Italy won, Germany Return

Italy secured their advance to the final of Euro 2012 after successfully throwing Germany 2-1 in a European Cup semi-final match at the National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland, Thursday or Friday (6/29/2012) early morning hrs. Two-goal victory "Gli Azzurri" created by Mario Balotelli. Meanwhile, Mesut Ozil scored inscribed Germany on penalties in the final seconds of the game. At the top of the party in Kyiv's Olympic Stadium on Sunday (07.01.2012), Italy will challenge defending champions Spain who first qualified after beating Portugal 4-2 on penalties last Wednesday (28/06/2012). Germany took the initiative to attack since the early minutes. Action has been running for five minutes, defender Mats Hummels German first opportunity. However, his shot from near the goal, receiving feedback from Lucas Podolski was still able to be pushed over by Buffon. "Der Panzer" continue to push Italy. At the 13th minute, Joachim Loew's side had another chance through Toni Kroos. However, again appear quite swiftly dismissed Buffon kicks the ball hard the Bayern Munich midfielder from outside the penalty box. Preoccupation attack, the German defense off guard. It was then used to pre-empt Italy scored in the 20th minute. Starting from the action of Antonio Cassano on the left side of the field. He feeds off accurately to the middle of the penalty box. Not heavily guarded, Arsenal grabbed the ball with a powerful header without being able to anticipate Manuel Neuer. Left behind one goal, Germany can not remain silent. Although difficult to penetrate the defense meeting Italy, Germany several times fired hard from outside the penalty box. Sami Kheidira one shot from outside the penalty area almost to fruition, if Buffon was again in sparkling kick brushed off the ball hard. One minute later, again the Germans missed. This time begins with a quick counterattack. Riccardo Montolivo immediately sent a long ball into the German defenses. Balotelli who escaped the offside trap and dribbled into the penalty box and fired a fierce shot directed into the top left corner without being able to be driven Neur and goals. After halftime, the German direct hit. Substitute Marco Reus get a chance in the 60th minute after Leonardo Bonucci offenses committed in front of the box. However, again in sparkling form with Buffon dismissed Reus who directed a free kick into the top corner. Throughout the second half, the Germans still dominating the game. The combination Oezil, Toni Kroos, and Bastian Schweinsteiger many times to create chances. However, Italy's defense look pretty neat with a high concentration that made their efforts futile. Coach Loew, then include Thomas Mueller to increase the power on his side in the 71st minute. Bayern Munich's players also got a chance five minutes later. However, the ball shot from outside the box is still thin on the left side of Italy. Italy is not without an attack. In fact, Cesare Prandelli's farm team goalkeeper Neuer again managed to break through the action of Federico Balzaretti in the 83rd minute. However, he had already been caught offside. Into injury-time, Germany had a golden opportunity after Balzaretti do handball in the box. Oezil the executioner did not waste the opportunity to cut the gap to 1-2. Despite continued trying to equalize, even goalkeeper Neuer advanced to the defense of "La Nazionale", Germany failed to equalize the position. According to UEFA, throughout the game, Italy had the ball as much as 46 percent and created a five-kick into the goal from 10 shots. The German release of seven accurate shots from 14 attempts. "Gli Azzurri" had the right to challenge the winner to survive, "La Furia Roja". The composition of players: Germany (4-5-1): 1-Manuel Neuer; 5-Mats Hummels, 14-Holger Badstuber, 16-Philipp Lahm, 20-Jerome Boateng (13-Thomas Muller 71), 6-Sami Khedira, 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger , 10-Lukas Podolski (11-Miroslav Klose 45), 18-Toni Kroos, 8-Mesut Oezi, 23-Mario Gomez (21-Marco Reus 45). Italy (4-4-2): 1-Gianluigi Buffon; 3-Giorgio Chiellini, 6-Federico Balzaretti, 15-Andrea Barzagli, 19-Leonardo Bonucci, 8-Claudio Marchisio, 16 - Daniele De Rossi, 18-Riccardo Montolivo ( 5-Thiago Motta 64), 21-Andrea Pirlo, 9-Mario Balotelli, 10-Antonio Cassano (22-Alessandro Diamanti 57).