italy vs germany

Former Italy international Gianluca Vialli on BBC MOTD: "I think it has been an excellent tournament so far. It has had great sportsmanship from the players. Possibly not enough goals but some excellent games. And the referees are keeping yellow cards in their pockets.

"Italian football doesn't always make me proud. Part of me is still very sad and angry with the match-fixing scandal. But Italy are by far the surprise of the tournament. The way we did it is with very good football. We are always solid at the back but we are playing good football. That is because of tactics but also because we have the most influential player in Andrea Pirlo. Put Pirlo in the England side and they would start playing football.

"This is a different German side from the past. We loved playing Germany because they are like tanks, they come forward all the time but were a bit predictable. This side is different. It is multicultural and plays modern football. The system is modern. They are so skilful and always go forward.