Category Archives: UEFA EURO 2020

UEFA Euro 2020: Result TURKEY 0 – 3 ITALY, Friday 11 June 2021

Italian National Team, UEFA EURO 2020

https://www.italiansoccerseriea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Anna_Italia_bigger.jpgBy Anna Italia
Follow me on Twitter ,
Facebook: Anna Italia Page
Instagram: annaitalia2
Italian Soccer Serie A

37% Ball Possession TURKEY and 63% Ball Possession ITALY

Turkey 0 – 3 Italy

.                                                             53′ Merih Demiral (own goal)
.                                                             66′ Ciro Immobile
.                                                             79′ Lorenzo Insigne

Italy making their debut in the UEFA Euro 2020 defeating Turkey on Friday 11 June 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy.  This is Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini’s first major tournament as Italy coach (World Cup + Europeans). Giorgio Chiellini plays his fourth European Championship, equaling the Italy’s record of Gianluigi Buffon and Alessandro Del Piero. Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at 22 years old becomes the youngest ever goalkeeper to play at a major tournament (World Cup & Euros) for Italy.

The victory helping Italy to lead Group A with 3 points.  Switzerland and Wales play on Saturday 12 June to complete Matchday 1.

  • The only meeting between Turkey and Italy between the World Cup and the European Championships was in Euro 2000, again on 11 June. It was the opening match of the two teams in the tournament, and it finished 2-1 for Italy thanks to goals from Antonio Conte and a penalty from Filippo Inzaghi. Okan Buruk scored Turkey’s first ever European goal.


Italy opening the score in the 53rd minute. The indirect helping hand is given by Juventus defender Merih Demiral scoring an own goal!!! Imagine, this is the first time in European Championship history that the first goal of the tournament has been an own goal!

Party time!!! Lazio forward Ciro Immobile scoring for Italy delivering a right footed shot to delight the fans!!! Italy is now leading with a 2-0. Awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeee


Italy just rocking big time at the Olimpico. Napoli forward Lorenzo Insigne scoring for the 3-0 in the 79th minute with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Ciro Immobile, way to go!!!


🇹🇷 👉Lineup TURKEY (4-5-1): Cakir; Celik, Soyuncu, Demiral, Meras; Karaman, Tufan, Yokuslu, Yazici, Calhanoglu; Yilmaz.

🇮🇹👉Lineup ITALY (4-3-3) Donnarumma; Florenzi, Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola: Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli; Berardi, Immobile, Insigne

UEFA Euro 2020: 4 Serie A players called up for Turkey.

Defenders: Kaan Ayhan (Sassuolo), Merih Demiral (Juventus), Mert Muldur (Sassuolo)

Midfielders: Hakan Calhanoglu (AC Milan)


==============================
Ticket option for Italy National team games

Italy


==============================

Click the video to watch Turkey 0 – 3 Italy highlights including all goals on Friday 11 June 2021.

UEFA Euro 2020
Group stage – Group A

Turkey 0 – 3 Italy
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy

21:00

Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Reserve AR: Mikael Berchebru (FRA)
VAR: Kevin Blom (NED)
AVAR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
AVAR 3: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Referee Observer: Lutz-​Michael Fröhlich (GER)

Goals: 53′ Merih Demiral (own goal), 66′ Ciro Immobile (I), 79′ Lorenzo Insigne (I)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

🇹🇷 👉Lineup TURKEY (4-5-1): Cakir; Celik, Soyuncu, Demiral, Meras; Karaman, Tufan, Yokuslu, Yazici, Calhanoglu; Yilmaz.

Subs: Gunok, Bayindir. Toko, Antalyali, Ünder, Kabak, Unal, Kocku, Kahveci, Ayhan, Muldur, Dervisoglu.

Head Coach: Senol Guness

🇮🇹👉Lineup ITALY (4-3-3) Donnarumma; Florenzi, Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola: Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli; Berardi, Immobile, Insigne

Subs: Sirigu, Meret, Di Lorenzo, Belotti, Pessina, Emerson, Chiesa, Acerbi, Cristante, Bernardeschi, Raspadori, Bastoni

Head Coach: Roberto Mancini

UEFA Euro 2020: Turkey vs Italy, Official Starting Lineups, Friday 11 June 2021

Italian National Team, UEFA EURO 2020

https://www.italiansoccerseriea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Anna_Italia_bigger.jpgBy Anna Italia
Follow me on Twitter ,
Facebook: Anna Italia Page
Instagram: annaitalia2
Italian Soccer Serie A

Turkey – Italy

✅ Here are Turkey vs Italy official starting lineups – formations for the UEFA Euro 2020 on Friday 11 June 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 21:00.

🇹🇷 👉Lineup TURKEY (4-5-1): Cakir; Celik, Soyuncu, Demiral, Meras; Karaman, Tufan, Yokuslu, Yazici, Calhanoglu; Yilmaz.

Subs: Gunok, Bayindir. Toko, Antalyali, Ünder, Kabak, Unal, Kocku, Kahveci, Ayhan, Muldur, Dervisoglu.

Head Coach: Senol Guness

🇮🇹👉Lineup ITALY (4-3-3) Donnarumma; Florenzi, Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola: Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli; Berardi, Immobile, Insigne

Subs: Sirigu, Meret, Di Lorenzo, Belotti, Pessina, Emerson, Chiesa, Acerbi, Cristante, Bernardeschi, Raspadori, Bastoni

Head Coach: Roberto Mancini

==============================
Ticket option for Italy National team games

Italy


==============================


UEFA Euro 2020
Group stage – Group A

Turkey – Italy
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy

21:00

Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Reserve AR: Mikael Berchebru (FRA)
VAR: Kevin Blom (NED)
AVAR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
AVAR 3: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Referee Observer: Lutz-​Michael Fröhlich (GER)

UEFA Euro 2020: Turkey vs Italy Preview, Friday 11 June 2021

Italian National Team, UEFA EURO 2020

https://www.italiansoccerseriea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Anna_Italia_bigger.jpgBy Anna Italia
Follow me in Twitter ,
Facebook: Anna Italia Page
Instagram: annaitalia2
Italian Soccer Serie A

Turkey – Italy

✅ Here is Turkey vs Italy Preview for the UEFA Euro 2020 on Friday 11 June 2021 at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium in Rome, Italy at 21:00.

Italy with a super boost.   The only meeting between Turkey and Italy between the World Cup and the European Championships was in Euro 2000, again on 11 June. It was the opening match of the two teams in the tournament, and it finished 2-1 for Italy thanks to goals from Antonio Conte and a penalty from Filippo Inzaghi. Okan Buruk scored Turkey’s first ever European goal.

This is Italy Head Coach Roberto Mancini’s first major tournament as Italy coach (World Cup + Europeans). As a player, Mancini only participated in one, playing four games at Euro ’88 and scoring the first goal of the entire tournament in a 1-1 draw with West Germany.

This will be Turkey Head Coach Senol Gunes’ second major tournament as coach of Turkey (World Cup + European Championships), 18 years after taking his national team to third place at the 2002 World Cup.

Stats showing that Italy have never lost at the Olympic Stadium between the World Cup and the European Championships (6W, 2N), keeping a clean sheet in their last 7 games.
Turkey will participate for the fifth time in the final phase of the European Championships; his best result so far has been a semi-final in 2008 – this is only the second time he has participated in the competition in two consecutive editions, after 1996 and 2000.
Turkey lost all 4 opening games in the European finals, including against Italy in the 2000 tournament (1-2).

Italy participates for the 10th time in the final phase of the European Championships: they won the competition on their first participation (1968) and since then they have reached the final twice without getting their hands on the trophy (2000, 2012).
Turkey have kept a clean sheet only once in their last 10 games between the World Cup and the European Championships, in a 2-0 win against the Czech Republic in the last match of the Euro 2016 group stage.

Despite having played 38 games at the European Championships, Italy has never scored more than two goals in a match. They have drawn more games than any other team in the history of the competition (16), also recording the most 0-0 (eight).

Italy was one of only two teams – together with Belgium – to win 100% of the matches in the qualifiers for Euro 2020 (10/10). He scored 37 goals (3.7 per game); it is the same number of goals scored by the Azzurri in the qualifiers for Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, together (37 goals in 22 games).

Turkey have conceded just three goals in 10 matches in Euro 2020 qualifiers, the best defensive record alongside Belgium.

==============================
Ticket option for Italy National team games

Italy


==============================


UEFA Euro 2020
Group stage – Group A

Turkey – Italy
Stadio Olimpico
Rome, Italy

21:00

Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant Referee 2: Jan de Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Stephanie Frappart (FRA)
Reserve AR: Mikael Berchebru (FRA)
VAR: Kevin Blom (NED)
AVAR 1: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR 2: Christian Gittelmann (GER)
AVAR 3: Bastian Dankert (GER)
Referee Observer: Lutz-​Michael Fröhlich (GER)

Clarke: Scotland must maintain EURO momentum

2022 FIFA World Cup, General Soccer News, UEFA EURO 2020

Steve Clarke is unveiled as the new Scotland National Team head coach at Hampden Park on May 21, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. 

  • Steve Clarke led Scotland to their first major tournament in 23 years
  • UEFA EURO 2020 campaign kicks off on Monday against Czech Republic
  • Clarke tells FIFA.com about raising a nation’s spirits and avoiding a return to bad habits

The interview went viral because it struck a chord. Ryan Christie – emotionally exhausted, tears welling, head in hands – spoke for Scots the world over in exclaiming, “Ohhh, I’m gone!”

Even Sir Alex Ferguson, famed as the personification of steely, unmoving ruthlessness, has admitted to having cried as he watched the midfielder speak. Scotland had just qualified for the UEFA European Championship, surviving an injury-time equaliser and heart-stopping penalty shootout in Serbia to end an agonising 23-year absence from major international tournaments.

Yet as Christie acknowledged, for all the long, hard years that had passed since the 1998 FIFA World Cup™, there had never been one like 2020. His description – “horrible” – would have resonated across the globe. It rung especially true in a country mired in seemingly perpetual lockdown and with some of the highest death rates in Europe.

“That was a very tough period,” Steve Clarke, the Scotland manager, told FIFA.com. “The country was deep into lockdown, in the middle of the winter, and there wasn’t much to smile about.

“There didn’t seem much hope on the horizon at that stage; the virus was still spreading and the vaccines hadn’t yet shown their worth. A lot of people were finding it very tough. To qualify, and give everyone a reason to celebrate, was something we took a lot of satisfaction from.

“It was just nice to see people smiling again. It was also a reminder of how much football means to the people of Scotland. It means a lot round the world, I know, but there’s no doubt it holds a special place here. And the fans had been waiting a long time.”

Scott McTominay of Scotland celebrates during the UEFA EURO 2020 Play-Off Final between Serbia and Scotland at Rajko Mitic Stadium on November 12, 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.

The pace of the national vaccination programme also means that those fans will be there, albeit in reduced, restricted numbers, for Monday’s EURO opener at Hampden against Czech Republic.

“We’d love it to be a full stadium, but even with only 12,000 fans I know the Tartan Army will create a great atmosphere,” Clarke said. “It will be important to the players too; it will give them that added bit of fire and motivation to do well.”

Unflashy and undemonstrative, their coach will provide the ice to complement that national fire. A former Scotland international who first made his name in coaching assisting the likes of Ruud Gullit, Jose Mourinho and Kenny Dalglish, Clarke has been typically measured and methodical in addressing failings and maximising strengths since his 2019 appointment.

Sport, Football, pic: 22nd March 1988, Friendly International in Valetta, Malta 1, v Scotland 1, Steve Clarke, Scotland

The squad he inherited was talented but hopelessly imbalanced, with two world-class left-backs in Andrew Robertson and Kieran Tierney, a plethora of high-calibre central midfielders but a dearth of options at striker and centre-half.

Clarke’s response has been to combine the development of unsung existing players with convincing attackers Lyndon Dykes and Che Adams, born in Australia and England respectively, to declare for Scotland. A flexible and pragmatic approach to tactics has also proved crucial.

“A big thing was tweaking the system,” he reflected. “I’m a coach who normally always plays with a back four but I recognised that we had qualities that lent themselves to playing in a three. It was also important to get Lyndon in, to persuade him he was Scottish, and to add Che to the mix too. That’s given us a better choice up front and more options, different ways of playing.

“The boys already in the squad can also see that those sorts of things improve the squad and the team. With that comes confidence, and with confidence comes better performances, and with better performances come results.”

Scotland Head Coach Steve Clarke is seen during a training session at Oriam on October 07, 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Further flexibility will be required over the coming weeks, with injury having robbed Scotland of two holding midfielders – first choice Ryan Jack and deputy Kenny McLean – in the build-up to the EURO.

“We have other very good midfielders, but with different attributes,” admitted Clarke, who has drafted in the erstwhile uncapped and more progressive Billy Gilmour and David Turnbull.

“It’s up to me to find the right balance between defensive solidity and being a bit more creative going forward because we know that, to progress in this tournament, we’ll need to score goals. We won’t be looking to reinvent the wheel. But we’re certainly looking at a slight tweak in personnel and in how we shape up.”

And while Scotland remains fixated on its first major tournament in almost a quarter of a century, Clarke is taking a wider, longer-term view. He is aiming to shape a team not just for the EURO, but three key FIFA World Cup qualifiers in September that begin with a Copenhagen clash against Group F pacesetters Denmark.

“Although we’ve done well recently, there are one or two tactical areas that I definitely feel we can tighten up on,” he explained. “That’s why it’s so great to have a good amount of training time with the players at the moment. I think it will stand us in good stead not only for the EURO, but the World Cup matches coming up in autumn.

“That week in September is going to be massive for our hopes. The sequence of matches – Denmark away, Moldova at home, Austria away – will have an almighty bearing on whether we finish first, third or second in the group. And it’s a hugely important campaign for us.

“When I was younger, it was taken for granted that Scotland would be at major tournaments. What’s happened over the past couple of decades shows you how quickly you can lose that and drift away. We lost the knack of qualifying for these competitions.

“That was why making it to this EURO was important, and it’s why the World Cup is vital too. Maintaining momentum is massive. We don’t want to get back into bad habits, back into that rut of being almost resigned to the fact that we’re not going to qualify. That’s why we’re so determined to have a good EURO and follow that up by qualifying for Qatar.”

FIFA.com
FIFA.com News