MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 20: Gianluigi Donnarumma of Italy reacts after Tim Kleindienst of Germany (not pictured) scores his group’s first purpose through the UEFA Nations League quarterfinal leg one match between Italy and Germany at Stadio San Siro on March 20, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Alex Grimm/Getty Photos)
Italy shattered a number of fairly disagreeable information with their first residence defeat to Germany since 1986 and never shedding two video games in a row since Cesare Prandelli’s tenure.
The Azzurri had taken the lead at San Siro by way of Sandro Tonali, solely to be overturned by a pair of headers from Tim Kleindienst and Leon Goretzka.
This in itself was additionally a document, as a result of Italy had not misplaced a house match from a number one state of affairs since their pleasant capitulation to France in November 2012.
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Germany had not managed to beat the Nazionale on Italian soil since one other 2-1 lead to a pleasant again in February 1986.
That was so way back that the group was nonetheless representing West Germany, earlier than the autumn of the Berlin Wall.
The Azzurri had additionally misplaced their final match of 2024, overwhelmed 3-1 by France at San Siro within the Nations League group recreation.
Which means it’s the first time the Nazionale misplaced back-to-back fixtures because the disastrous 2014 World Cup marketing campaign below coach Prandelli.
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