All African battle as Italy and Germany face off in Nations League classic
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Reading Time: 2min | Thu. 20.03.25. | 15:37
Destiny Udogie and Moise Kean are expected to start for Gli Azzurri, while Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sane will be Die Mannschaft's most powerful weapons (10.45 pm)
Italy and Germany face off tonight at the mythical San Siro stadium in Milan (10.45 pm) in the UEFA Nations League quarter-final first leg.
Luciano Spalletti and Julian Nagelsmann will surely provide us with a state-of-the-art tactical battle, with serious engagement from players of African origins on both sides.
Namely, Gli Azzuri will rely on Fiorentina's Moise Kean and Tottenham's Destiny Udogie in the starting XI. The former will be one of Spalletti's main attacking forces, along with Giacomo Raspadori of Napoli.
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On the other hand, Nagelsmann's team is impossible to imagine without Bayern Munich's African duo - Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala.
The pair will be part of a forward trident along with 29-year-old Tim Kleindeinst of Borussia Moenchengladbach.
According to BILD, Kleindienst will start against Italy as he has scored 15 and created six in 25 Bundesliga games this season and has two goals in his last 100 minutes for the German national team.
Kleindeinst will face competition from Niclas Fullkrug. The West Ham forward has missed 21 games across all competitions this season with two separate injuries, but remains an important player for Nagelsmann. If Fullkrug proves his fitness after recovering from his current hamstring injury, the robust striker will remain in Nagelsmann's plans.
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE
League A playoffs - Quarter-finals
Thursday
22:45: (3.60) Croatia (3.40) France (2.10)
22:45: (3.30) Denmark (3.30) Portugal (2.25)
22:45: (2.80) Italy (3.15) Germany (2.65)
22:45: (3.15) Netherlands (3.35) Spain (2.30)
League A/B relegation playoffs
Thursday
20:00: (1.80) Turkey (3.50) Hungary (4.70)
22:45: (1.80) Austria (3.60) Serbia (5.10)
22:45: (1.98) Greece (3.40) Scotland (4.00)
22:45: (4.40) Ukraine (3.50) Belgium (1.85)
League B/C relegation playoffs
Thursday
20:00: (3.45) Armenia (3.30) Georgia (2.05)
22:45: (3.00) Bulgaria (3.00) R.Ireland (2.40)
22:45: (2.20) Kosovo (3.20) Iceland (3.20)
22:45: (2.15) Slovakia (3.20) Slovenia (3.30)
***odds are subject to change***
