Germany v Italy - Starting Line-Ups - World Cup Semi-Final - Ballack & Klose Start for Klinsmann, Toni & Totti for Lippi

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Germany v Italy - Starting Line-Ups - World Cup Semi-Final - Ballack & Klose Start for Klinsmann, Toni & Totti for Lippi

Submitted by Pavlos Skoufis on Tue, 04/07/2006 - 19:17.

Full starting line-ups for the first Semi-Final of the World Cup between Jurgen Klinsmann's Germany and Marcello Lippi's Italy.

The sides have met 28 times before with Italy holding a 13 -7 advantage in wins, and with Germany not having beaten Italy since a friendly in Zurich in 1995 when they won 2-0 and Italy having been the most recent victors in a 4-1 drubbing in March.

The Germans have no injury worries after captain Michael Ballack and top scorer Miroslav Klose are now fit after shrugging off minor injuries, but will be without Frings through his suspension.

Italy are likely to be without defender Alessandro Nesta, who also missed the last match, after failing to recover from a groin strain.

Italy are starting with three strikers, with AS Roma captain Francesco Totti, AC Milan’s Alberto Gilardino and Fiorentina’s Luca Toni featuring in a three-pronged attack.

GERMANY

ITALY


1. LEHMANN Jens	1. BUFFON Gianluigi
3. FRIEDRICH Arne	3. GROSSO Fabio
5. KEHL Sebastian	(C)5. CANNAVARO Fabio
11. KLOSE Miroslav	8. GATTUSO Gennaro
13. BALLACK Michael (C)	9. TONI Luca
16. LAHM Philipp	10. TOTTI Francesco
17. MERTESACKER Per	16. CAMORANESI Mauro
18. BOROWSKI Tim	19. ZAMBROTTA Gianluca
19. SCHNEIDER Bernd	20. PERROTTA Simone
20. PODOLSKI Lukas	21. PIRLO Andrea
21. METZELDER Christoph	23. MATERAZZI Marco

Substitutes


12. KAHN Oliver	12. PERUZZI Angelo
23. HILDEBRAND Timo	14. AMELIA Marco
2. JANSEN Marcell	2. ZACCARDO Cristian
4. HUTH Robert	4. DE ROSSI Daniele
6. NOWOTNY Jens	6. BARZAGLI Andrea
7. SCHWEINSTEIGER Bastian	7. DEL PIERO Alessandro
8. FRINGS Torsten	11. GILARDINO Alberto
9. HANKE Mike	13. NESTA Alessandro
10. NEUVILLE Oliver	15. IAQUINTA Vincenzo
14. ASAMOAH Gerald	17. BARONE Simone
15. HITZLSPERGER Thomas	18. INZAGHI Filippo
22. ODONKOR David	22. ODDO Massimo