Leonardo Spinazzola was the Azzurri’s Man of the Match from Turkey vs. Italy, the opening match of the Euros, at the Olimpico in Roma yesterday evening, which ended with Roberto Mancini winning 3-0.

The full-back from Foligno picked up 42.24% of the votes from fans on the FIGC website, beating Nicolò Barella (18.1%) and Domenico Berardi (12.07%).

Spinazzola was one of the absolute key figures from the match; he was tireless down the left flank. He was a thorn in Turkey’s side for 90 minutes and even came close to scoring on two occasions: the first, in the 56th minute, came after dribbling past two defenders. Then, ten minutes later, his powerful effort was saved but then turned in on the rebound by Ciro Immobile. Ordered at the back, he made a particularly noteworthy intervention to halt Ünder on the counterattack.