Turkiye vs Italy player ratings: Azzuri hits four, Mancini earns first win of second stint
TUR vs ITA player ratings: Here is the full player ratings from the Turkiye vs France UEFA Nations League match.
Updated : Sep 29, 2026 08:17 IST , Chennai - 3 MINS READ
Italy will next face France in the Nations League. | Photo Credit: AP
Italy will next face France in the Nations League. | Photo Credit: AP
After succumbing to a 2-0 defeat against Belgium, Roberto Mancini’s Italy found its groove against Turkey to secure a dominant 4-1 win in the latest round of fixtures of the UEFA Nations League on Monday.
Mancini, who led Italy to the Euros in 2020 and a 37-match unbeaten streak in his previous tenure, won his first game since coming back in charge.
Italy took the lead with less than nine minutes on the clock when Zeki Çelik scuffed an attempted clearance on a corner and the ball fell to Alessandro Bastoni, who swept it into the roof of the net.
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It was a sort of redemption for Bastoni, who was sent off in the first half of Italy’s World Cup qualifying playoff against Bosnia and Herzegovina — which the Azzurri went on to lose on penalties.
Davide Frattesi doubled Italy’s lead in the 22nd minute, tapping in the rebound after Kayode’s shot had been parried by Turkey goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, following a well-worked team move by Italy.
Kayode got on the scoresheet five minutes later, following a similar move, with Pio Esposito sending him clear to fire into the bottom right corner.
It was the first time in five years that Italy scored three goals in the opening half-hour of a competitive match.
Barış Alper Yılmaz caught Italy napping to pull one back for Turkey right at the start of the second half but Esposito restored the visitors’ three-goal advantage three minutes later, nodding in a rebound after Sandro Tonali’s curled effort had come off the post.
Esposito had been joined in the starting lineup by his older brother Sebastiano, who was making his debut, marking the first time since 1915 that two brothers had started a match for Italy.
PLAYER RATINGS
Turkiye: Altay Bayındır (5.4), Zeki Çelik (4.7), Merih Demiral (5.4), Ozan Kabak (5.2), Eren Elmalı (7.0), Oğuz Aydın (6.5), Salih Özcan (6.2), Orkun Kökçü (6.2), Arda Güler (7.4), Can Uzun (5.9), Oğuz Aydın (6.5), Barış Alper Yılmaz (7.5)
Subs: İsmail Yüksek (7.4), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (6.0), Deniz Gül (6.1), Abdülkerim Bardakcı (6.8), Demir Tıknaz (6.9)
Italy: Gianluigi Donnarumma (7.0), Michael Kayode (8.2), Giorgio Scalvini (7.3), Alessandro Bastoni (7.7), Matteo Ruggeri (7.7), Davide Frattesi (8.5), Sandro Tonali (7.3), Nicolo Fagioli (7.2), Giacomo Raspadori (7.1), Francesco Pio Esposito (8.5), Sebastiano Esposito (6.9)
Subs: Nicolò Cambiaghi (6.5), Alessandro Romano (6.2), Issa Doumbia (6.2), Gianluca Scamacca (6.0), Giovanni di Lorenzo (5.9)
(With inputs from AP)
Published on Sep 29, 2026
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