Italy vs Türkiye 3-1

Italy beat Türkiye 3-1 at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. Two second-half substitutions and goals from the bench settled it. Türkiye had more of the ball, and Italy took their chances before pulling clear late on.

Gianluca Scamacca opened the scoring in the 26th minute, finishing to make it 1-0. He was booked in the 42nd minute, and Matteo Ruggeri was shown yellow before half-time. Italy led 1-0 at the break.

Türkiye levelled in the 61st minute through Aral Simsir, who was set up by Eren Elmalı. Three minutes later, Riccardo Calafiori, who had come on in the 56th minute, restored Italy's lead with an assist from Nicolò Barella. Italy made three changes in the 56th minute, and Pio Esposito, also introduced then, sealed it in the 87th minute from Alessandro Romano's pass. Türkiye made two changes in the 70th minute and two more in the 88th, but never got back level.

Türkiye had 55% of the possession and 550 passes to Italy's 444, while Italy had the edge on shots, 15-12, and shots on target, 6-5. Türkiye also won 9 corners to Italy's 3, while Italy were caught offside 5 times and Türkiye not once. Italy made 4 saves to Türkiye's 3.

Italy's two bookings went to Scamacca in the 42nd minute and Ruggeri in the 47th minute. Türkiye were booked twice as well, with Zeki Çelik cautioned in the 55th minute and Abdulkerim Bardakçı in the 81st. There were no red cards.