Football: Revamped Italy show they can shine at Euro 2020

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ROME: Italy will face stronger opposition than Turkey at Euro 2020 but a commanding 3-0 win in the tournament's opening match in front of their ...

in front of their own fans on Friday suggests the Azzurri have all the ingredients to go far.

Mancini has abandoned Italy's conservative style of safety first and carved out an adventurous outfit whose approach based on crisp, one-touch passing secured 10 straight wins in qualifying, with 37 goals scored and four conceded. Toothless Turkey held on in the first half by defending with everyone behind the ball but the Italians left the impression it was only a matter of time before the floodgates opened.Domenico Berardi was a threat on the right flank all evening and there was only going to be one outcome after Merih Demiral turned the forward's cross into his own net in the 53rd minute.

Ciro Immobile got his reward with a typically opportunist goal to make it 2-0 in the 66th minute before Lorenzo Insigne put the icing on the cake in the 79th with a fine shot past helpless goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir.

 

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