Germany won their only previous competitive fixture against Italy, and will hope for a repeat performance as the teams conclude their Group C campaign.
Previous meetings
• Italy and Germany have featured in the Under-21 final on 11 occasions between them – Italy winning five titles to their opponents’ one – but they have met just once before in the competition.
• That came in the 2009 semi-final in Helsingborg, where a 48th-minute goal from Andreas Beck proved enough for Horst Hrubesch’s side to overcome an Italy team coached by Pierluigi Casiraghi. Germany went on to lift the title for the one and only time.< ... UEFA.com – News