Group A brought together Italy, who received home advantage, Turkey, Wales and Switzerland. The Italians, who missed out on the World Cup in 2018, fielded a rebuilt team and started as one of the favourites to win the title.
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Turkey
Italy
The Italian team had the best possible start to the tournament, dominating their opponents throughout. Both sides wore change strips for some reason.
Wales
Switzerland
A lacklustre Welsh side spent most of the match penned deep in their own half while the Swiss repeatedly bombarded them with crosses. It was no surprise when Embolo headed Switzerland into the lead four minutes after half-time but Moore equalised, (74') glancing Morrel's delicate cross into the net off the gaffer tape that seemed to be holding the top of his head on. The Swiss had the ball in the net again with five minutes to go but to the reiefe of Wales' 500 traveling supporters, the goal was disallowed for offside after the VAR review.
Turkey
Wales
There were over 30,000 supporters in the enormous stadium cheering Turkey on. The hostile atmosphere seemed to inspire Wales who attacked relentlessly. In the 42nd minute Bale released a lofted pass forward that split the Turkish defence for Ramsey to take the ball on his chest before sliding it past the goalkeeper. Turkey came back strongly in the second half and there were some anxious moments for Wales. Bale missed a penalty but in a nailbiting finish, he danced along the touchline after a corner before laying the ball off to Roberts who lashed it home in the fifth minute of added time.
Italy
Switzerland
Italy disposed of Switzerland with considerable ease. Loccateli opened the scoring tapping the ball home after a darting run and cutback by Berardi (26'). In the 52nd minute, Loccatelli unleashed a low drive from outside the box for his second goal. Ciro completed the scoring in the final minute with a long range shot that squirmed under the goalkeeper.
Switzerland
Turkey
Three cracking goals were enough to give the Swiss a good chance of progressing as one of the four highest rated third placed teams. Kahveci scored Turkey's consolation goal but his were eliminated without a point to their name.
Italy
Wales
Wales did well to contain an impressive Italian team to a single goal, especially after losing Ampadu, sent off after a lunge at Bernardeschi 15 minutes into the second half. As Switzerland beating Turkey 3-1, Wales had to dig deep in the last 30 minutes to withstand the Italian onslaught. The results meant that Wales secured second place on goal difference.