Ciro Immobile leads Italy\u2019s three-man attack for their Euro 2020 opener against Turkey in Rome on Friday.<\/p>\n
Immobile, who plays his club football at the Stadio Olimpico for Lazio, is flanked by wingers Lorenzo Insigne and Domenico Berardi.<\/p>\n
Italy coach Roberto Mancini opted for a 4-3-3 formation for Italy\u2019s return to a major tournament for the first time in five years after missing out on the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n
Sassuolo\u2019s Manuel Locatelli starts in midfield alongside Jorginho and Nicolo Barella, with Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Marco Verratti fighting to recover from a knee injury and Roma\u2019s Lorenzo Pellegrini ruled out with a muscular problem.<\/p>\n
Gianluigi Donnarumma will be in goal with a back four of Alessandro Florenzi and Leonardo Spinazzola either side of veteran Juventus pair Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci.<\/p>\n
In-form captain Burak Yilmaz starts for Turkey, as does his Lille teammate Yusuf Yazici, who scored a hat-trick past Donnarumma in the Europa League last November.<\/p>\n
Juventus centre-back Merih Demiral is part of a four-man Turkish defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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