UEFA European Championship

Türkiye vs Italy, 2020 European Championship, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship
Türkiye
    FT
    0 - 3
    Italy
    • 53': Merih Demiral (OG)
    • 66': Ciro Immobile
    • 79': Lorenzo Insigne

    Italy open 2020 Euro with dominant win over Turkey

    Italy rode three second-half goals to a win over Turkey in Group A of the opening match of the 2020 European Championship on Friday in Rome.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt missed. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
    • 12': Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey).
    • 12': Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (Italy).
    • 12': Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
    • 15': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Italy).
    • 15': Ozan Tufan (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a through ball.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 21': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Okay Yokuslu.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
    • 22': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ugurcan Çakir.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross following a corner.
    • 23': Offside, Italy. Leonardo Bonucci tries a through ball, but Giorgio Chiellini is caught offside.
    • 26': Offside, Turkey. Kenan Karaman tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
    • 30': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (Italy).
    • 30': Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Offside, Turkey. Çaglar Söyüncü tries a through ball, but Burak Yilmaz is caught offside.
    • 32': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ozan Tufan.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Ciro Immobile (Italy) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross.
    • 37': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giorgio Chiellini.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 43': Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jorginho with a through ball.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Italy).
    • 45'+1': Yusuf Yazici (Turkey) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Turkey 0, Italy 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Turkey 0, Italy 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Italy. Giovanni Di Lorenzo replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
    • 45': Substitution, Turkey. Cengiz Ünder replaces Yusuf Yazici.
    • 46': Foul by Cengiz Ünder (Turkey).
    • 46': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 46': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Çaglar Söyüncü.
    • 47': Offside, Italy. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Domenico Berardi is caught offside.
    • 48': Burak Yilmaz (Turkey) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy).
    • 50': Foul by Umut Meras (Turkey).
    • 50': Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Cengiz Ünder (Turkey) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 53': Own Goal by Merih Demiral, Turkey. Turkey 0, Italy 1.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jorginho.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
    • 57': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Merih Demiral.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Manuel Locatelli (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 58': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ugurcan Çakir.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Barella (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Domenico Berardi (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 60': Domenico Berardi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 60': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Turkey).
    • 62': Offside, Italy. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Ciro Immobile is caught offside.
    • 63': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Italy).
    • 63': Okay Yokuslu (Turkey) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 64': Substitution, Turkey. Kaan Ayhan replaces Ozan Tufan.
    • 65': Substitution, Turkey. Irfan Can Kahveci replaces Okay Yokuslu.
    • 66': Attempt saved. Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Domenico Berardi with a cross.
    • 66': Goal! Turkey 0, Italy 2. Ciro Immobile (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 68': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
    • 69': Ciro Immobile (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Burak Yilmaz (Turkey).
    • 73': Domenico Berardi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 73': Foul by Umut Meras (Turkey).
    • 74': Substitution, Italy. Bryan Cristante replaces Manuel Locatelli.
    • 76': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Cengiz Ünder.
    • 76': Substitution, Turkey. Halil Dervisoglu replaces Kenan Karaman.
    • 78': Offside, Italy. Lorenzo Insigne tries a through ball, but Bryan Cristante is caught offside.
    • 79': Goal! Turkey 0, Italy 3. Lorenzo Insigne (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ciro Immobile.
    • 81': Substitution, Italy. Federico Chiesa replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
    • 81': Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Ciro Immobile.
    • 84': Federico Chiesa (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Turkey).
    • 85': Substitution, Italy. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Domenico Berardi because of an injury.
    • 85': Andrea Belotti (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 85': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Turkey).
    • 86': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Burak Yilmaz.
    • 86': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy).
    • 86': Irfan Can Kahveci (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
    • 87': Hakan Calhanoglu (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Federico Bernardeschi (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 88': Foul by Çaglar Söyüncü (Turkey).
    • 88': Çaglar Söyüncü (Turkey) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90': Foul by Halil Dervisoglu (Turkey).
    • 90': Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Halil Dervisoglu (Turkey) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Burak Yilmaz (Turkey) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu with a through ball.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Turkey. Conceded by Giorgio Chiellini.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Merih Demiral (Turkey) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Turkey 0, Italy 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Turkey 0, Italy 3.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 2
    8 Corner Kicks 2
    0 Saves 6
    61 Possession 39
    24 SHOTS 3
    8 ON GOAL 0
    0.3 On Target % 0.0
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    536 Accurate Passes 282
    616 Passes 360
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    6 Accurate Crosses 2
    25 Crosses 8
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    43 Long Balls 66
    21 Accurate Long Balls 24
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    5 Blocked Shots 2
    4 Effective Tackles 6
    5 Tackles 12
    0.8 Tackle % 0.5
    12 Interceptions 14
    4 Effective Clearances 28
    4 Clearances 28

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship

    Venue: Stadio Olimpico
    Location: Roma, Italy
    Attendance: 12,916

    EURO Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Germany 3 +6 7
    2 Switzerland 3 +2 5
    3 Hungary 3 -3 3
    4 Scotland 3 -5 1
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    TUR Türkiye (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    23 Ugurcan Çakir (GK)
    4 Caglar Söyüncü Yellow Card
    3 Merih Demiral
    5 Okay Yokuslu
    13 Umut Meras
    2 Zeki Çelik
    6 Ozan Tufan
    11 Yusuf Yazici
    10 Hakan Çalhanoglu
    9 Kenan Karaman
    17 Burak Yilmaz
    Türkiye Substitutes:
    Kaan Ayhan, Mert Müldür, Dorukhan Toköz, Orkun Kökçü, Cengiz Ünder, Irfan Can Kahveci, Taylan Antalyali, Mert Günok, Ozan Kabak, Enes Ünal, Altay Bayindir, Halil Dervisoglu.

    ITA Italy (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    21 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
    3 Giorgio Chiellini
    19 Leonardo Bonucci
    4 Leonardo Spinazzola
    24 Alessandro Florenzi
    8 Jorginho
    5 Manuel Locatelli
    18 Nicolò Barella
    17 Ciro Immobile
    10 Lorenzo Insigne
    11 Domenico Berardi
    Italy Substitutes:
    Federico Chiesa, Matteo Pessina, Giacomo Raspadori, Francesco Acerbi, Emerson, Andrea Belotti, Salvatore Sirigu, Alex Meret, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Federico Bernardeschi, Bryan Cristante, Alessandro Bastoni.

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