Italy overcame Germany 1-0 in Group C of the 2017 European Under-21 Championship to progress to the semi-finals on Saturday.
Both sides qualified for the last four due to other results on the night. Germany will meet England, and Italy play Spain.
Federico Bernardeschi scored for the Italians just past the half-hour mark as the Germans struggled to threaten.
Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was rarely troubled, and it appeared Germany had left their shooting boots in the dressing room.
Italy prevailed to win the group in a game of few chances and were clearly the better team, with the Germans possibly lacking motivation.