Davide Frattesi on Monday fired Inter one step closer to the Serie A title with his last-gasp winner in their 2-1 comeback victory at struggling Udinese.
Italy midfielder Frattesi poked home the decisive goal in the fifth minute of stoppage-time in Udine to maintain Inter’s 14-point lead at the top of the table with seven matches left in the season.
Inter looked to be heading for a draw as they toiled to add to Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty, scored nine minutes after halftime, which leveled Lazar Samardzic’s freak deflected opener for Udinese.
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“We absolutely don’t think we’ve won it yet. We have other matches to play and we need to go out and get it,” Frattesi told Sky Sport. “I’m really happy, it’s a really big win towards [what] we need to do. You can’t win every match 4-0, [so] it’s important that you also manage to win the tough matches.”
AC Milan are Inter’s closest challengers and Monday’s victory ensured that the champions-elect could seal their 20th Scudetto in a hotly anticipated derby with their local rivals in a fortnight’s time.
Claiming the league crown with a sixth straight derby win would be revenge for Calhanoglu who is detested by Milan supporters after switching sides of the northern Italian city three years ago.
“In all honesty I don’t like talking about the other side from where I came,” Calhanoglu said. “I respect them and I have a good relationship with the players. What happened in my first year here is history. I’m concentrated on my teammates because they’re fantastic... That’s what matters.”
Meanwhile, Udinese are in a desperate fight for survival as they are two points above the relegation zone and have to face Napoli, Roma and Bologna before the end of the season.
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