Germany waste three-goal lead but edge past Italy into Nations League semis

Record ID: 1985561

  • Title: Germany waste three-goal lead but edge past Italy into Nations League semis
  • Date: 24th March 2025
  • Summary: DORTMUND, GERMANY (MARCH 23, 2025) (REUTERS) GERMANY COACH JULIAN NAGELSMANN ARRIVING FOR POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHER NAGELSMANN TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMANY COACH, JULIAN NAGELSMANN, ON THE RESULT ON THE NIGHT WITH HIS SIDE DOMINATING THE FIRST HALF BUT LETTING A THREE-GOAL LEAD SLIP IN THE SECOND HALF, SAYING: “It was incredibly attractive football a
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  • Keywords: Germany vs Italy Julian Nagelsmann Luciano Spalletti Nations League UEFA Nations League UNL
  • Location: DORTMUND, GERMANY
  • City: DORTMUND, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA001112823032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Germany squandered a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 against Italy on Sunday (March 23) and earn a nerve-racking 5-4 aggregate victory for a spot in the Nations League semi-finals.
    The Germans shot out of the blocks and played their best first half in more than a decade with 16 efforts towards goal, Joshua Kimmich opening their account with a 30th minute penalty.
    They then caught Italian keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and the entire defence napping with a quickly taken Kimmich corner for unmarked Jamal Musiala to slot in their second in the 36th minute, before Tim Kleindienst added a third on the stroke of halftime.
    It was a German mistake, however, that launched Italy's comeback and allowed Moise Kean to cut the deficit four minutes after the restart. With the Germans a shadow of their earlier selves, Kean then beat defender Jonathan Tah in the 69th to make it 3-2.
    Italy drew on the night with Giacomo Raspadori's stoppage-time penalty but could not find another goal to level the tie on aggregate as Germany set up a last four clash against Portugal in June.
    (Production: Andi Kranz, Stefan Haskins)
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