Tim tuan rumah Catania tampil bagus pada babak pertama tetapi Inter lebih beruntung pada menit ke-64 ketika Esteban Cambiasso mendapat umpan dari Javier Zanetti dan menjebloskan bola kendati ia kelihatan dalam posisi offside.
The hosts were the better side in the first half but Inter had a lucky break on 64 minutes when Esteban Cambiasso's tap-in from Javier Zanetti's header was allowed to stand despite him being just offside.