UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, March 20, 2025
Germany DWWWD 2
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Italy WDWWL 1
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1st Leg · Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 60,334 att.

Match Report

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Goretzka goals sees Germany come from behind to beat Italy

Germany came from behind to defeat Italy 2-1 at the San Siro on Thursday in the first leg of their Nations League quarter-final, with Leon Goretzka heading the winning goal 14 minutes from time.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
2
58.5
Possession
41.5
10
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
463
Accurate Passes
311
523
Passes
373
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
33
24
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
10
19
Effective Clearances
23
19
Clearances
23

Head to Head

GER leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ITA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 21Alessandro BastoniCD
  3. 5Riccardo CalafioriCD-L
  4. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoCD-R
  5. 8Sandro TonaliCM-L
  6. 18Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 14Nicolò RovellaAM
  8. 19Destiny UdogieLM
  9. 7Matteo PolitanoRM
  10. 10Giacomo RaspadoriCF-L
  11. 9Moise KeanCF-R

GER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Oliver BaumannG
  2. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 4Jonathan TahCD-R
  4. 22David RaumLB
  5. 6Joshua KimmichRB
  6. 19Leroy SanéAM
  7. 8Leon GoretzkaLM
  8. 5Pascal GrossRM
  9. 7Jonathan BurkardtF
  10. 10Jamal MusialaAM-L
  11. 11Nadiem AmiriAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Italy 1, Germany 0. Sandro Tonali (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Germany. Nico Schlotterbeck replaces David Raum.
  3. 45' Substitution, Germany. Tim Kleindienst replaces Jonathan Burkardt.
  4. 49' Goal! Italy 1, Germany 1. Tim Kleindienst (Germany) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross.
  5. 52' Nicolò Rovella (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Nadiem Amiri (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Substitution, Italy. Raoul Bellanova replaces Matteo Politano.
  8. 64' Substitution, Italy. Samuele Ricci replaces Nicolò Rovella.
  9. 66' Substitution, Germany. Jamie Leweling replaces Nadiem Amiri.
  10. 71' Substitution, Italy. Daniel Maldini replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  11. 74' Daniel Maldini (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 76' Goal! Italy 1, Germany 2. Leon Goretzka (Germany) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a corner.
  13. 82' Substitution, Germany. Karim Adeyemi replaces Leroy Sané.
  14. 83' Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Lucca replaces Moise Kean.
  15. 84' Substitution, Italy. Davide Frattesi replaces Nicolò Barella.
  16. 90' Substitution, Germany. Robert Andrich replaces Pascal Groß.

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