Davide Frattesi soaked up the limelight as Inter Milan’s hero in tonight’s Champions League triumph at Bayern Munich.
Speaking to Sky Sport Italia via FCInterNews, the 25-year-old dedicated his match-winning goal to his late grandmother.
Davide Frattesi lost his grandma shortly before the game.
However, instead of letting emotions overwhelm him, the ex-Sassuolo star used it as an added motive.
Indeed, he came off the bench to score an all-important winner in Inter’s 2-1 victory at the Allianz Stadium.
Frattesi latched onto the low cross from Carlos Augusto to cancel out Thomas Muller’s 85th-minute equalizer at the death.
As a result, Simone Inzaghi’s men have set one foot in the semi-finals.
Moreover, Frattesi’s last-gasp winner was the only fitting way to pay tribute to his deceased grandmother.
Davide Frattesi Pays Tribute to His Grandmother After Inter Milan Win vs Bayern Munich
Frattesi’s 88th-minute winner condemned Vincent Kompany’s side to their first home loss in Europe in four years.
Therefore, emotions were overwhelming.
“In my life, I’ve always believed my greatest strength was my mentality,” Frattesi claimed.
“I always thought nothing and no one could shake me. But when I was faced with this, I felt lost.
“At one point, I couldn’t keep going as usual because I was so attached to my grandmother.
“It was tough, I wasn’t used to seeing her like that.
“I think tonight she had a hand in it, for sure she shouted something down to me from above.”
Then, Frattesi addressed the recent criticism.
“Sometimes we get criticized heavily, maybe rightly so – like after the draw in Parma, where we should’ve won.
“But this part of the season is tough. Playing on three fronts and staying competitive on all of them isn’t easy.
“Tonight, we got a great result, but maintaining consistency isn’t simple.
“We’re facing big challenges and fighting for huge goals – we have to give everything we’ve got.”
Finally, he admitted Inter cannot let this win tuck them into a false sense of security.
“It’ll definitely be a different kind of game,” he added.
“They’ll push more, so we need to be smart when winning the ball back and clean in transition.
“It won’t be easy because they’re a strong team, but we’ll need to be sharp and especially clinical.”
Some people actually put this guy in the same level as Asllani. But Asllani can only dream of scoring keys goals like this but Frattessi would do it again and again if given the chance. No other Inter midfield would make the run to score that goal and that’s whats he actually adds to the team deep runs into the box.
Asllani is a DM, Frattesi an AM. Apples and oranges.
they have different roles. adding more, asllani have really good passing, while frattesi is the best shadow striker. you wrote that much without thinking is fun fact that Inter have more plastic fans these days
After I learnt about his grandma, I thought he would score a goal for her tonight. And he did it.
Frattesi , what a wonderful player, what a wonderful finish. Everbody is proud of you.
Superb goal….