EURO Cup 2020: New Record for Italy as they beat Turkey with ease

Immobile and Insigne scored a piece Italy thrashed Turkey 3-0 in the first match of Euro Cup 2020. This is Italy's biggest win in Euro Cup.

Koushik BiswasJune 11, 2021 at 09:22 PM2 min read
Immobile and Insigne scored a piece Italy thrashed Turkey 3-0 in the first match of Euro Cup 2020. This is Italy's biggest win in Euro Cup.

The Euro Cup 2020 has started very well for the European giants, Italy. Their face off against the Turkey was the first match of the tournament. Even the Italians were very much favorite to win the match, but they were more than at their best to beat the Turkish team.

Mancini's man were hold to no goals till half-time by the Turkish defense. However, the attacking football from the Italian team was literally breaking the walls of Turkey every minute. It was quite the matter of time before the scoreboard would change.

But, there was something else in the store for the football fans. The first goal of the Euro Cup 2020 became an own goal by the Turkish defender Merih Demiral at 53 minutes of the game.

EURO Cup 2020 | Merih Demiral with the own goal
Image- Twitter

Then it was time for the sensational Ciro Immobile to find the back of the net. He scored at the 66th minute to make it 2-0 for the Italian team. With that goal Immobile equals Balotelli's record of 14 goals for the Italian team. In fact, this is a record for any active player Italian player.

EURO Cup 2020 | Ciro Immobile | SportzPoint
Image- UEFA Euro

Then came the record for the Italian team. With a beautiful goal from Italian no.10 Lorenzo Insigne, Italy scored their 3rd goal.

This is the first time they managed to score more than two goals in Euro History. This is also their biggest win margin in Euro history as well. This can be the year for Mancini and his men to get the glory in Euro Cup 2020

Koushik Biswas

Koushik Biswas is the founder and content head of Sportz Point. He has been a sports lover since his childhood, idolising Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Lionel Messi. Koushik played cricket for 7 years and has a passion for every sport. His nack for analysing games and talking about sports has helped him create hundreds of content for Sportz Point.

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