| Minutos | Crónica |
| 45' | Half time. Inter 0-0 Sampdoria (agg. 3-0). |
| 45' | Grosso's cross into the box is headed wide by Coppa Italia top scorer Nic Burdisso. |
| 44' | Samp midfielder Palombo booked for bringing down Luis Figo. Free kick to Inter 40 yards out. |
| 44' | Cruz heads home Grosso's cross from Figo's ball down the left, but the Italian crossed after the ball had crossed the by-line. |
| 42' | Maaroufi's dangerous hooked cross from the right-wing by-line sails over the head of Mariano Gonzalez. Samp clear. |
| 40' | Zenoni crosses again, but Brighi blows his whistle for a foul by Bonazzoli on Bonucci in the area. |
| 40' | Zenoni's low cross from the right is blocked by Samuel. |
| 37' | Sala's header from inside the Inter area is wide of the right post. |
| 36' | Free kick to Sampdoria on the left channel for a Burdisso foul on Blucerchiati striker Emiliano Bonazzoli. |
| 35' | Ibrahim Maaroufi has a go from distance after the resulting corner is cleared, but the Belgian midfielder's effort is wide. |
| 34' | Burdisso makes a stylish headed clearance from Bastrini's whipped cross from the left. Inter hit Samp on the break and Cruz goes close with a fierce strike from the edge of the box which forces a good save from Castellazzi. |
| 34' | After a promising Samp attack, Maggio fires wide from the edge of the area. |
| 33' | Leo Bonucci beats Pieri to a crossfield pass and heads out for a Samp throw-in. |
| 29' | Grosso plays a quick ball to Solari on the left. The Argentine winger crosses to Cruz who flicks wide at the near post with the outside of his foot. |
| 27' | Toldo comes out quickly to collect a deep right-wing cross. |
| 26' | Inter awarded a free kick for a tactical foul by Parola on Mariano Gonzalez on the halfway line. |
| 23' | Pieri pokes low into the box from the left. Inter's defence clears. |
| 23' | Bastrini's header into the Inter area is headed clear by Walter Samuel. |
| 22' | Maggio's header from Parola's free kick is deflected out for a right-wing corner. |
| 21' | Samp awarded a free kick in a central position 30 yards out for a Dacourt foul on Bazzani. |
| 20' | Inter maintain the pressure as Fabio Grosso gets to the by-line, but the Italian full-back's cross is blocked. |
| 19' | Inter on the attack. Cruz runs down the middle before playing wide to Gonzalez who serves Solari in the box. The former Real winger is tackled, and Inter win a left-wing corner. |
| 15' | Maggio's flicked header from Zenoni's right-wing centre is caught by Francesco Toldo. |
| 14' | Luis Figo's curling free kick is over Castellazzi's crossbar. |
| 13' | Cruz gets behind Sala to win a long ball forward. The Argentine striker is held back by the Samp defender, who is booked. Free kick to us on the left edge of the Blucerchiati box. |
| 11' | Mariano Gonzalez collects a Solari pass from the left and lets fly a 20-yard shot with the outside of his right foot. It's not far off. |
| 8' | Solari blocks a Zenoni cross from the right. Palombo crashes wide his 30-yard effort from the loose ball. |
| 7' | Bastrini crosses from the left. Solari makes a headed clearance. |
| 5' | Bazzani overhits his through ball for Bonazzoli. Toldo collects. |
| 3' | Figo's inswinger from the left-wing corner flag is caught by Castellazzi. |
| 3' | Inter hit back at Samp and win a corner after Sala makes a crunching tackle on Solari. |
| 2' | Bazzani receives after a Zenoni run down the right but is immediately dispossessed. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district for Inter v Sampdoria. The Nerazzurri go into tonight's Tim Cup semi-final return with a 3-0 lead from last week's first leg. |
| 1' | Christian Brighi blows his whistle. Samp kick off. FORZA INTER!!! |
| 1' | There will be a minute's silence before kick-off to remember Sammartinese manager Ermanno Licursi, who died last week. |
| 1' | Sampdoria: 1 Castellazzi; 7 Maggio, 14 Sala, 5 Accardi, 46 Pieri; 33 Bastrini, 17 Palombo, 18 Parola, 77 Zenoni; 9 Bazzani, 20 Bonazzoli. |
| 1' | Inter: 1 Toldo; 51 Bonucci, 16 Burdisso, 25 Samuel, 11 Grosso; 7 Figo, 15 Dacourt, 50 Maaroufi, 21 Solari; 91 Mariano Gonzalez; 9 Cruz. |
| Minutos | Crónica |
| 48' | Full time. Inter 0-0 Sampdoria (agg: 3-0). Inter will face Roma in the cup final for the third year running. |
| 47' | Toldo denies Quagliarella with a terrific block from the Samp substitute. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time to play. |
| 45' | Castellazzi denies Julio Cruz. The Argentine meets Recoba's through ball but sees his shot saved by the Samp keeper's feet. |
| 43' | Good chance for Inter. Recoba plays a one-two with Grosso and tries to lift the ball over Castellazzi but the Samp keeper catches. |
| 39' | Inter bring on 19-year-old Primavera captain Simone Fautario for Santiago Solari. |
| 37' | Sampdoria replace Bonazzoli with 18-year-old striker Ferrari. |
| 36' | Julio Cruz chests down a delightful ball into the area by Recoba before crashing wide a left-foot shot. |
| 35' | Parola yellow-carded for a foul on Olivier Dacourt. |
| 35' | Da Mota's ball into the box is cleared by the Nerazzurri defence. |
| 34' | Free kick to Samp in a central position 35 yards out, awarded for a Samuel foul on Quagliarella. |
| 33' | Sampdoria bring on Fabio Quagliarella for Fabio Bazzani. |
| 31' | Maggio rises in the box but fails to make contact with Bonazzoli's cross from the right wing. |
| 29' | Recoba loses control of the ball after a Mariano Gonzalez counter-attack down the middle. |
| 27' | Samp bring on Da Mota for Palombo. |
| 26' | Alvaro Recoba replaces Luis Figo to make his return from injury. |
| 24' | Bonucci heads behind Zenoni's fast right-wing cross. |
| 24' | Parola's cross from the resulting corner is headed wide by Bazzani. Sala fails to touch home at the far post. Good chance for Novellino's side. |
| 23' | Cruz races down the right but is dispossessed by Accardi. |
| 22' | Roberto Mancini hands Francesco Bolzoni his first-team debut. Off comes Ibrahim Maaroufi. |
| 19' | Cruz latches on to a Mariano Gonzalez through ball and sees his shot on the turn take a deflection. Solari's cross from the left is collected by Castellazzi. |
| 17' | At the other end Figo heads clear a Zenoni cross from the left. There's no way through for the Blucerchiati. |
| 16' | Solari receives on the left from Cruz and creates space for a cross but Samp clear. |
| 14' | Bonazzoli connects with Pieri's cross from the left. Maggio hooks back into the middle of the box from the right-wing by-line. Inter clear. |
| 12' | Gonzalez combines with Solari and rids of one opponent before being tackled by a second. |
| 11' | Palombo's high ball into the Nerazzurri area is too long for Bazzani. Toldo gathers. |
| 10' | Maggio's flicked header from Pieri's left-wing cross is not far over Toldo's crossbar. |
| 9' | Mariano Gonzalez miscues from the edge of the Samp area. Easy save for Castellazzi. |
| 7' | Burdisso clears a Zenoni cross from the left. |
| 6' | Solari combines with Figo on the left but can't keep the ball in play. Goal kick for the visitors. |
| 4' | Cruz latches on to Grosso's flicked pass into the Samp area but loses control and Zenoni covers as the ball rolls to Castellazzi. |
| 3' | Maggio's right-footer from 25 yards is blocked by the Nerazzurri defence. |
| 2' | Burdisso beats Bonazzoli to a Zenoni right-wing centre, and heads clear. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half under way. |
| 1' | Maggio intercepts Grosso on the right and whips in a cross. Easy save for Toldo. |