but not before the ball arrived in a slightly unusual fashion, via remote control car and soon it was italy in the driving seat. their first owed a little to luck, an own goal by turkey, but their dominance was beyond dispute. they coolly made it 2 0 before they rounded off their perfect night in perfect style. a hugely impressive win for italy. both they and this long awaited tournament are off to some start. the bbc s italy correspondent mark lowen was at the stadio olimpico in rome. well, 3 0, a thumping victory for italy and some very dejected, very quiet turkish fans coming out of stadio olimpico in rome now. and the joyous italian fans beginning to come out. we heard the roars of the italian fans from inside the stadium for those three successive goals. all the happier they are playing here to a home crowd in rome. and even happier still that they are hosting the very first match.
hardly have guessed it, as turkey and italy emerged to deafening anticipation. after a year long delay, it was finally time. but not before the ball arrived in slightly unusual fashion, via remote control car and soon it was italy in the driving seat. their first owed a little to luck, an own goal from turkey s merih demiral, but their dominance was beyond dispute. ciro immobile coolly made it 2 0 before they rounded off their perfect night in perfect style. a hugely impressive win for italy. both they and this long awaited tournament are off to some start. the bbc s italy correspondent mark lowen was at the stadio olimpico in rome. well, 3 0, a thumping victory for italy and some very dejected, very quiet turkish fans coming out of stadio olimpico in rome now. and the joyous italian fans
it was finally time. but not before the ball arrived in a slightly unusual fashion, via remote control car, and soon it was italy in the driving seat. their first owed little to luck, an own goal by turkey, but their dominance was beyond dispute. they coolly made it 2 0 before they rounded off their perfect night in perfect style. a hugely impressive win for italy. both they and this long awaited tournament are off to some start. andy swiss, bbc news. our correspondent mark lowen was at the stadio olimpico in rome. well, 3 0, a thumping victory for italy and some very dejected, very quiet turkish fans coming out of stadio olimpico in rome now. and the joyous italian fans beginning to come out. we heard the roars of the italian fans from inside the stadium for those three successive goals.
singing the night that football has been waiting for, a suitably italian soundtrack in rome as opera singer andrea bocelli got the euros off to a spine tingling start. cheering because of covid, only 16,000 were allowed in. turkey and italy emerged to deafening anticipation after a year long delay. it was finally time. but not before the ball arrived in slightly unusual fashion via remote control car, and soon it was italy and the driving seat. but their dominance was beyond dispute. 2-0 their dominance was beyond dispute. 2 0 before rounding out their
emerged to deafening anticipation after a year long delay, it was finally time. but not before the ball arrived in a slightly unusual fashion, via remote control car, and soon it was italy in the driving seat. their first owed little to luck, an own goal by turkey, but their dominance was beyond dispute. they coolly made it 2 0 before they rounded off their perfect night in perfect style. a hugely impressive win for italy. both they and this long awaited tournament are off to some start. andy swiss, bbc news. in tennis, novak djokovic has handed 13 time french open champion rafael nadal only his third defeat in 16 years at the clay court tournament. djokovic the world number one triumphed 3 6, 6 3, 7 6, 6 2 in an epic showdown with the spaniard in the roland garros semi finals. the serb remains on course to take a 19th major and become the first man in over 50