Germany is constantly targeting De Sciglio because Kimmich is much better in attack than Hector.

Klaus wrote:

De Sciglio has been pretty good today, poor cross aside.

He has been good, but there's no point of him going over the halfway line if he's going to mess up situations like that so badly.

started with promise, has descended into a typical european international. boring, unimaginative, no risk plays.

muller, wtf

Damn it Muller should have scored there.

That poor touch by Giaccherini there almost killed it.

Come on Germany, beat this football abomination.

Kroos has been really poor.

What an awful half Kroos is having.

Burnwinter wrote:

This is turning into a scrap. Ref taking it easy so far, probably a good option.

Kassai is a quality referee, never seen him have a truly bad game

could be one of those games where the opposition comes and comes at italy and at the end italy wins it. i don't mind germany losing, i'll get to see neuer losing.

Germany have done well to stop Italy from countering and Italy have kept Germany out well. It's been really close.

Shit game

Germany doesn't have wing backs good enough for this formation.

Every time the ball goes wide to Kimmich or Hector, they either lose possession or are forced back.

This has been a fairly dire game.. maybe one or 2 bits of real action, and the rest is meh.. Ozil has been utterly anonymous

This is a tactical masterclass.

World class clearance from Florenzi

Amazing clearance. Germany starting to look impatient, they may give up a few chances to Italy as this wears on.