| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Half time. Inter lead Udinese 3-1 at the break, with Balotelli, Maicon and Milito replying to Pepe's early goal for the Bianconeri. |
| 47' | The ref has added on an extra minute. |
| 46' | GOAL!!!!!! Wesley Sneijder works the ball wide to Mario Balotelli who plants a brilliant inswinging left-wing cross onto the head of Diego Milito who glances his header past Handanovic! UDINESE 1-3 INTER. |
| 45' | One minute of added time. |
| 44' | Lucio makes a flicked clearance with his head to deny Di Natale, conceding a corner. The first comes to nothing, but there's another one and the second corner is saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 42' | At the other end, Balotelli's deflected shot is saved by Handanovic. |
| 41' | Pasquale whips in a dangerous low cross from the left after receiving in space from Pepe. Julio Cesar makes a diving save. |
| 41' | Julio Cesar gets down to block Cuadrado's speculative shot from 25 yards. |
| 39' | Javier Zanetti is booked for hand ball. |
| 38' | Julio Cesar rushes out of his six-yard box to deny Sanchez a scoring opportunity. |
| 37' | Udinese get a free kick out on the right wing after a tactical foul by Balotelli on Cuadrado. Zapata fouls Mariga as both players tussle for Pepe's cross. |
| 36' | Pandev controls Maicon's floated cross with his knee. The ball spins up and finishes between the mitts of Handanovic. |
| 33' | Lucio roams forward and gets to the edge of the Bianconeri box but his low cross is easy prey for the Udinese defenders. |
| 30' | Sanchez combines with Cuadrado on the right before seeing his diagonal shot take a deflection off Stankovic. |
| 28' | Di Natale slips in our box as he meets a low cross from Sanchez. The Udinese number ten requires medical attention after hurting his right shoulder when falling. |
| 27' | Inter snuff out an Udinese attack. Lucio brings the ball out of defence and plays upfield to Sneijder who serves Balotelli and the Italian forward hits a long-range shot at Handanovic. |
| 24' | Zapata climbs at the back post to meet Pepe's right-wing free kick but the ball is too high for the Colombian defender. |
| 24' | Free kick to Udinese on the right wing after Sanchez goes down under a challenge from Stankovic. |
| 21' | GOAL!!!!! What a brilliant move by the Nerazzurri. Milito crosses to Pandev whose first-time touch finds Maicon in space and from the right angle of the six-yard box the Brazilian sends an unstoppable volley in off the underside of the crossbar. UDINESE 1-2 INTER. |
| 18' | Inler finds Di Natale in the box with an inch-perfect through ball but the Italy forward has his back to goal and can't get a shot in before he is dispossessed by Lucio. |
| 16' | Mario Balotelli's thunderous free kick whizzes wide of the the diving Handanovic and his right-hand upright. |
| 15' | Free kick to Inter about 30 metres from goal after a Lukovic foul on Balotelli. |
| 13' | Lucio blocks a shot from Di Natale as Udinese put us under a bit of pressure. |
| 12' | Ex-Inter full-back Giovanni Pasquale takes Pepe's pass to the by-line and turns Maicon before testing Julio Cesar from an acute angle. |
| 9' | Wesley's curling free kick isn't far wide of Handanovic's right-hand stick. |
| 8' | Coda is yellow-carded for a foul on Sneijder right in... Sneijder territory. |
| 6' | GOAL!!!!! Mario Balotelli produces a wonderful leveller, rifling the sweetest of 25-yard shots past Handanovic after controlling a pass from Maicon, who took the ball past three opponents before setting up his team-mate. UDINESE 1-1 INTER. |
| 4' | Sanchez gets past Zanetti on the right and delivers his cross, but Pepe can't find space for a shot. |
| 2' | GOAL. Udinese take an early lead from a counter-attack. Cuadrado serves Di Natale in a central position in the Inter third and the Udinese captain pokes through to Simone Pepe who takes a quick touch before sliding beyond the onrushing Julio Cesar. UDINESE 1-0 INTER. |
| 1' | Thiago Motta at the back with Lucio, Maicon and Zanetti; Stankovic and Mariga in holding midfield roles; and Balotelli, Sneijder and Pandev behind Milito. Materazzi on the bench with Toldo, Quaresma, Eto'o, Krhin, Donati and Arnautovic. That's the team news ahead of this afternoon's 15:00 kick-off at the Stadio Friuli. |
| 1' | Off we go in rainy Udine as Pasquale Marino's men kick off. FORZA INTER! |
| 1' | Our record against Udinese in recent seasons is pretty good. We're unbeaten in 13 meetings with the Friuli Bianconeri, who haven't scored a home goal against us since 2005. We need another win this afternoon to stay clear of the chasers. AC Milan, who are four points adrift, play at home to Atalanta this afternoon while third-placed Roma are away to fifth-placed Napoli. |
| 1' | Lineups:<br>Udinese: 22 Handanovic; 2 Zapata, 13 Coda, 24 Lukovic; 4 Cuadrado, 88 Inler, 14 Sammarco, 26 Pasquale; 7 Pepe, 10 Di Natale, 11 Sanchez.<br> Subs: 1 Rafael, 19 Badu, 20 Asamoah, 27 Geijo, 32 Ferronetti, 80 Domizzi, 84 Lodi.<br>Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 8 Thiago Motta, 4 Zanetti; 5 Stankovic, 17 Mariga; 45 Balotelli, 10 Sneijder, 27 Pandev; 22 Milito. Subs: 1 Toldo, 7 Quaresma, 9 Eto'o, 15 Krhin, 23 Materazzi, 29 Donati, 89 Arnautovic. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 50' | Full time. Inter beat Udinese 3-2 and stay four points clear of second-placed AC Milan, who beat Atalanta 3-1 at home. |
| 50' | Inler's deflected shot off Stankovic hits the crossbar as Udinese go close again in stoppage time. |
| 49' | Pepe bursts past Maicon down the left and gets in a cross from the byline. Stankovic makes a headed clearance. |
| 48' | Another card. Yellow for Asamoah after his foul from behind on Milito. |
| 47' | Dejan Stankovic is booked for a late tackle on Alexis Sanchez. |
| 46' | Rene Krhin replaces Wesley Sneijder for his fourth Serie A appearance in black and blue this season. |
| 46' | Pepe turns and shoots as Udinese look for a late leveller. Julio Cesar gets down to his left and says no to the Italy international. |
| 46' | Four minutes of added time. |
| 45' | Cuadrado's cross from the right is easily saved by Julio Cesar at his far post. |
| 43' | Pepe finds Di Natale in the area with a lofted pass but the flag goes up for offside. |
| 42' | Inter attack down the right. The ball falls to Samuel Eto'o on the edge of the box and he blazes over the bar. |
| 40' | Javier Zanetti's long-range shot is a few yards wide of Handanovic's right-hand post. |
| 37' | Marco Materazzi replaces Mario Balotelli and Thiago Motta switches to his familiar midfield position. |
| 36' | Free kick to Udinese right by the left corner flag after a foul by Lucio. Cuadrado can't keep Pepe's high cross in play at the far side. Goal kick. |
| 34' | Udinese replace Sammarco with Geijo. |
| 34' | Pepe scythes over after weaving into space just outside our box on the left. |
| 33' | Milito beats the offside trap as he meets Sneidjer's through ball and he serves his team-mate with a quick return ball but the Dutchman fluffs his shot. |
| 30' | Wasted chance in Julio Cesar's six-yard box as Pepe lifts over the defence for Cuadrado and the Colombian inexplicably slots wide with just the keeper to beat. |
| 29' | Balotelli makes a headed clearance from Sanchez' corner kick and the Nerazzurri come forward on the counter-attack. Maicon makes a 50-yard dash before playing wide to Eto'o but he overhits his pass for the Cameroonian. |
| 27' | Inter replace Goran Pandev with Samuel Eto'o, who gives some advice to Balotelli before making his entrance. |
| 26' | Coda intercepts Maicon's cross for Milito and heads away. |
| 24' | Pepe looks for the top right corner with a curling shot from the left wing. It's high and wide. |
| 24' | Fast move by Udinese. Pepe frees Lukovic down the left with a neat back-heeled pass and the Serbian crosses over to the far side by there's no team-mate on hand. |
| 23' | Balotelli is booked for a foul from behind on Sanchez. |
| 22' | Sammarco is yellow-carded for obstructing Javier Zanetti. |
| 19' | Udinese bring on Asamoah for Pasquale. |
| 18' | Balotelli wins us a free kick on the left wing after a foul by Cuadrado. SuperMario's header from Sneijder's free kick is wayward. |
| 17' | Handanovic makes a miraculous one-handed from Maicon's right-wing cross-shot with Pandev lurking at the back post as the Nerazzurri build another lovely move. |
| 14' | Balotelli has a 20-yard left-wing effort saved by Handanovic. |
| 11' | Zapata makes a headed clearance from Sneijder's powerful right-wing cross. |
| 10' | Sanchez is presented with a brilliant chance to bring the teams on level terms. Pepe's corner to the far post is headed into the middle of the area by Zapata and Sanchez - completely unmarked - heads straight at Julio Cesar. |
| 9' | Sanchez twists and turns on the right but can't get past Zanetti and is forced to cross. It's blocked by the Inter captain. |
| 7' | GOAL. Di Natale's spot kick goes in off the post. UDINESE 2-3 INTER. |
| 6' | UDINESE GOAL DISALLOWED, PENALTY TO UDINESE. Di Natale's free kick takes a deflection off Balotelli's arm and smacks against the post. Inler is first to the rebound and he heads in, but the goal won't stand as Bergonzi points to the spot. |
| 5' | Free kick to the home side in a central position 25 yards out. |
| 4' | Inler's shot spins off a blockade of Inter players and the ball falls to the feet of Pepe who pulls back for Di Natale to shoot on goal. Julio Cesar gets a hand to the shot and the ball trickles round for a corner. |
| 3' | Corner for Udinese. Zanetti makes a headed clearance from Pasquale's left-wing cross. |
| 1' | Inter get the second half under way. |
| 1' | Di Natale is flagged offside as he runs to meet Pasquale's left-wing cross. |