Goals from Demiral (53’minutes og), Immobile (66’minutes), Insigne (79’minutes) were enough to give Italy a cruising start of they euro campaign and continues they unbeaten run with 0 goals conceded in 2021.

There were shades of Italia 90 before kick-off when Italian opera tenor Andrea Bocelli, against the backdrop of a breathtaking firework display, graced the opening ceremony with a moving performance of Nessun Dorma.

On a hot night in the Italian capital, the Azzurri started well but were unable to break through their opponents until the second half, with Turkey hanging on at 0-0 at the break.

An own goal by Merih Demiral and strikes by Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne settled the one-sided Group A match – the first of 51 fixtures to be played in 11 European cities over the next month. Player of the Match was Leonardo Spinazzola.

Italy coach Mancini had talked about “an extra level of pressure” on his team for being involved in the opening match.

Both teams are back in Group A action on Wednesday, with Wales providing the opposition for Turkey in Baku (17:00 BST) while Italy take on Switzerland in Rome (20:00).

On a warm night in Italy’s capital city, the national stadium was only a quarter full but the fans present added to a sense of celebration at the start of Europe’s biggest football carnival, BBC reports a crowd of 16,000 were inside the ground for the game and was the biggest crowd in Italy for a year and a half, while those unable to get a ticket watched the action unfold on big screens set up across Rome.