Germany and Italy are fighting for the ticket for the semi -finals of the UEFA Nations League 2024/25 on Sunday evening when they blocked horns in the second stage of their last eight tie.
The team has a one-goal pillow from the first leg on Thursday after goals from Tim Kleindienst and Leon Goretzka sealed a 2-1 comeback victory. With the lead of the home advantage for the upcoming decid, Germany will be favorites to develop on the last four.
Julian Nagelsmann wants to lead Germany to the semi-finals of the First Nations League and would like to extend the undefeated run of his team since the European Last summer championship.
Italy has to rush a deficit in Dortmund if it wants to reach the semi -finals of the Nations League for the third time in a row. The Luciano Spalletti team has suffered two defeats for the first time in two years.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to a battle of giants.
Germany against Italy head-to-head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Germany | Italy |
|---|---|
Italy 1-2 Germany – 20/03/25 | Italy 1-2 Germany – 20/03/25 |
Hungary 1-1 Germany – 19/11/24 | Italy 1-3 France – 17/11/24 |
Germany 7-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina – 16/11/24 | Belgium 0-1 Italy – 14/11/24 |
Germany 1-0 Netherlands – 14/10/24 | Italy 4-1 Israel – 14/10/24 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-2 Germany – 10.10.24 | Italy 2-2 Belgium – 10/10/24 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Amazon Prime Video |
United States | Fubotv, FoxSports.com, Vix, Fox Sports App, Fox Sports 2 |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
Nagelsmann raised several eyebrows by starting the Main -duo Jonathan Burkardt and Nadiem Amiri during the first leg, but Tim Kleinderdien was supposed to replace the former and Karim Adeyemi or Jamie Leweling this weekend.
Goretzka, who has been called back to the national team since November 2023, achieved the winner goal in Milan on Thursday and was to work together again in midfield.
Joshua Kimmich set up both goals last time and will continue to be a main creative power from the right -back. On the other flank, Maximilian Mittelstadt David Taum was able to replace, which was withdrawn in the first leg at half -time.
Germany is available due to injuries without Florian Wirtz, Kai Havertz and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
Germany predicted against Italy (4-2-3-1): Baumann; Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Mittelstadt; Gross, Goretzka; Sane, Musiala, Leweling; Small service.
Italy, which are already without the injured Mateo Retegui and Federico Dimarco, are missing on Sunday Riccardo Calafiori. The 22-year-old played the whole of the first leg, but took a “strange” knee injury during the collision.
Alessandro Buongiorno is the player who is likely to replace Calafiori, while Raoul Bellanova was able to come in on the right flank for Matteo Politano.
Sandro Tonali achieved the opening goal of the game in San Siro and will lead an impressive midfield alongside Nicolo Barella. Davide Frattesi was able to replace Nicolo Rovella as the third member of the engine compartment.
Moise Kean and Giacomo Raspadori are expected to lead the line again, with the Udinesian striker Lorenzo Lucca, who earned his second cap in the middle of the week, in the standby company.
Italy predicted the line-up against Germany (3-5-2): Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Buongiorno, Bastoni; Bellanova, Barella, Frattesi, Tonali, Udogie; Kean, Raspadori.
Italy travels to Germany after winning one of their last seven games against their four-time World Cup winners, but knows that they have to secure victory on this occasion to achieve the semi-finals. Even a triumph with a gate would only force an extension and potential punishments.
In this sense, Germany will be willing to pursue a cautious approach in the procedures, which is not a good sign for their visitors for their visitors, who generally prefer to control ownership.
The team did the hard work during the first leg and simply has to avoid defeat on Sunday.