(1-0 Sampdoria)| 9¹ | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Sampdoria 'keeper. |
| 14¹ | DE ROSSI beat BABEL but placed the ball into the arms of STEKELENBURG. |
| 18¹ | A bad tackle gets CHIELLINI a yellow card. |
| 22¹ | A free-kick from TOTTI flew wide. |
| 23¹ | DE JONG ran onto a great ball from SNEIJDER but fired his shot wide of the lefthand post. |
| 24¹ | PIETERS booked by the referee for a high challenge. |
| 32¹ | HUNTELAAR flicked a simple chance past the far post. |
| 32¹ | SNEIJDER beat BARZAGLI and placed the ball to DE JONG who fumbled his shot wide. |
| 34¹ | A fine ball from EMANUELSON on the right fell to HERNANES who mishit his shot inches wide. |
| 41¹ | GATTUSO made space on the left and touched the ball to MARCHISIO who fired the ball wide. |
| 43¹ | A strike from ROSSI held little difficulty for the 'keeper. |
| 2² | ABATE fluffed a simple chance. |
| 9² | An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of BUFFON by BABEL. |
| 12² | BUFFON dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Ajax's BABEL. |
| 15² | A tame strike from ROSSI trickled agonisingly wide. |
| 25² | GATTUSO shot wide. |
| 29² | GOAL!! A nice run by GATTUSO on the right was capped by a great cross which ROSSI touched home at the far post. (2-0 Sampdoria)| 37² | A drive from CHIELLINI seemed a certain goal but STEKELENBURG managed to punch the ball away. | | 39² | GOAL!! A long clearance by the Ajax 'keeper beat the Sampdoria defence and HERNANES fired the ball beyond the oncoming BUFFON. (2-1 Sampdoria)| 40² | ABATE booked for a clumsy tackle on VLAAR. | | 44² | A accurate pass fell to GATTUSO and his left foot shot raced narrowly over. | | |