The football carnival that should have started last summer finally kicked off on the 11th. At the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy, accompanied by the singing of the famous Italian tenor Andre Bocelli's "Nobody Sleeps Tonight", Euro 2020 ushered in the moment of receiving cheers from fans.
On the 11th, the opening ceremony of Euro 2020 was held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy. The picture shows the scene of the opening ceremony. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
China News Network reported that the first round of the opener Group A was contested at the Olympic Stadium, Italy beat Turkey 3-0, De Miral swung himself, Inmobile passed, Insigne scored. The Blues officially ignited the "war" of Continental Europa football with a hearty victory.
For the first time in European Championship history, it began with a oolong ball
Italy's European Cup opener against Turkey was the 11th meeting between the two teams, after Italy remained unbeaten with 7 wins and 3 draws, and won 4 and 1 draw in 5 of those official matches. This reunion also indicates that Italy has an absolute advantage in this game from the historical record.
But the way the first goal came was unexpected by many people, and even created the history of the European Championship. In the 53rd minute, Berardi's cross from the right side of the penalty area was met by De Miral, who accidentally blocked the ball from close range. The first goal of the European Championship is the first time in the history of Oolong ball.
Roma's Olympic Stadium is a sad place for De Mirall. In January 2020, he was here to tear his anterior cruciate ligament, and the season was reimbursed. This time, he used his chest to block Berardi's cross into the goal, "helping" Italy, which had been unable to attack for a long time, and this was also the 10th oolong goal in the history of the European Championship.
In the opener on the 11th, Italy player Insigne (in white) shot during the match. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
Italy set a European Championship clean sheet record
In the end, thanks to De Miral's self-swinging, Inmobile's pass and Insigne's goal, Italy beat Turkey 3-0 to open the European Championship and set a European Championship clean sheet record.
After this campaign, Italy has achieved 20 clean sheets in the European Championship, setting a record for this event. The teams at the bottom of the line are Germany's 19 clean sheets, Portugal's 16, the Netherlands' 15 and Spain's 14.
It is worth mentioning that the 22-year-old Donnarumma became the youngest goalkeeper in the history of the Italian team to play in major competitions (European Championships and World Cups) and kept seven consecutive clean sheets against the national team, without conceding a goal for 663 consecutive minutes.
There is more than one "host" for the European Championships organized by multinational countries
Chengdu Red Star News reported that although it has been postponed for a year due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the official name of this European Championship is still Euro 2020. This is because the "Euro 2020" is the 60th anniversary, and secondly, the preparations for the European Championship have already begun, and if the name is changed, it will cause a lot of unnecessary waste. And many event sponsors have invested about $2 billion in areas such as promotion and publicity, and not changing their names is also to take care of the interests of sponsors.
In addition, this European Championship also adopts the way of multiple countries, not the original fixed host model. So strictly speaking, this European Championship does not have a "host", or the whole of Europe is a "host". This is also to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship.
After some cities withdrew from hosting for some reasons, the European Championship was finally decided to be hosted by 11 cities, namely Baku in Azerbaijan, Budapest in Hungary, Bucharest in Romania, St. Petersburg in Russia, Copenhagen in Denmark, Glasgow in Scotland, Rome in Italy, Munich in Germany, Seville in Spain, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and London in the United Kingdom. The opening ceremony was held in Rome, and the semi-finals and finals were held at Wembley Stadium in London. This also means that there will be 9 teams in this European Championship with some "home" advantages. (End)