Italy has a lot to say at this European Championship. Mancini’s team debuted with victory in the tournament against Turkey at the Olympic in Rome. Demiral’s own goal set a game on track where the Italians were clearly superior. Inmobile sentenced the game after game time and Insigne scored the win with ten minutes to go. Italy produced an outstanding staging at the Eurocup and confirms its status as favorites.
After a tedious years waiting for a Euro 2020 postponed by the pandemic, the ball finally started to roll at the Rome Olympics in Turkey – Italy that opened the European championship par excellence. This was a hymn to hope in the face of all the bad news in recent months. Because holding such a tournament is synonymous with evolution. The light is already seen at the end of the tunnel and that could be represented in the number of fans who were present in the first tournament that is played for the first time in history in 11 venues spread over 11 different countries.
And in the first game one of those who can be one of the great covered in the tournament was present. Because Italy has earned the right to dream of wine and roses at Wembley after a pristine 27-match unbeaten streak. To find his latest failure you have to go back to last September 2018 and from there he has added nothing more and nothing less than 22 victories and five draws. This miracle has a name: Roberto Mancini. Given the lack of high-profile players, the coach has put the group above all names and with youth as the flag he has built a block that demands respect.
After a superb opening ceremony showered by Andrea Bocelli’s classic Nessun Dorma , Italy took center stage in the opening minutes of the match. The intention was to play in the Turkish field and Insigne had the first great chance of the duel but his shot that was looking for the right squad of the Turkish goal went wide. This occasion was quite a declaration of intent. Five minutes later, Cakir produced a miraculous hand to avoid Chiellini’s first from a corner. Italy was deserving the first by crushing. Inmobile and Insigne kept breaking stone trying to break down the Turkish wall but their shots ended in nothing. Italy was deserving it but went into halftime without the goal award.
Italy prevails in the second half
But it finally came. It was of poetic justice. Italy came out just as plugged in after passing through the locker room and broke the game five minutes into the second half. Berardi overflowed on the right and the ball landed on Merih Demiral’s chest, who scored at his own goal. He did not want to but Italy had the game in hand. The hardest thing was done. Italy continued to make merits to sentence the game until after the hour of the match Inmobile made the second and Insigne the final checkmate with the third. Italy opens in a big way at the European Championship … and makes it clear that they are very serious.
