ROME (AP) — Davide Frattesi scored a dramatic stoppage-time goal as Inter Milan beat Udinese 2-1 and extended its Serie A lead to 14 points on Monday.
It is Inter’s 25th consecutive unbeaten run on their inexorable march towards their 20th Serie A title. He has seven games left.
The selected champions dominated with 78% ownership and 23 shots on target to Udinese’s three, but had to come from behind a calamitous defence in the 40th minute.
Lazar Samardžić’s shot from the corner of the box was not harsh, but it deflected slightly past Carlos Augusto. Although the ball looked undangerous, goalkeeper Yann Sommer and defender Denzel Dumfries clashed and the ball rolled into the box. far post.
Inter got back on track with a Hakan Çalhanoğlu penalty in the 55th minute, which opened the way for the goalkeeper to score his tenth goal.
The winning goal didn’t come until the 5th minute of stoppage time, when Frattesi swooped in to grab a rebound after Lautaro Martinez’s low shot went wide of the post.
Udinese is 15th and only two points above the relegation zone.
While Salernitana’s last club is almost definitively doomed, seven other clubs are fighting to be the other two relegated.
Only a few problems separated second-to-last Sassuolo from 13th-placed Cagliari.
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