| Minute | Text commentary |
| 46' | Half time. Barcelona 2-0 Inter. |
| 45' | One minute of added time. |
| 45' | Back at the other end, Julio Cesar saves Keita's flicked header from Xavi's corner. |
| 43' | Inter's first shot on goal comes from the feet of Diego Milito. Valdes saves Il Principe's low effort from 20 yards. |
| 41' | Xavi floats an inch-perfect cross over to Dani Alves on the right. The ball comes off Stankovic and it's a corner to the hosts. |
| 36' | A suicidal moment for Alves, who loses control of Abidal's back pass, allowing Stankovic a free shot on goal. The Serbian's effort is off target. |
| 35' | Alves beats Samuel to Maicon's floated cross. |
| 34' | Puyol is yellow-carded after a harsh challenge on Milito. |
| 32' | Lucio makes another crucial interception to end a flowing Barça move involving Xavi, Iniesta and Henry. |
| 30' | Puyol makes a clearance from Maicon's right-wing corner. Inter work the ball back into the box but the Azulgrana captain clears again. |
| 29' | Stankovic looks for Eto'o with a low ball to the edge of the area. Piqué intercepts. |
| 26' | GOAL. Dani Alves is freed down the right and he sends a looping cross over to the far post where Pedro is on hand to knock the ball in off Julio Cesar. BARCELONA 2-0 INTER. |
| 24' | Pedro gets past Maicon and Zanetti before seeing his low weak cross intercepted by Lucio. |
| 21' | Julio Cesar makes a two-fisted block from Henry who was put through by Iniesta. The Frenchman is flagged for offside. |
| 20' | Pedro collects a beautiful ball from Keita in the area and looks for Iniesta but Lucio makes a vital interception. |
| 18' | Thiago Motta is booked for foul play. |
| 16' | Iniesta's cross into the six-yard box is blocked and cleared by Lucio. |
| 15' | Xavi's curling free kick ends up on the roof of the net. |
| 13' | Zanetti commits a foul on Henry in the D. A dangerous place for a free kick. |
| 12' | Lucio blocks a left-wing cross from Pedro. |
| 10' | GOAL. Gerard Piqué latches on to Henry's headed flick to the far post and prods home. Xavi took the corner that led to the goal. BARCELONA 1-0 INTER. |
| 9' | Henry goes down under a challenge from Samuel and calls for a free kick but the Argentine's intervention was perfectly timed. |
| 8' | Another ball into the area by Iniesta. Julio Cesar thwarts Henry. |
| 7' | Iniesta serves Xavi in the area. Julio Cesar gets there first. |
| 6' | Walter Samuel makes a headed clearance from a free kick after Stankovic's foul on Busquets. |
| 6' | The hosts attack back as Pedro races down the left but Zanetti intercepts and wins a free kick after a foul by the Barça forward. |
| 5' | Maicon breaks down the right and unleashes a cross. Blaugrana cpatain Puyol blocks. |
| 3' | Xavi wins his team a corner after his low shot takes a deflection. Daniel Alves' cross in is a dangerous one but Thiago Motta is first to the ball and the Brazilian concedes another corner. |
| 1' | Camp Nou is familiar territory for Mourinho, who spent 4 years here from 1996-2000, and 3 players. Thiago Motta played here for 5 seasons after a 3-year spell with the B team, Quaresma remained for one campaign, and Eto'o spent 5 seasons in Catalonia. |
| 1' | OK, here's the situation. Victory tonight will see us through, while holders Barcelona will exit the competition if they lose and Rubin beat Dynamo (that game is currently under way). Group F is still wide open with two points separating the four teams. |
| 1' | Milito also knows plenty about Barça - he scored twice against them for Real Zaragoza, and his brother Gabriel plays for the Azulgrana. Also in the know are Samuel, Cambiasso and Sneijder - all El Clasico veterans from their time at Real Madrid. |
| 1' | Over the other side and Barcelona coach Guardiola is no stranger to Italian football. As a player he took part in two European Cup/UCL finals against Sampdoria and AC Milan, and he played Serie A football for Brescia (in two separate spells) and Roma. |
| 1' | Players Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Maxwell have more recent experience of life in Italy, having swapped Inter shirts for Barça ones in the summer. |
| 1' | The lineups are official. Eto'o returns to the starting lineup after his appearance as a substitute against Bologna and he will partner Milito in attack. Sneijder has not been passed fit, so it's Stankovic at the tip of the midfield diamond. |
| 1' | Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are among the substitutes for Barcelona, who will start with Iniesta, Pedro and Henry in attack. |
| 1' | Barcelona: 1 Valdes; 2 Dani Alves, 3 Piqué, 5 Puyol, 22 Abidal; 6 Xavi, 16 Busquets, 15 Keita; 8 Iniesta, 17 Pedro, 14 Henry.<br> Subs: 13 Pinto, 4 Marquez, 9 Ibrahimovic, 10 Messi, 11 Bojan, 19 Maxwell, 28 Jonathan. |
| 1' | Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu; 4 Zanetti, 19 Cambiasso, 8 Thiago Motta; 5 Stankovic; 22 Milito, 9 Eto'o.<br> Subs: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 7 Quaresma, 11 Muntari, 14 Vieira, 23 Materazzi, 45 Balotelli. |
| 1' | The final whistle has gone at the Centralniy Stadium in Kazan: Rubin Kazan 0-0 Dynamo Kiev. That means Barcelona won't be knocked out tonight, whatever the result in Catalonia. |
| 1' | The teams are out warming up as the Camp Nou continues to fill ahead of the 20:45 kick.off. |
| 1' | We're under way in the Camp Nou as Barcelona kick off. FORZA INTER!!!! |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Full time. Barcelona beat Inter 2-0. |
| 50' | Full time. Barcelona beat Inter 2-0. |
| 50' | Eto'o is flagged offside as he heads a long-range pass into the path of Muntari. |
| 50' | Andrés Iniesta makes way for Jonathan Dos Santos. |
| 48' | Thiago Motta has a chance for a late goal, heading wide Maicon's cross from the right channel. |
| 45' | Five minutes of stoppage time. |
| 45' | Ricardo Quaresma gets past four players before committing a foul on the edge of the Barcelona box. |
| 44' | Pep Guardiola brings on ex-Inter full-back Maxwell for Abidal. |
| 43' | Javier Zanetti is booked for a foul on Busquets. |
| 40' | Barça make their first switch. Pedro Rodriguez is substituted by Bojan Krkic, who comes on for his 100th appearance for the club at the age of just 19. |
| 40' | Henry receives from Pedro, turns and scythes his long-range effort over the bar. |
| 38' | Dani Alves needs medical attention after a foul by Thiago Motta. |
| 37' | Quaresma comes on for Diego Milito as Mourinho makes his final change. |
| 35' | Cristian Chivu is booked for a foul on Iniesta. The Romanian defender will miss Matchday 6 against Rubin Kazan. |
| 34' | Dani Alves' lofted cross into our box is an easy catch for Julio Cesar. |
| 32' | Milito beats Puyol to Xavi's outswinging cross and makes the clearance. |
| 31' | Dani Alves wins his team a free kick on the right wing after running into Chivu. |
| 29' | Balotelli has made an immediate impact. The young Italian serves Maicon down the right and the Brazilian swings in a cross for Eto'o. Puyol intercepts and makes a headed clearance. |
| 26' | Mourinho throws on a striker for a midfielder as Mario Balotelli replaces Dejan Stankovic. |
| 24' | Eto'o gets through on goal but the angle is too tight and his effort with the outside of his foot goes wide. |
| 23' | Free kick to Barcelona after a Muntari foul on Henry. Daniel Alves' low effort is tipped behind by Julio Cesar. |
| 20' | We're back under way in the Camp Nou and Eto'o is flagged offside again. |
| 18' | Play interrupted as Pedro wriggles around on the ground awaiting medical attention after a clash with Lucio. |
| 14' | Eto'o is flagged for offside as he races against Puyol. |
| 13' | Stankovic loses the ball in his own third and Henry pounces. Luckily for us, the flag goes up for offside. |
| 12' | A chance for Inter at the other end. Dejan Stankovic's low angled drive is on target but Valdes gets down at his near post and makes the save. |
| 9' | Dani Alves sends in a cross for Xavi who heads the ball on target. Amazing save by Julio Cesar. |
| 8' | Stankovic threads through to Eto'o as Inter hit Barcelona on the break but the Cameroon striker fails to connect. |
| 5' | Pedro gets a yellow card for foul play. |
| 5' | Iniesta lights up the Camp Nou with a flash of brilliance but his final pass for Pedro is off the mark. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the second half. FORZA NERAZZURRI!!!!! |
| 1' | José Mourinho has made one change at half time. Sulley Muntari is on for Esteban Cambiasso. |