The Turkish nationwide soccer workforce, gearing up for the 2024 European Championship (Euro 2024), will kick off their last preparations with an away pleasant in opposition to Italy at Bologna’s Renato Dell’Ara Stadium on Tuesday.
After struggling defeats of their final two pleasant matches in March, shedding 1-0 to Hungary and 6-1 to Austria, the Crescent-Stars want to regain momentum.
They will play their last preparation match earlier than Euro 2024 in opposition to Poland away on June 10, following the Italy match.
Vincenzo Montella’s males will look to reignite their engines as they put together to face their Group F rivals, Portugal, Georgia and Czechia.
Italy, the defending champions, will even compete in Group B in opposition to Spain, Croatia and Albania within the championship.
Ahead of the event, head coach Montella introduced a 35-man squad, excluding Enes Ünal and Çağlar Söyüncü as a result of accidents.
Bertuğ Yıldırım has been despatched to the under-21 nationwide workforce, whereas Doğan Alemdar and Ahmetcan Kaplan will rejoin the squad after the Italy match.
Champions League winner Arda Güler and runner-up Salih Özcan, who had been anticipated to affix the nationwide workforce camp in Italy, are unlikely to be within the match squad as they got just a few further days as a result of their Saturday’s last participation.
Following the match in opposition to the Azzurri, the Crescent-Stars will journey to Poznan for a pleasant match in opposition to Poland.
They could have a four-day camp there, after which on June 9, they may transfer to the capital, Warsaw, the place the match will likely be held.
Türkiye and Italy have performed a complete of 15 matches to date, 9 official and 6 pleasant.
In these matches, Italy received 11 occasions, and 4 matches resulted in a draw.
The two groups final confronted one another on March 29, 2022, in a pleasant match in Konya, which Italy received 3-2.
The two international locations will even collectively host Euro 2032.
The Crescent-Stars will play their 625th match with the Italy match.
They have received 242 of the 341 official and 283 pleasant matches they’ve performed to date, with one match ending in a forfeit.
Türkiye have suffered 235 defeats and recorded 147 attracts.
They have scored 852 targets within the matches they’ve performed whereas conceding 895 targets.
Montella has steered the Turkish ship in six matches to date, three official and three pleasant, with three wins, two losses, and a single draw.
However, Italy are additionally gearing up for Euro 2024, aiming to defend their title in Germany.
The Azzurri have recorded three wins from their final 4 matches, together with an important draw with Ukraine that secured their qualification.
Following the departure of Roberto Mancini on the finish of final yr, new head coach Luciano Spalletti has steered Italy to a second-place end in Group C, narrowly avoiding a playoff.
Italy’s latest friendlies within the U.S. allowed Spalletti to evaluate varied choices tactically and by way of personnel as they put together to face Spain, Croatia, and Albania within the group stage.
Italy’s preparations embrace friendlies in opposition to Türkiye and Bosnia-Herzegovina, with their Euro 2024 marketing campaign kicking off in opposition to Albania.
Source: www.dailysabah.com