Germany and Italy meet Thursday in the second semifinal at Euro 2012, battling to determine which national side will go on to meet Spain in Sunday's championship final in Kyiv, Ukraine. Thursday's match, at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, is scheduled to kick off at 8:45 p.m. Central European Time (2:45 p.m. ET in the United States).
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The game will be televised live on ESPN, and streaming video will be available through WatchESPN.com and the Watch ESPN app on mobile devices. The streaming video will feature commentary in both English and Spanish. Click here to go to ESPN.
The clubs' last competitive match was at the 2006 World Cup, where the Italians denied the host Germans a chance to go to the finals with a 2-0 victory in extra time before going on to win the World Cup themselves by defeating France on penalty kicks. The most recent friendly between the nations, played last February in Dortmund, ended in a 1-1 draw.
The semifinal is a matchup between the No. 3 and No. 12 teams in the world according to the most recent FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings, with No. 3 Germany looking to avenge its 2006 loss and get a shot at dethroning World No. 1 Spain in the finals. Italy played the Spaniards to a draw during the group stage.
What will happen? Will Mario Gomez, Miroslav Klose and the Germans continue their winning ways? Or will the Azzurri continue to get the job done? Find out at 2:45 p.m. ET!
