UDINE - Inter have not begun 2013 as they would have liked, going down 3-0 to Udinese in Week 19 of Serie A at the Stadio Friuli.
On 25 minutes Domizzi caught Palacio from behind but the Nerazzurri were doubly unlucky: the referee decided not to award Inter a penalty and then booked the Argentine forward for simulation. Di Natale very nearly gave the hosts the lead 2 minutes later, his thunderous free kick cannoning back off the crossbar.
Five minutes after the break Cassano did brilliantly to jink his way into the box. His pass found Palacio who in turn squared it for Jonathan, but he inexplicably sliced the ball wide with the goal at his mercy. Palacio might have broken the deadlock himself on 63 minutes but he lost his footing at the vital moment - after good work from Guarin - and fired into the stands.
Udinese then punished the Nerazzurri's profligacy in front of goal, skipper Antonio Di Natale racing onto Lazzari's dinked through ball, before finishing expertly past Handanovic. Moments later things went from bad to worse for the visitors, Juan Jesus seeing red for a second bookable offence. The home side then made the scoreline comfortable before the end with goals from Muriel on 75 minutes and Di Natale ten minutes from time. The Nerazzurri remain on 35 points in the table.
Udinese 3-0 Inter (HT: 0-0)
Scorers:
Di Natale 63, 79, Muriel 75.
Udinese: 1 Brkic; 75
Heurtaux, 5 Danilo, 11 Domizzi; 8 Basta, 37 Pereyra, 3 Allan, 21
Lazzari, 26 Pasquale; 24 Muriel (Maicosuel 81), 10 Di Natale (Willians 88).
Subs not used: 25
Padelli, 93 Pawlowski, 4 Angella, 6 Faraoni, 9 Barreto, 13 Ranegie,
16 Coda, 34 Gabriel Silva, 52 Merkel, 94
Zielinski.
Coach: Francesco Guidolin.
Inter: 1 Handanovic; 25 Samuel, 19 Cambiasso, 40 Juan Jesus; 42 Jonathan (Rocchi 78), 4 Zanetti, 21 Gargano (Duncan 74), 14 Guarin, 31 Pereira; 99 Cassano (Silvestre 82), 8 Palacio.
Subs not used: 27 Belec, 77 Di Gennaro, 17 Mariga, 24 Benassi, 33 Mbaye, 82 Bessa, 86 Livaja.
Coach: Andrea Stramaccioni.
Booked: Pereira 9, Palacio 25, Danilo 32, Juan Jesus 39, 65, Allan 48, Maicosuel 90+1.
Sent off: Juan Jesus 65.
Added time: 1+2 minutes.
