Euro 2020 Highlights, Italy vs Wales and Switzerland vs Turkey: Italy and Wales Qualify for Knockouts

FULL TIME! Italy beat Wales 1-0 and Switzerland defeat Turkey 3-1

Italy finish on top of Group A with 9 points as Wales finish in second with 4 points, sme of Switzerland, with a goal difference of 1, as compared to a negative 1 for the Swiss.

Turkey end their campaign without a win and on 0 points.

Italy vs Wales - READ

Switzerland vs Turkey - READ 

Italy vs Wales

87' - Changes!

Gareth Bales, Necon Williams and AJoe Allen are off and on David Brooks, Ben Davies and Dylan Levitt for Wales.

Italy's goalscorer Matteo Pessina is off and on comes Gaetano Castrovilli.

Switzerland vs Turkey

86' - Chnages!

Breel Embolo ad Steven Zuber are off and Admir Mehmedi and Loris Benito are on for the Swiss.

Hakan Calhanoglu is brought off and on comes Dorukhan Tokoz for Turkey.

Switzerland vs Trukey

80' - Changes!

Turkey makes further changes as Cengiz Under is off and on comes Kenan Karaman as Irfan Kaveci is off and Orkun Kokcu is on!

Switzerland vs Trukey

75 ' - Changes! 

Xherdan Shaqiri and Haris Seferovic are off as Ruben Vargas and Mario Gavrvanovic are on for Switzerland.

Italy vs Wales

75' - Changes!

Daniel James in off and on comes Harry Wilson for Wales.

Italy's Jorginho and Federico Bernardeschi are off as Giacomo Raspadori and Bryan Cristante are on.

68' - GOAL! Xherdan Shaqiri restores 2-goal lead for Switzerland against Turkey!

GOAL! Switzerland 3-1 Turkey (Shaqiri 68').#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/uN8Ij8Jn24

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Italy vs Wales

65' - Save!

Italy are on a lightnight breaks as Chiesa is played in down the right, who picks out Belotti, who arrives late into the box. He takes a shot but Danny Ward makes a save.

Switzerland vs Turkey

64' - Changes!

Turkey ring in the changes as Irfan Kahveci, Ozan Rufan and Kaan Ayhan are repaced by Yusuf Yazici, Kenan Karaman and Okay Yokuslu.

62' - GOAL! Irfan Kahveci scores a stunner as Turkey pull one back against Switzerland!

GOAL! Switzerland 2-1 Turkey (İrfan Can Kahveci 62').#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/lMNtzChR4Q

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 20, 2021

Italy v Wales

60' - Wales make a change as Kieffer Moore comes on for Joe Morrell. The yare going for it now. 

55'-  RED CARD! Wales are down to 10 men as Ethan Ampadu is sent off for his full blooded challenge on Federico Bernardeschi. The referee had no choice!

Red card: Ampadu (Wales) is shown the red card. #EURO2020

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 20, 2021

Italy vs Wales

53' - Hits the Post!

Federico Bernardeschi hits the post from a free-kick after Joe Allen brought down Andrea Belotti ina dangerous position. The Welshman goes into the referee's book for his challenge.

Italy v Wales

45' - One change for the second 45 minutes, as Francesco Acerbi comes on in place of Leonardo Bonucci.

Second Half!

Italy-Wales and Switzerland-Turkey get us back underway in Rome and Baku respectively!

Group A as it stands...

HALF TIME! Italy lead Wales 1-0 and Switzerland are ahead by 2 goals against Turkey!

Haris Seferovic and Xherdan Shaqiri scored for the Swiss and the Azzuris lead courtesy of a Matteo Pessina goal.

39' - GOAL! Matteo Pessina gives Italy the lead against Wales!

Joe Allen gives away a foul on Marco Verratti on the right-hand side, as he himself takes the free-kick. He send it into the near post, where Pessina side-foots it into the far corner. 

And to think he wans't even in the original squad for the EUROs.  

38' - Not many Welsh fans have made it to the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. The few who traveled to support the team must quarantine for five days when they return under British travel rules.

Italy vs Wales

34' - As the forward men are showing poor touches in front of goal, it is the Italian boss Roberto Mancini showing some class...

🇮🇹 Roberto Mancini = baller 😏#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/MDXHQ11sAE

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 20, 2021

26' - GOAL! What a strike! Xherdan Shaqiri doubles Switzerland's lead against Turkey!

Seferovic takes a shot but it is blocked, as Zuber takes the ball and passes it onto to Shaqiri, who takes a touch to control before whipping a glorious curling effort around Turkish keeper Cakır and inside the near post. That too with his 'weaker' right foot.

Italy vs Wales

25' - Good Chances!

First it was the Italians who were on the front foot and now as the games goes into its 20s, the Welsh have grown more confident and adventuring in the penalty box. The better chancces though have fallen so far to Azzuri's Andrea Belotti.

Italy vs Wales 

18' - Both teams have had a made advancements in the opening minutes and have also tested the keeper but the scoreline still reads goalless...

Switzerland vs Turkey

6' - GOAL! Haris Seferovic gives Switzerland the lead against Turkey!

Zuber gets the ball off a richochet and passes it onto Seferovic, who looks around and drills a low shot across the goal and the Turkey has no chance at all

GOAL! Switzerland 1-0 Turkey (Seferović 6').#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/OITnGIRFyr

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 20, 2021

Italy vs Wales:

4' - Blocked!

Wales get a free kick as Gareth Bale is brought down. Aaron Ramsey's free-kick finds N. Williams, who tried direct it into the middle, but Italy's keeper is able to block.

Switzerland vs Turkey:

3' - Shot!

Turkey with the first attempt of the game against the Swiss over in Baku. Kaan Ayhan takes a stinging attempt on goal but Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer is there to guard his goal! 

KICK OFF! Italy vs Wales and Switzerland vs Turkey gets us underway for the final Group A game.

Italians are already through to the knockout stage and are looking to push their unbeaten run to a record-equalling 30 games.

Wales need a draw to make sure of progressing to the last 16 and a win would put them through as group winners ahead of the Azzurri.

Swiss need a win while needing to better Wales' goal difference to be sure of advancing, with the 2016 semi-finalists playing Italy at the same time in Rome.

Turkey, who have lost their first two games and conceded five goals without scoring, must win if they are to possibly progress as one of the four best third-placed teams.

It all come to this... who will top Group A and who will follow team into the Euro 2020 knockouts... 

🗓️ DAY 10 will belong to _________ 🤔

Italy host Wales & Switzerland face Turkey as Group A is finalised! 👊#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/IuB35Pd0Lp

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 20, 2021

Switzerland Starting XI - Yann Sommer; Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Silvan Widmer; Steven Zuber, Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka (capt), Ricardo Rodriguez; Xherdan Shaqiri; Breel Embolo, Haris Seferovic

Turkey Starting XI - Ugurcan Cakir; Zeki Celik, Caglar Soyuncu, Merih Demiral, Mert Muldur; Kaan Ayhan; Irfan Kahveci, Ozan Tufan, Cengiz Under, Hakan Calhanoglu; Burak Yilmaz (capt)

🗒️ Switzerland and Turkey team news...

🇨🇭 Steven Zuber and Silvan Widmer start for Switzerland
🇹🇷 Kaan Ayhan and İrfan Can join Ozan Tufan in midfield

🤔 Who will be the difference maker? #EURO2020

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 20, 2021

Italy Starting XI - Gianluigi Donnarumma; Rafael Toloi, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessandro Bastoni, Emerson Palmieri; Matteo Pessina, Jorginho, Marco Verratti; Federico Chiesa, Andrea Belotti, Federico Bernardeschi

Wales Starting XI - Danny Ward; Ethan Ampadu, Joe Rodon, Chris Gunter; Connor Roberts, Joe Allen, Joe Morrell, Neco Williams; Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Dan James

🗒️ How Italy and Wales line up in Rome...

🇮🇹 Italy make 8 changes; Verratti returns
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gunter, N. Williams and Ampadu all start

Key player for both sides? 🔑#EURO2020

— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 20, 2021

Here's how the teams from Group A can qualfiy for knockouts...

Italy are through and will top the group if they avoid defeat.

Wales will be confirmed in the top two with a draw or if Switzerland fail to beat Turkey.

Switzerland can finish in the top two if they win and Wales lose – the teams will then be separated on goal difference – but will be eliminated if they lose.

Turkey cannot finish in the top two and must beat Switzerland to come third in the group.