World champions Germany must seize any opportunities they get against Italy in Saturday's Euro 2016 quarter-final as their foes' rock-like defence was unlikely to offer many chances, coach Joachim Loew said. That is what we have prepared our side for, we are aware of what we are going to confront tomorrow," Loew told a news conference on Friday. Loew dismissed the suggestion the Italians might be affected by the memory of their 4-1 loss to Germany in a March friendly. "You must take your chances against Italy because you might not have so many as against Northern Ireland." On the Germans' minds, however, is their record of losing every tournament knockout game to Italy going back almost half a century, including a World Cup final and Euro 2012 semi-final.

Source: dna July 02, 2016 17:15 UTC