Inter always knows how to win. Udinese overturned in the 95th minute. Frattesi, a star goal

Davide Frattesi is the man of victories in full recovery. This happened to him at the beginning of 2024 against Verona, when he scored the 2-1 at San Siro one step away from the final whistle. It was repeated in Friuli against Udinese, after goals from Samardzic and Calhanoglu, keeping the Nerazzurri at +14 on Milan, still on average to win the second star's scudetto in the derby on 22 April and the record for points in a season (Conte's Juve 2013/14 closed on 102, winning them all would be 103).

At the Bluenergy Stadium, the script remains the expected one: the Nerazzurri often have the ball, in orange for the occasion. Udinese waits, without giving up on dirtying the passing lines. Carlos Augusto does Bastoni and Dimarco does Dimarco, in a chain on the left that is stronger than the one on the right. The first save was made by Okoye: he struggled to thwart Calhanoglu's right-footed shot. The Nerazzurri director tries again two more times, one very high, the other central but strong and with the opposing goalkeeper again blocking. Inter advance, but they don't sting and when it's not in the air the goal arrives: a cross shot by Samardzic deflected by Carlos Augusto on which Dumfries and Sommer play "yours, mine", both watching the ball enter Network. The one who is well reactive is Okoye again, Martinez curses his skills with which he denies the immediate equalizer on yet another initiative from Mkhitaryan.

At the stroke of half-time, the performance is more positive than the result. The away goal also arrived at the start of the second half, promptly canceled out due to offside by Carlos Augusto, a choice confirmed after a long check due to a touch of Kristensen's arm. The league leaders collect places: free kicks, corners, a penalty for a challenge by Okoye which overwhelms Thuram and allows Calhanoglu to make an impact from the spot. The assault begins again, with another interlude that is very similar to the negative one of the first half: Mkhitaryan must do his utmost in a decisive defensive closure on Thauvin. The Armenian goes out, with him Dumfries: Frattesi and Darmian in. But above all, 17 minutes from the 90th minute, Inzaghi plays the trident card by sending Sanchez onto the pitch for Calhanoglu. Udinese closed in even more, losing Lovric (taken away on a stretcher) and during the rescue operations Inzaghi played his cards with Arnautovic and Buchanan, who found a friendly shirt to block the shot for his possible first goal as an Inter player. Muscle problems also stop Thauvin and the Friulians have no substitutions: the last defenses of the fort are outnumbered, recovery takes 7 minutes. Enough for Frattesi to pierce Okoye, on a rebound, a moment after the post hit by Lautaro.