wing by-line.- |
| 27' | Figo's fierce cross-shot from the left edge of the Samp area is blocked by Sala. Corner for Inter. |
| 27' | Quagliarella's cross into the Inter area is chested down for Flachi by Delvecchio but the Samp number 10 fails to capitalise. |
| 26' | Flachi volleys into the Curva after Burdisso's headed clearance from a Samp right-wing cross. |
| 24' | GOOOOAAALLLLL!!! Nothing comes of the corner, but Inter remain in the Samp third and take a 2-0 lead with Crespo rising in the area to head home a Figo cross. |
| 23' | Solari combines with Grosso on the left and wins us a corner. |
| 22' | He's onside this time after receiving from Gonzalez but Sala pokes clear in the area. |
| 21' | Crespo is an inch offside as he runs to meet Figo's long high ball over the Blucerchiati defence. |
| 19' | Mariano Gonzalez takes on two during a blistering run down the left, but can't find a way past Accardi. |
| 18' | Crespo rattles a shot on target after a quick move involving Gonzalez and Solari, but Zotti makes a comfortable save. The Samp custodian is called into action again seconds later, with another save from Luis Figo. |
| 17' | Grosso makes a darting run down the left and plays square to Mariano Gonzalez who fires wide from 25 yards. |
| 16' | Delvecchio's long-range effort is easy prey for Francesco Toldo. |
| 14' | Franceschini fires narrowly wide of the target with a low diagonal shot from 20 yards. |
| 12' | Gonzalez attacks down the middle and floats the ball over to Solari. Franceschini makes a headed interception and concedes a left-wing corner. |
| 10' | Grosso blocks a Quagliarella cross from the right as the Blucerchiati look to muster a reaction. |
| 9' | GOOOOOAAALLLLL!!!! Nicolas Burdisso, who scored two cup goals against Messina in the round of 16, flicks home Figo's inswinging cross from a 40-yard left-wing free kick. |
| 8' | Free kick to the Genoans 30 yards out on the right wing. |
| 8' | Flachi's cross into the area is headed clear by Fabio Grosso. |
| 7' | Crespo flagged offside as he races on to a through ball by Mariano Gonzalez. |
| 6' | Nothing comes of Figo's inswinging corner. |
| 6' | At the other end, Inter win a left-wing corner. |
| 4' | Franceschini's 20-yard volley from the corner takes a deflection offf Cordoba and finishes in the arms of Toldo. |
| 3' | Quagliarella's shot from inside the Inter area takes a deflection. The first corner of the game goes Samp's way. |
| 3' | Flachi's curling free kick is wide of Toldo's left-hand post. |
| 2' | Samp win a free kick for a foul from behind by Dacourt on Francesco Flachi. The French midfielder is yellow-carded. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Marassi in Genoa for tonight's Coppa Italia semi-final first leg between Inter and the Blucerchiati. |
| 1' | 270 minutes of Samp v Inter starts here as the Nerazzurri kick off (that could be 300 minutes of course if next Thursday's cup return goes to extra time). |
| 1' | Inter: 1 Toldo; 16 Burdisso, 2 Cordoba, 25 Samuel, 11 Grosso; 7 Figo, 4 Zanetti, 15 Dacourt, 21 Solari; 91 Mariano Gonzalez; 18 Crespo. |
| 1' | Sampdoria: 15 Zotti; 7 Maggio, 14 Sala, 5 Accardi, 46 Pieri; 27 Quagliarella, 40 Delvecchio, 17 Palombo, 21 Franceschini; 10 Flachi, 20 Bonazzoli. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Full time. Inter take a giant step towards their third consecutive Tim Cup final with a 3-0 win over Samp. We'll be back at at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday for Serie A Week 21. |
| 46' | Flachi's curling free kick is just wide of Toldo's left-hand post. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time to play. |
| 45' | Free kick to Samp in a central position just outside the Inter area, awarded for a Dacourt foul on Palombo. |
| 45' | Da Mota has a go from distance. His impressive effort sails wide of the left post. |
| 42' | Flachi's corner is cleared by the Nerazzurri defence. |
| 42' | Burdisso beats Franceschini to a Quagliarella right-wing cross and heads out for a corner. |
| 40' | The Inter coach brings on Ibrahim Maaroufi for Javier Zanetti. |
| 39' | Roberto Mancini replaces Luis Figo with Lambros Choutos. |
| 37' | At the other end, Toldo makes yet another save from Quagliarella whose low diagonal effort is on target. |
| 36' | Samp survive a let-off as Solari volleys over following a defensive error by Palombo. |
| 34' | Grosso's flicked header from Burdisso's right-wing inswinger is wide of the far post. |
| 33' | Franceschini's first-time effort from Zenoni's cross is blocked. Inter break with Figo but the Portuguese winger is caught in possession. |
| 32' | Cruz' shot from Zanetti's intuitive ball into the Samp box is blocked by Zenoni. |
| 31' | Figo's curling free kick is a yard or so wide of the left post. |
| 30' | Free kick to Inter 30 yards out for a Da Mota foul on Gonzalez. |
| 30' | Bastrini latches on to a Flachi cut-back and fires a low left-foot shot wide of the near post. |
| 29' | Flachi's fast cross ricochets off Palombo. His follow-up finds the side-netting. |
| 28' | Free kick to Samp on the right edge of the Inter area for a Grosso foul on Maggio. |
| 27' | Samp sub Da Mota is straight into the action with a 20-yard shot that is comfortably collected by Toldo. |
| 26' | El Jardinero last played a competitive match in Inter v Reggina on 19 November 2006. |
| 26' | Samp bring on Da Mota for Delvecchio. |
| 26' | Julio Cruz makes his return from injury as Hernan Crespo is replaced. |
| 23' | Toldo tips over a Quagliarella diving header from Bastrini's cross. |
| 22' | Solari overhits his pass down the left for Grosso. |
| 21' | Quagliarella plays through to Franceschini who can't find space for a shot and plays back to his team-mate. Quagliarella's 20-yard effort from the return pass is off-target. |
| 20' | Palombo fires high and wide from 20 yards after a promising attack by the Blucerchiati. |
| 19' | Quagliarella dances past Dacourt and Burdisso, but can't find a way past Cordoba. |
| 16' | Quagliarella zips into the Inter area and passes back to Flachi, who is intercepted by Burdisso. |
| 15' | Palombo's cross from a left-wing free kick is headed clear by Dacourt. |
| 11' | Inter win a right-wing corner. GOOOAAALLLLL!!!!! Zotti gets a hand to Burdisso's bullet header from Figo's corner, but can't stop it from going in. |
| 11' | That's four Tim Cup goals for the Argentine defender this season. |
| 9' | Samp bring on Bastrini for Pieri. |
| 8' | Gonzalez chests down a cross from the right and serves Grosso, whose ball into the six-yard box from the left-wing by-line is blocked and cleared. |
| 7' | Inter counter with Crespo, but nothing comes of the move as the Argentine forward loses possession. |
| 7' | Quagliarella rises in the Inter box to meet Zenoni's outswinging cross from the right and heads wide. |
| 5' | Flachi's floated cross from the right is booted clear by Cordoba. |
| 5' | Quagliarella plays a fast one-two with Flachi as Samp enter the Inter area. But Ivan Cordoba is even faster, and intercepts to deny the home side a scoring chance. |
| 4' | Samp attack back. Quagliarella pokes wide to Zenoni who plays central to Maggio, whose weak ball into the box is cleared. |
| 3' | Inter close to a third as Crespo flicks over Solari's low cross from the left. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half under way. |
| 1' | Solari boots behind a Quagliarella cross as Samp run at Inter in the opening minute. |
| 1' | Sampdoria replace Bonazzoli with Zenoni. |