here in the heart of rome which has been transformed into one of the fan zones for euro 2020 that kicks off friday night. italy playing turkey hosted here in rome, one of 12 cities across europe that will be playing host to the euro 2020 championships. it was delayed from last year to this year due to the pandemic, a pandemic that s had a devastating impact here in italy. it was the first country to be crushed by covid and now it s the first to host the euro 2020 tournament. that s a sign of how far italy has come since the dark days of last year. the pandemic has had a devastating impact here. italy has the second highest death toll in europe just behind the uk. but now the numbers have dropped considerably and most of the restrictions have been lifted and as of next week of the country, which will allow people to be able to come to these big screens and watch the evening matches. the spectators too will be able to get into the stadium at 25%
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players are adapting to the special specificity of the term it held here, so are the spectators because all of those inside the stadium had to show proof of a vaccination or of a covid task of the have to wear mess inside and on the 25% capacity inside the stadium, that still 60,000 people were admitted to go inside and a sense of realjoy among them, allowing turkish and italian supporters at being able to return to the stadium after these 15 months from hell, they were dancing in the streets here and hugging each other commencing turkish songs and italian songs waving the flags and now inside enjoyed the opening match of the euro 2020 tournament. ahshd inside enjoyed the opening match of the euro 2020 tournament. and how man fans the euro 2020 tournament. and how many fans outside, the euro 2020 tournament. and how many fans outside, because - the euro 2020 tournament. and how many fans outside, because italy - the euro 2020 tournament. and how| many fans outside, because italy has
given confidence to a younger generation of italian players and they have returned their confidence with loyalty can with enthusiasm and with loyalty can with enthusiasm and with a sense of fun. the italians have fun with what they do and football is no exception. you should ve seen some of the amazing wigs and hairstyles and amazing face paint going into the stadium this afternoon, and i think that s really being helped by the fact that italy is planed to a home crowd here this is planed to a home crowd here this is a stadium posting three of the tournament and that s clearly going tournament and that s clearly going to play to their favour tonight. that said turkey is also a strong team and they have confidence as well, they are an older team than the italian team but they also feel that they could be dark corsets tonight emerging victorious. by the score at the moment still 0 0 but we will be bringing live updates, mark 11 the live outside the stadium, and thank you so much for shar