{"id":41884,"date":"2025-03-23T19:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=41884"},"modified":"2025-03-23T19:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T19:09:33","slug":"germany-vs-italy-nations-league-preview-prediction-team-news-and-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/germany-vs-italy-nations-league-preview-prediction-team-news-and-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany vs Italy Nations League Preview, Prediction, Team News And Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Germany will look to defend a 2-1 lead in the second-leg of the Nations League quarter-final on Sunday night against Italy, and here we have the team news and predicted lineups in our preview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Germany vs Italy Preview<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/italy\">Italy<\/a> will travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/borussia-dortmund\">Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s<\/a> Signal Iduna Park to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/germany\">Germany<\/a> in the second-leg of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/nations-league\">Nations League<\/a> quarter-final clash on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Germany were unbeaten in their Nations League group which included the Netherlands, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p>They had to come from behind though when they met Italy at the San Siro on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Sandro Tonali &#8211; fresh off the highs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/liverpool-newcastle-carabao-cup-final-highlights\/\">Newcastle&#8217;s Carabao Cup victory over Liverpool<\/a> &#8211; opened the scoring after just nine minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Borussia Monchengladbach striker Tim Kleindienst scored just after half-time setting up an entertaining conclusion to the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That winning feeling \ud83d\udda4\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc9b<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DFB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DFB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GermanFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GermanFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ITAGER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ITAGER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 DFB\/ Philipp Reinhard <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pRKgIVvDkt\">pic.twitter.com\/pRKgIVvDkt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; German Football (@DFB_Team_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DFB_Team_EN\/status\/1902851569416278224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leon Goretzka, who was making his return to international football after last representing Germany in 2023, scored a 76th-minute winner for Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s match should prove to be another thriller between two giants of the European international stage. There shouldn&#8217;t be too much change to the lineups for Germany vs Italy &#8211; though Kleindienst certainly will feel he should get a chance after scoring in the first-leg.<\/p>\n<p>Germany have Italy&#8217;s number though having not lost in any of their last six previous meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s last victory over Germany was in the semi-finals of Euro 2012 where Mario Balotelli scored a stunning double to book his side&#8217;s place in the final &#8211; which they ultimately lost to Spain.<\/p>\n<h2>Germany Team News<\/h2>\n<p>Germany have a significant number of injuries meaning that rotation is likely to be limited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/kai-havertz\">Kai Havertz<\/a>, Florian Wirtz and Marc-Andre ter Stegen were among the absentees going into the international games.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Kleindienst could make the starting lineup in Dortmund over Jonathan Burkardt after scoring Germany&#8217;s equaliser against Italy.<\/p>\n<h2>Italy Team News<\/h2>\n<p>Mateo Retegui and Federico Dimarco are unavailable for Italy while there are concerns over Arsenal star Riccardo Calafiori&#8217;s fitness.<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal defender was seen limping after the game on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Cambiaso is expected to be available but might not make the starting lineup for Italy against Germany.<\/p>\n<h2>Germany vs Italy Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<p><b>Germany (3-4-2-1):<\/b> Baumann; Schlotterbeck, Tah, Rudiger; Kimmich, Stiller, Goretzka, Mittelstadt; Sane, Musiala; Kleindienst<\/p>\n<p><b>Italy (3-5-2):<\/b> Donnarumma; Gattim, Buongiorno, Bastoni; Di Lorenzo, Barella, Ricci, Tonali, Udogie; Kean, Maldini<\/p>\n<h2>Germany vs Italy Prediction<\/h2>\n<p>Italy will push hard early to get back into the game to try and make the semi-finals of the Nations League.<\/p>\n<p>However, looking at the potential lineups, Germany should have enough to hang onto their advantage, even if we reckon this will be a score draw.<\/p>\n<h3>Prediction: Germany 1-1 Italy<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany will look to defend a 2-1 lead in the second-leg of the Nations League quarter-final on Sunday night against Italy, and here we have the team news and predicted lineups in our preview. 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