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GROUP A

FRIDAY JUNE 11, 8PM

ITALY

(Demiral 53 og, Immobile 66, Insigne 79)

(0) 3

TURKEY

(0) 0

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Att: 12,916. Ref: Makkelie (Ned)

ITALY Donnarumma; Florenzi (Di Lorenzo 46), Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola; Barella, Jorginho, Locatelli (Cristante 73); Berardi (Bernardeschi 85), Immobile (Belotti 81), Insigne (Chiesa 81)

TURKEY Cakir; Celik, Soyuncu, Demiral, Meras; Yokuslu (Kahveci 65); Karaman (Dervisoglu 77), Tufan (Ayhan 65), Yazici (Under 46), Calhanoglu; Yilmaz

Soyuncu, Dervisoglu

GOALS

1-0 After Domenico Berardi had driven into the penalty area, his right-footed cross was bundled in by Turkish defender Merih Demiral.

2-0 Berardi was involved again, crossing for Leonardo Spinazzola, whose shot was saved straight into the path of Ciro Immobile to slot in.

Immobile turned provider for the final goal, sliding a pass through the Turkish defence for Insigne to

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