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Like in 2013: Take the game to Italy

The Germany women’s national team will want to score plenty of goals in their second European Championship game against Italy tonight at 20:45 CEST. Midfielder Sara Däbritz was keen to emphasise, “If we keep our composure going forward and hold our positioning, then we will have a good game,” said the 22-year-old. What role she plays in the midfield is not an issue for Däbritz.

Head coach Steffi Jones has announced she will make several changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Sweden in their opening game of the tournament. “Apart from Almuth Schult in the middle, Babett Peter, Sara Däbritz and Dzsenifer Marozsan are all versatile players so we will make some changes,” said the 44-year-old.

Germany with the better record

Mandy Islacker could replace the injured Svenja Huth as she did against Sweden for the eight-time European champions. “Mandy was outstanding. She is not the top goalscorer for nothing. I can be very satisfied with her”, said Jones. The head coach expects the Italians to “sit very deep and play very compact. Italy use the long ball a lot of the time and will try to hit us on the counterattack.”

Jones has issued her players a warning about allowing themselves to be provoked by Italy. “I am appealing to my players to be sensible,” she said. “We need to stay calm and play our game.”

It is Germany who have the better record of the two nations, winning 14 of their 26 duels, whilst they have also drawn eight times and lost four. Moreover the DFB team have never lost to the Italians in a competitive game. The Germany women have triumphed against Italy on five occasions at the Euro and have drawn three times. Their last meeting was exactly four years ago at the same competition, with Germany winning that quarter-final clash 1-0 after a goal from Simone Laudehr and going on to lift the title.

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The Germany women’s national team will want to score plenty of goals in their second European Championship game against Italy tonight at 20:45 CEST. Midfielder Sara Däbritz was keen to emphasise, “If we keep our composure going forward and hold our positioning, then we will have a good game,” said the 22-year-old. What role she plays in the midfield is not an issue for Däbritz.

Head coach Steffi Jones has announced she will make several changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Sweden in their opening game of the tournament. “Apart from Almuth Schult in the middle, Babett Peter, Sara Däbritz and Dzsenifer Marozsan are all versatile players so we will make some changes,” said the 44-year-old.

Germany with the better record

Mandy Islacker could replace the injured Svenja Huth as she did against Sweden for the eight-time European champions. “Mandy was outstanding. She is not the top goalscorer for nothing. I can be very satisfied with her”, said Jones. The head coach expects the Italians to “sit very deep and play very compact. Italy use the long ball a lot of the time and will try to hit us on the counterattack.”

Jones has issued her players a warning about allowing themselves to be provoked by Italy. “I am appealing to my players to be sensible,” she said. “We need to stay calm and play our game.”

It is Germany who have the better record of the two nations, winning 14 of their 26 duels, whilst they have also drawn eight times and lost four. Moreover the DFB team have never lost to the Italians in a competitive game. The Germany women have triumphed against Italy on five occasions at the Euro and have drawn three times. Their last meeting was exactly four years ago at the same competition, with Germany winning that quarter-final clash 1-0 after a goal from Simone Laudehr and going on to lift the title.