Italy felt cheated before the break, but gave Turkey a real lesson after the break. Along the way, a situation in the fight created confusion around the rules.
Italy got off to a dream start at their European Championships when Turkey was beaten 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Friday night.
An own goal by Merih Demiral was the European Championship’s first goal, before Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne provided the next two goals.
Italy are now undefeated in the last 28 matches, and Roberto Mancini’s team looks very solid.
Confusion around the rules of the hand
The big talking point during the match, before Italy opened the goal account, was several hand situations and how it should now be interpreted.
Former national team manager Egil “Drillo” Olsen was of the opinion that with the current regulations, a penalty should have been imposed on Italy before the break. However, he is glad that it did not happen.
– I have seen, as the rule is now, that punishment has been blown before. I strongly disagree with the new rule, which I think is absolutely terrible for football. Personally, I am glad that there was no punishment, said Drillo in NRK’s studio.
On social media, there was full confusion and discussions with strong opposites about the penalty situation where Leonardo Spinazzola from short range hit the ball up in the arm of Zeki Celik.
Before the championship, however, new guidelines were presented for how the hand rule should be interpreted.
In short, more touches than before will be considered non-criminal hands.
