Italy brushed aside the Czech Republic in their final Euro 2020 warm-up game in Bologna for an eighth consecutive win without conceding a goal.
Ciro Immobile drilled in their opener before Nicolo Barella scored their second, courtesy of a huge deflection, after a run from the halfway line.
Lorenzo Insigne – on his 30th birthday – swept home from Immobile’s pass.
Insigne then picked out Domenico Berardi in space and the striker chipped in a fourth.
Berardi’s Sassuolo team-mate Giacomo Raspadori, a 21-year-old forward, came on for his international debut with 12 minutes to go.
Roberto Mancini’s Azzurri – who host Turkey in the opening game of Euro 2020 next Friday – have not lost a game since 2018.
Italy are also in Group A with Wales and Switzerland. The Czech Republic are in Group D with England, Scotland and Croatia.
Line-ups
Italy
Formation 4-3-3
- 21G Donnarumma
- 24FlorenziSubstituted forTolóiat 87′minutes
- 19Bonucci
- 3ChielliniSubstituted forAcerbiat 64′minutes
- 4SpinazzolaSubstituted forEmersonat 64′minutes
- 18Barella
- 8JorginhoSubstituted forCristanteat 63′minutes
- 5Locatelli
- 11BerardiSubstituted forChiesaat 77′minutes
- 17ImmobileSubstituted forRaspadoriat 78′minutes
- 10Insigne
Substitutes
- 1Sirigu
- 2Di Lorenzo
- 6Pessina
- 9Belotti
- 13Emerson
- 14Chiesa
- 15Acerbi
- 16Cristante
- 20Bernardeschi
- 22Raspadori
- 25Tolói
- 26Meret
Czech Rep
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Pavlenka
- 5Coufal
- 3CelustkaSubstituted forZimaat 45′minutes
- 4Brabec
- 18Boril
- 21Kral
- 8DaridaSubstituted forSadilekat 81′minutes
- 12MasopustSubstituted forSevcikat 61′minutes
- 7BarakSubstituted forSoucekat 45′minutes
- 14JanktoSubstituted forVydraat 61′minutes
- 11KrmencikSubstituted forSchickat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Vaclik
- 2Kaderábek
- 10Schick
- 13Sevcik
- 15Soucek
- 16Mandous
- 17Zima
- 20Vydra
- 22Mateju
- 24Pekhart
- 25Pesek
- 26Sadilek
- Referee:
- Lionel Tschudi
Match Stats
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Match ends, Italy 4, Czech Republic 0.
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Second Half ends, Italy 4, Czech Republic 0.
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Offside, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori tries a through ball, but Nicolò Barella is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Petr Sevcik (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michal Sadilek.
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Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Rafael Tolói.
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Attempt blocked. Michal Sadilek (Czech Republic) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Kral.
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Nicolò Barella (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Michal Sadilek (Czech Republic).
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Substitution, Italy. Rafael Tolói replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
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Foul by Bryan Cristante (Italy).
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Petr Sevcik (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Manuel Locatelli (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic).
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Substitution, Czech Republic. Michal Sadilek replaces Vladimír Darida.
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Foul by Lorenzo Insigne (Italy).
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Vladimir Coufal (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt saved. Federico Chiesa (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
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Corner, Italy. Conceded by David Zima.
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Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Ciro Immobile.
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Substitution, Italy. Federico Chiesa replaces Domenico Berardi.