Eight games, zero wins - Why have Germany never ever beaten Italy?

The world champions should be favourites for Saturday's clash in Bordeaux, but they have still never managed to edge out the Azzurri in competitive action

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There was the 1970 World Cup semi-final many dub as the ‘Game of the Century’, the ‘Tardelli moment’ of the 1982 World Cup final, the ‘Gol di Grosso’ in 2006, and Mario’s muscles of 2012. The shared history of Germany and Italy at major international tournaments is long and glorious. But only for the Azzurri.

Eight times the two nations have been thrust together in front of the eyes of the world, and eight times Germany have come up empty. They prepare for Saturday night’s clash with Antonio Conte’s resurgent Italians knowing that it…