Germany U21 advanced to the semi-finals of Euro 2025 (U21) as they beat Italy 3:2 in extra time at the MOL Arena. The Germans, who had won all three of their group stage games as well, will now play France U21 in the semifinals after the latter edged Denmark in another five-goal thriller.

Germany U21 3 (Woltemade 68, Weiper 87, Rohl 117)
Italy U21 2 (Koleosho 58, Ambrosino 90+6)

Bild player ratings Germany U21 vs Italy U21 Euro 2025

The worst German players against Italy U21 in their quarterfinal, according to Bild, were Brighton’s Brajan Gruda (5) and Paul Nebel & Nathaniel Brown (4). They liked Woltemade and Tresoldi and goalkeeper Atobulu, but none of Germany’s players got the best possible 1 rating under their system.

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Here are the official starting lineups for both the Germany national football team and the Portugal team for their Nations League semi final clash (official crowd attendance 65.823 in Munich) on 4 June, 2025.

Portugal upset Germany 2:1, with veteran Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the winning goal.

Germany vs Portugal national football team lineups and substitutes 2025 June

Ter Stegen
Tah, Koch, Anton (Nmecha 71)
Kimmich, Goretzka, Pavlovic (Adeyemi 71), Mittelstadt (Gosens 61)
Sane (Gnabry 61), Wirtz
Woltemade (Fullkrug 61)

Young striker Nick Woltemade made his senior Germany debut in this UNL semifinal against Portugal.

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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.

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