Euro 2020 Turkey vs Italy Highlights: Italy beat Turkey 3-0 in season opener

Spinazzola crosses a ball inside the box, but dealt well by Turkish defender. No room to break through.

Italy enjoying all the ball in the final third but Turkey are not allowing them any room to wiggle through and get the shot going. Attack vs Defence

CHANCE! Locatelli passes a diagonal ball towards Berardi, not a lot of room to play a shot. Ended at goalkeeper's feet. Italy making things happen early on, but no goal yet.

Toying, Chiellini and Bonucci are toying with Turkey forwards right now, not giving them any room to break through. Turkey sitting too far inside their box right now.

3' Italy Immobile receives a pass inside the box, but that was too wide. His shot gits the side netting. NO GOAL!

Turkey 0-0 Italy

Euro 2020, Turkey vs Italy -- KICKOFF! Play begins, HERE WE GO!

Time for National Anthems - Italy and Turkey National Anthems take place. Match to begin in 5 minutes

Martin Garrix performs along with The Edge and Bono - the national anthem of Euro 2020 - "WE THE PEOPLE!"

After a spectacular show to kick off tournament, here comes Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is set to sing the iconic 'Nessun Dorma.

Still to follow, Martin Garrix performance.

Francesco Totti and Alessandro Nesta kick off the Opening Ceremony. It is followed by a performance from a band.

Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci speaks ahead of the Euro 2020, Turkey vs Italy Live Football match:

"We've been waiting a year for this and we can't wait to experience hearing 15,000 people singing the national anthem. Football with fans inside the stadium is a different sport."

--- Leonardo Bonucci

--- Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is set to sing the iconic 'Nessun Dorma'

--- Martin Garrix, Bono and The Edge, who will be doing a rendition of the official song of the tournament, “We Are The People”.

Euro 2020 Opening Ceremony will kick off in 5 minutes --- with Martin Garrix performing on the stage.

It has been nearly nine months since Italy have conceded a goal. This is some record. This defence is no nonsense.

Ciro Immobile has been one of the top goal-scorers in Serie A and he has to be the key for Italy this time around. Turkey have never won against Italy, but this game could break this curse, this Turkey squad is no joke. Immobile has to give his team an early goal, he is a poacher, and that is his job for today.

Injured Marco Verratti NOT playing for Italy against Turkey. The midfield of Jorghino and Berardi is a good one, but Verratti will be a big miss. This looks like a 4-3-3 formation from Mancini with Florenzi and Spinazzola playing at the wing from defence. Interesting aspect of match

So, around 16,000 fans will be allowed to enter the Olimpico Stadia in Italy for the Euro 2020 opener Italy vs Turkey. That is around 25 percent of the full stadium.

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“After all that has happened, and now the situation is getting better, it’s about time to get back to giving some joy. This will be our goal this month. We want to entertain people even if only for 90 minutes. It would be nice for everyone. So we are here, and we will try to give our everything. The first match is always the most difficult, especially at the beginning, but we have to be mentally free, to think about what we have to do, to do our job without thinking about other stuff, to enjoy it. This must be our goal.”

--- Italy coach Roberto Mancini speaks ahead of Turkey game

Turkey team News: Cakir, Celik, Demiral, Soyuncu, Tufan, Yokuslu, Meras, Yazici, Calhanoglu, Yilmaz, Karaman

Subs: Gunok, Under, Tokoz, Bayindir, Antalyali, Kabak, Unal, Kokcu, Kahveci, Ayhan, Muldur, Dervisoglu.

Italy Team News: Donnarumma, Florenzi, Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola, Locatelli, Jorginho, Barella, Beradi, Insigne, Immobile

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

Turkey has some really good players this time around. There is Caglar Soyuncu in defence, and there is Cengiz Under up front. Don't count out Jakan Calhanoglu in midfield. This is a strong team.

Turkey:

Goalkeepers: Altay Bayındır, Ugurcan Cakır, Mert Gunok

Defenders: Kaan Ayhan, Zeki Celik, Merih Demiral, Ozan Kabak, Umut Meras, Mert Muldur, Caglar Soyuncu, Rıdvan Yılmaz

Midfielders: Taylan Antalyalı, Hakan Calhanoglu, Halil Dervişoglu, Irfan Can Kahveci, Orkun Kokcu, Abdulkadir Omur, Dorukhan Tokoz, Ozan Tufan, Okay Yokuslu

Forwards: Kerem Akturkoglu, Kenan Karaman, Enes Unal, Cengiz Under, Yusuf Yazıcı, Burak Yılmaz.

Here is Euro 2020 kicking off and Italy has a superb squad. Look at that defence, with Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini joined by youngsters like Alessandro Bastoni and Rafael Toloi.

Italy

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alex Meret, Salvatore Sirigu

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Emerson Palmieri, Alessandro Florenzi, Leonardo Spinazzola, Rafael Toloi

Midfielders: Nicolo Barella, Bryan Cristante, Jorginho, Manuel Locatelli, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stefano Sensi, Marco Verratti, Federico Bernardeschi, Federico Chiesa

Forwards: Andrea Belotti, Domenico Berardi, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne, Giacomo Raspadori.

Hello and welcome to our live blog on Euro 2020, Turkey vs Italy match - with Roberto Mancini's Italy taking on Turkey in the season-opener. Italy are known for their defensively-strong unit that has not conceded goals for a long time. Turkey, on the other hand, have strong strikers like Hakan Calhanoglu who can prove danger up front. Plenty in store for this encounter which can be a sleeper hit. Who will come out on top?