Joachim Loew’s Germany face the acid test of their status as world champions against Italy on Saturday in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals.
The facts speak for themselves: Germany have never managed a win over the Azzurri in eight attempts on the big stage at either a World Cup or European Championship finals.
It’s a record German fans would love to see broken.
They have suffered recent disappointment at Italian hands in the semi-finals of both the 2006 World Cup finals and Euro 2012.
And although Germany thumped Italy 4-1 three months ago in Munich — the first time they had defeated the Azzurri in …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
