Italy 3-1 Turkey: Scamacca and Calafiori seal second win (full match highlights)

Italy secured their second win over Turkey in a week with a battling 3-1 victory at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna, keeping their Nations League quarter-final hopes firmly alive. Gianluca Scamacca opened the scoring in the 26th minute, reacting quickest to a deflected cross from Giovanni Di Lorenzo and firing a powerful volley off the underside of the crossbar. It was Scamacca's second international goal, ending a wait of over three years since his strike against England at Wembley. Turkey hit back on 61 minutes when Aral Simsir finished off a swift counter-attack, but the parity lasted just three minutes. Substitute Riccardo Calafiori, who had come on in the 55th minute, rose highest to meet Nicolo Barella's free-kick and looped a header beyond Ugurcan Cakir for his first Italy goal. The Arsenal defender later revealed that a tactical switch from coach Leonardo Bonucci, who told him to stay forward at the last second, created the space for the winner. Francesco Pio Esposito sealed the win on 87 minutes, tapping in Alessandro Romano's low cross for his seventh goal in 13 caps. Italy now sit second in Group A1 with seven points, three behind leaders France, while Turkey remain bottom without a point. Can Italy challenge France for top spot in the group.

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