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GOAL
At 90'+5 Udinese-INTER 1-2 - Goal by Frattesi.
A diving Okoye deflects a shot from Lautaro Martinez onto the post, Frattesi pounces on the ball and scores into an empty net.
In the 55th minute Udinese-INTER 1-1 - Goal from a penalty by Calhanoglu
At 40' UDINESE - Inter 1-0 - Goal by Samardzic.
The action starts from a recovery by Kamara, cross shot by Samardzic, slight deflection by Carlos Augusto, the ball rolls into the net.
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RESULTS
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Frattesi only scores heavy goals. But tonight's game in Udine, at the last gasp, has a different flavor from the previous ones
: it means sewing half the Scudetto on your chest, throwing Milan back to minus 14 despite the Rossoneri's five victories in a row and with the concrete possibility of closing the championship right in the derby.
But it wasn't a walk in the park: to bring home the three points,
Inter had to work hard against a never-tame Udinese. To replace the suspended Lucca, Cioffi focuses on a mobile attack, advancing the attacking midfielders Pereyra and Thauvin and giving up Success, who is still without a goal in the league. In midfield there is room for the talent of Samardzic, at the center of the transfer case with the Nerazzurri last summer. Surprise revival also for Zarraga, who sends Lovric to the bench.
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Inzaghi responds with the very starting players, apart from Bastoni, who is struggling with fatigue, who leaves room for Carlos Augusto. Arnautovic is back on the bench after a month.
First quarter of an hour of study with Inter holding the ball and Udinese holed up in their own half of the pitch
. At 18' the first thrill: perfect cross from the left by Dimarco, but Thuram didn't arrive on time, slipping by a whisker. The pressure grows and in the 21st minute Chalanoglu warms up Okoye's gloves with a curling shot. At half an hour the Turk is still on top: a sidereal shot from the edge with the Friulian goalkeeper still very good at blocking. Ball possession rose to 77% for the guests, but the Juventus shutters remained closed. Udinese pass the halfway line only once, but it's the good one: in the 40th minute Chalanoglu loses a bloody ball in the middle of the pitch, Kamara anticipates Dumfries and serves Samardzic who comes back on the left and beats Sommer thanks to a poisonous and decisive deflection from Carlos Augusto, who nails Sommer on a seemingly harmless cross-shot, motionless.
Inter are not having it and after a minute Lautaro forces Okoye to work overtime again with a precision header
. For the second time since the start of the season, the league leaders went into half-time behind: it had only happened in Rome. In the 3rd minute Inter immediately found the equalizer through Carlos Augusto, but Dumfries was offside from close range, albeit by the millimetre. The guests put the Friulians in a corner and in the 10th minute, following yet another cross from Dimarco, Thuram was brought down over the top by Okoye: a clear penalty. From the spot, Chalanoglu issues the usual sentence. Cioffi strengthens his position and on the hour mark removes Samardzic for Lovric, also inserting Joao Ferreira in place of a tired Ehizibue.
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Udinese tries on the counterattack with Kamara (in a very dubious position) but the defense recovers on the crossbar at the last minute. The hosts move the center of gravity further back with Payero for Zarraga: the game is played without any offensive reference.
Inzaghi responds with Darmian for an impalpable Dumfries and, surprisingly, with Frattesi for Mikhitaryan, who had been the game's balancer until then. The coach retires his tactical creed
: he removes Chalanoglu to insert the former Sanchez, Nino Maravilla who blossomed in these parts. Shortly afterwards Arnautovic and Buchanan were also inside. Lovric gets hurt and Cioffi tries a desperate move with the sprinter Ebosele as center forward, pushing Pereyra back. Inter move the ball around but can't find the opening. Piccinini concedes 7' of injury time and in the fifth the national team's midfielder-bomber decides: Lautaro sets off a shot that Okoye deflects onto the post. On the rebound Frattesi lands at the bottom of the bag, causing the Blueenergy stadium, populated at least two thirds by Nerazzurri, to explode
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