Germany booked their spot in the semifinals of the Nations League after 3:3 draw with Italy in Dortmund. It was literally a story of two halves, with the Germans scoring three unanswered goals in the first half, and the Italians doing likewise after the interval. The 3:3 draw, coupled with Die Mannschaft’s 2:1 first leg win in Milan, saw them win 5:4 on aggregate, and they’ll face Portugal in the last four.

Germany 3 (Kimmich 30 pen, Musiala 36, Kleindienst 45)
Italy 3 (Kean 49, 69; Raspadori 90+5)

Germany had 64% possession in the first half, and 18 shots to Italy’s 3 before the interval.

Second half possession was 50-50, but Italy scored three goals from six second half attempts.

Bild player ratings Germany Italy 3:3

(1 means good, 6 means bad)

As you can see here, Bild thought the likes of Kimmich and Schlotterbeck had a good game (1 rating), but thought Donnarumma and Maldini had a poor performance from the Azzurri, with the PSG goalkeeper getting the worst possible 6 rating.

Here are ratings from Italian paper CDS, which also sees the likes of Donnarumma and Maldini get poor ratings.

(1-10, 1 bad, 10 very good)

Neither the German nor the Italian newspaper thought referee Marciniak had a good game, with Bild giving him a 3 and CDS a 4.5/10.

Nagelsmann’s Germany will now on take on Portugal, a team they historically have a good record against, in the semifinals.

Portugal were fragile defensively against Denmark, but overturned a 1:0 loss from the first leg to win 5:2 in extra time in the second leg.

Spain and France will square off in the other semifinal.

Germany will have home advantage for the finals- the winner of this Germany Italy tie was to be the host for the semi finals and final.

Stuttgart and Munich will be the venues for the UNL 2025 finals, with Stuttgart hosting Spain-France and the third place game.

Munich will host Germany v Portugal and the final.