Europeans: Italy overwhelms Turkey 3-0 at the debut
The sixtieth time of the Italian national team at the Olimpico in Rome coincides with the first victory at the Euro 2020 European Football Championships with Turkey. And it is a triumph, of play and goals in a match dominated by the Azzurri and ended with the clear victory of our national team 3-0. After a first half dominated by the Azzurri, with many chances and a penalty that appeared clear and denied by the referee and the Var, Italy deservedly took the lead in the 53rd minute: it was actually a Turk who scored the first goal of Euro 2020 , Juventus Demiral who puts the ball into his goal trying to block a cross from Berardi. Italy continues to control the game and in the 65th minute the longed-for doubling arrives with Ciro Immobile who reiterates on the net a rejected by the Turkish goalkeeper on a shot by Spinazzola. A goal, therefore, packaged by two players who played the entire football season at the Olimpico, in Roma Spinazzola, in Lazio Immobile. At 77 ‘it is up to Lorenzo Insigne to put the seal, with a shot of his to turn, in what becomes the triumphal debut of the Azzurri in this’ traveling’ European Championship.
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“The exultation? We received a message from Lino Banfi asking us to shout ‘porca puttena’ and both Insigne and I did it. I dedicate this goal to my family, scoring at the debut in a European championship in this stadium is fantastic”. This was stated by the Lazio and National striker Ciro IMMOBILE to RaiSport after the Azzurri’s 3-0 success against Turkey in the debut match at the 2020 European Championships, with one of his goals. ” We did our duty, it was our duty to win the first race and we did it with a nice 3-0. We wanted to win in front of our audience and dedicate this victory to the many who still fight against this cursed virus “, IMMOBILE continued, who then explained the progress of the match.” We had the right patience against a strong team like Turkey , we knew it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park and we tried to tire her out. In the first half we made a lot of crosses and we often ended up bumping into their wall. In the second half they were more tired and left us more space that we were able to make the most of “.
Italy, Mancini: “Played well, now there are six games left at Wembley …”
“It was important to start well, a satisfaction for all of us and the Italians: a beautiful evening and I hope there will be others like this”. These are the words of coach Roberto MANCINI after Italy’s victory against Turkey in the debut of Euro2020. “First step towards Wembley? There are still six – he says with a smile to Rai – We played a good match, even in the first half when we couldn’t find the goal. We were very good: it wasn’t easy, it was the debut and they are an excellent team. There was help from the public, we are happy and I think we played really well. “