2 - This will be Şenol Güneş’ second major tournament as Turkey head-coach (World Cup or European Championships), 18 years after leading his nation to third place at the 2002 World Cup, their best-ever performance in the competition.
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Burak Yılmaz in competitive games for Turkey in 2021:
◎ 7 games
◎ 7 shots on target
◎ 4 goals
Will be looking to make his mark at Euro2020.
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3 - Turkey against Italy today is only the third time since 1980 (when Opta has detailed Euros data) that a team has had no shots in the first half of a European Championship game (also Italy v Netherlands in 2000 & Northern Ireland v Poland in 2016).
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Ciro Immobile and Burak Yilmaz have only managed 19 touches combined in the first half.
Burak Yilmaz - 7
Ciro Immobile - 12
Quiet night so far for the strikers at the Stadio Olimpico.
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14 - Italy had 14 more shots than Turkey in the first half (14-0), the biggest shot differential in the first half of a EUROs match since 2004, when Netherlands had 16 and Latvia had one.
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HT | No goals so far!
It was a completely one-sided first half at Stadio Olimpico, with Italy taking 14 shots to Turkey’s 0, but they couldn’t get past Uğurcan Çakır so far.
Can Turkey withstand Italy’s attacks, or will I Azzurri manage to get the win? 
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Chances created in the first half:
Domenico Berardi (4)
Lorenzo Insigne (3)
Turkey (0)
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Jorginho’s first half by numbers vs. Turkey
48 passes attempted
45 passes completed
9 passes into the final ⅓
5 ball recoveries
2 chances created
1 tackle made
1 interception
0 fouls conceded
In full control of the game.
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GOAL! Turkey 0-1 Italy (Merih Demiral 53’ og).
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This is the first time in European Championship history that the opening goal of the tournament has been an own goal.
Merih Demiral goes into the history books.
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1 - This is the first time in European Championship history that the first goal of the tournament has been an own goal.
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Ciro Immobile’s last 4 starts for Italy:
vs Northern Ireland
vs Lithuania
vs Czech Republic
vs Turkey
He has now scored 14 goals in an Azzurri shirt - no other active player has scored more.
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For the first time in his international career, Ciro Immobile has scored for Italy at a major tournament.
Italy are looking good.
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3 - Ciro Immobile has scored in three consecutive appearances for Italy for the very first time. His strike against Turkey was his first goal at a major international tournament (World Cup & Euros)
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GOAL! A third for Italy.
Insigne puts it away to put the match beyond doubt.
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