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| 45' | Half time. Inter 1-1 Udinese. |
| 45' | Sanchez fires a crisp shot straight at Julio Cesar. |
| 43' | Sneijder picks out Milito in the box and floats over to the Argentine but Benatia is first to the ball. |
| 41' | Sneijder goes directly for goal with an inswinging left-wing free kick. Just wide. |
| 38' | Di Natale creates space for a shot from the edge of our area. It's straight at JC. |
| 34' | Pinzi for a foul on Sneijder. |
| 33' | Another good chance as Samuel heads narrowly wide from the ensuing corner. |
| 32' | Inter close to retaking the lead within a minute. Milito controls and whacks a low shot to the far post, where Handanovic palms it round. |
| 31' | GOAL. Udinese level things up as Floro Flores rises on the edge of the six-yard box to nod home Sanchez's cross from the right. INTER 1-1 UDINESE. |
| 29' | Ex-Inter full-back Pasquale makes a headed clearance to stop Biabiany from meeting Eto'o's long left-wing cross. |
| 25' | Sanchez floats in a cross from the right. Straight into the arms of Julio Cesar. |
| 22' | Biabiany crashes a 20-yard effort wide of the target. |
| 21' | This isn't the only Inter-Udinese today. Our senior youth team, Inter Primavera, won 2-1 away to the Bianconeri's Under-19 side in their opening game of the regular season this afternoon. Dell'Agnello and Longo scored for Fulvio Pea's Nerazzurri. |
| 19' | Sanchez has a go from a tight angle on the righ. The Chilean's whipped volley is wide of Julio Cesar's left-hand post. |
| 16' | Sneijder one-twos with Milito but can't get past the last defender. |
| 15' | Easy does it. Samuel cuts out Sanchez's short pass for Di Natale and lets Mariga bring the ball calmly out of defence. |
| 13' | Floro Flores gets a verbal warning for a hard challenge on Lucio. No yellow card though. |
| 12' | Sneijder touches short to Eto'o and the Cameroonian shoots. Way off target. |
| 10' | Good chance for Udinese as Sanchez crosses low to Di Natale, but the Italy forward fluffs his back-heel. |
| 10' | Zanetti for obstructing Floro Flores. A bit harsh really. |
| 8' | From attack to defence, Lucio sweeps to safety as Udinese try to muster a quick reaction. |
| 6' | GOAL!!!!!! Handanovic spills Sneijder's left-wing corner and the ball falls to the unmarked Lucio, who picks his spot and rams home. Easy. INTER 1-0 UDINESE. |
| 6' | Mariga's grasscutter from the edge of the box takes a deflection on its way out for a corner. |
| 4' | Sanchez races down the Udinese right and enters the box but can't get past Chivu. Samuel cleans up. |
| 3' | Free kick on the Inter left. Sneijder crosses, Floro Flores heads away. |
| 2' | Sneijder combines well with Milito and Eto'o on the left and gets a shot in from the angle of the box. Bianconeri defender Benatia blocks. |
| 1' | Our Italian Super Cup triumph over Roma last month seems like a distant memory. We have since played the European Super Cup against Atletico Madrid in Monte Carlo and away to Bologna in Serie A Week 1. Here we go then with our first home outing of the domestic league campaign and today's opponents are Udinese, the Bianconeri from Friuli who haven't taken all three points off the Nerazzurri since 2004. |
| 1' | Udinese get us under way at the Meazza. FORZA INTER!!! |
| 1' | The backdrop to the Inter bench today is dedicated to our club's humanitarian programme Inter Campus. |
| 1' | Inter's treble trophies are glimmering in the September sunshine down on the touchline as we await the arrival of the players. Up in the Curva Nord, a banner reads: SEASON 2009/10: VOTE 10. THANK YOU F.C. INTERNAZIONALE. The Curva unveils another banner to the tune of: RAFA, WORK CALMLY AND LET THEM TALK. WE ARE WITH YOU AND THIS TEAM THAT HAS MADE US DREAM. |
| 1' | LINEUPS: <br> Inter: 1 Julio Cesar; 4 Zanetti, 6 Lucio, 25 Samuel, 26 Chivu; 17 Mariga, 19 Cambiasso; 88 Biabiany, 10 Sneijder, 9 Eto'o; 22 Milito.
<br>Subs: 12 Castellazzi, 2 Cordoba, 11 Muntari, 23 Materazzi, 27 Pandev, 29 Coutinho, 39 Santon.<br> Udinese: 1 Handanovic; 2 Zapata, 11 Domizzi, 17 Benatia; 66 Pinzi, 20 Asamoah, 88 Inler, 26 Pasquale; 7 Sanchez, 10 Di Natale, 83 Floro Flores.<br>
Subs: 6 Belardi, 4 Cuadrado, 9 Corradi, 19 Badu, 21 Vyndra, 23 Abdi, 45 Angella. |
| 1' | Rafael Benitez mixes youth and experience in his starting lineup to face Udinese. Despite his return to full training Maicon has been rested as a precaution, and Stankovic misses out after sustaining a hamstring strain. Zanetti starts at right-back for the second game in a row, Mariga occupies a holding midfield role alongside Cambiassso, while Biabiany earns his first start on the right wing with Pandev dropping to the bench, which includes the likes of Coutinho and Santon. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 52' | That's your lot. Inter beat Udinese 2-1 and we're back on the winning track. See you on Tuesday when we open our defence of the Champions League away to Dutch outfit Twente. |
| 52' | Brighi adds on an extra minute and Muntari goes through on goal with a chance to make it 3-1, but his shot is straight at Handanovic. |
| 51' | Into the last minute and Udinese are awarded a long-range free kick. The Meazza roars as Di Natale's floated cross to the back post is saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 49' | With several players lurking in our box, Julio Cesar makes a vital punched clearance from Asamoah's left-wing cross. |
| 45' | Six minutes added on. |
| 45' | Mariga fires wide as Udinese fail to clear after a storming run down the right by captain Zanetti, who is wearing a special armband dedicated to Giacinto Facchetti to mark the fourth anniversary of his passing. |
| 44' | Cuadrado for a foul on Eto'o. |
| 41' | Corradi delivers a low cross to the feet of Di Natale, who shoots wide from close range. |
| 39' | Guillerme Cuadrado for El Mouttaqui Benatia. |
| 37' | Almost! Samuel Eto'o turns Angella just outside the Udinese box and curls a splendid right-foot shot on to the post. What a goal that would have been. |
| 36' | Sulley Muntari for Diego Milito. Nine minutes then for the Ghanaian against his former team. |
| 34' | Inter launch a fast counter-attack and Milito fires an angled shot wide of the far post after meeting a great pass from Sneijder. |
| 34' | Di Natale sends in a dangerous cross for Corrado. Julio Cesar spots the danger and makes a magnificent interception. |
| 33' | Chance for Udinese. Angella's header from Di Natale falls to Zapata, but the Colombian can't get the winning touch at the back post. |
| 27' | Udinese win a free kick about 25 yards from goal after a Mariga foul on Asamoah. Di Natale's effort is blocked by Lucio in the Inter wall. The lanky Brazilian requires medical attention after that ball in the face. |
| 26' | Handanovic smothers the ball to deny Zanetti a chance from Sneijder's through ball. |
| 24' | Di Natale for protesting after a foul by Domizzi on Cordoba. |
| 22' | GOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!!! Handanovic parries Samuel Eto'o's penalty but the Cameroonian tucks home the rebound and we're back in front in Milan. INTER 2-1 UDINESE. |
| 21' | PENALTY. Angella handles Sneijder's pass and Brighi points to the spot. |
| 18' | Bernardo Corradi for Antonio Floro Flores. |
| 18' | Goran Pandev for Jonathan Biabiany. It's the Macedonian's 200th appearance in Serie A. |
| 16' | Domizzi appears to handle the ball when intercepting Sneijder. Ref Brighi adjudges it to be involuntary. |
| 14' | Gabriele Angella for Giovanni Pasquale. |
| 13' | Free kick to Inter on the left. Sneijder's inswinger is headed away by Floro Flores. Another chance comes our way moments later as Sneijder passes short to Mariga, who pokes at Handanovic from close range. |
| 11' | Another scare for the Nerazzurri. Sanchez powers past Cambiasso, Zanetti and Samuel before laying off to Floro Flores, who blazes wide with the goal gaping. |
| 10' | Ivan Cordoba for Cristian Chivu. |
| 7' | Inter pour forward on the break and Eto'o goes down in the area after being brought down by Zapata. Eto'o is booked for diving. Inexplicable. |
| 7' | Danger in the Inter box as Sanchez crosses low to Floro Flores. Lucio makes the crucial tackle. |
| 6' | Sneijder receives from Cambiasso in a central position about 25 yards from goal and bends his shot high over the bar. |
| 3' | JC races out of his box to intercept a long pass for Di Natale. |
| 1' | Udinese captain Di Natale darts past Chivu in the area and rifles a low shot at Julio Cesar. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the second half. FORZA RAGAZZI!!! |