Euro 2020: Turkey - Italy, opening match of the competition held a year later than expected

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Turkey - Italy opening match of Euro 2020 broadcast on TF1 and beIN Sports in France - ©  beIN Sports

Turkey - Italy (Group A), the opening match of Euro 2020, was scheduled to take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome (ITA) on Friday 12/06/2020 when it was first drawn in Bucharest (ROU) on 30/11/2019.

But that was before the Covid-19 pandemic forced UEFA to take an unprecedented decision on 17/03/2020, less than three months before the start of...

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