Davide Frattesi’s purpose towards Udinese was his fifth of the season for Inter Milan (Isabella BONOTTO)
Inter Milan continued their march in the direction of a second straight Serie A title with a tense 2-1 win over Udinese which moved the reigning champions six factors clear on the high of the league.
Targets within the opening half an hour from Marko Arnautovic and Davide Frattesi had been simply sufficient to provide Inter their third straight win forward of the primary of two Milan derbies within the Italian Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.
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However Inter virtually threw the factors away after coach Simone Inzaghi made a collection of adjustments halfway by means of the second half to save lots of his gamers’ power for a packed April.
Inter have an enormous month arising as additionally they face a titanic Champions League quarter-final with Bayern Munich and difficult fixtures with fourth-placed Bologna and Roma which might be essential to their title defence.
“We virtually did not win a match which we began very well. At a sure level we simply stopped taking part in,” mentioned Inzaghi, who was despatched off after blowing his high within the ultimate minutes.
“The entire substitutions had been essential… we’ve plenty of matches arising on this interval.”
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Inzaghi’s group now await the results of closest challengers Napoli’s conflict with AC Milan afterward Sunday in spite of everything however ending Atalanta’s already slim title hopes.
Atalanta are 9 factors behind Inter in third place after slumping to a 1-0 defeat at Fiorentina with out registering a single shot heading in the right direction.
Inzaghi shall be glad to have seen second-string gamers step up given his group’s upcoming commitments, with Arnautovic and Frattesi giving Inter a fully-deserved two-goal lead at half-time by sweeping house Federico Dimarco crosses within the twelfth and twenty ninth minutes.
Arnautovic was taking part in instead of injured captain Lautaro Martinez and Frattesi for his Italy teammate Nicolo Barella.
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And each delivered towards Tenth-placed Udinese, who had been nowhere for a lot of the match however made Inter sweat after Oumar Solet’s rocket halved the deficit within the 71st minute.
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Inter additionally had goalkeeper Yann Sommer to thank {that a} seemingly sure three factors did not flip into one with two excellent saves from Lorenzo Lucca and Solet.
Sommer crashed into the submit within the 74th minute when he pulled off an unbelievable cease to disclaim Lucca from scoring from a free header, earlier than charging down Solet within the first minute of stoppage time.
And moments later Inzaghi was dismissed after he strode onto the pitch to protest Daniele Chiffi’s refereeing selections, an indication of how shut his group had come to throwing away the win.
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Moise Kean continued his wonderful season with the one purpose of Fiorentina’s win over Atalanta on the stroke of half-time in Florence, pushing the hosts to inside a degree of the European locations.
Italy striker Kean, who scored twice for his nation towards Germany per week in the past, inflicted a primary league away defeat for Atalanta since August when he confidently netted his sixteenth league purpose of the season after robbing defender Isak Hien on the midway line.
Final 12 months’s Europa League winners Atalanta, who appeared like title candidates following an 11-match profitable streak between October and December, have fallen away because the flip of the 12 months.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s group have received simply 4 league matches in 2025, all of them away from house, and are actually solely two factors forward of Bologna.
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“We lacked the dynamism and power to provide Fiorentina any problem… we simply need to put it behind us and look forward,” mentioned Gasperini.
Cagliari strengthened their bid to keep away from relegation by thumping rock-bottom Monza 3-0 and transferring six factors away from the drop zone.
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