5 great Germany - Italy matches of the past

Germany 0 – Italy 0 (Euro 1996)

Andreas Kopke stopped everything thrown at him this in this game – including this Gianfranco Zola penalty.

This is a match in which Germany can take credit for Italy’s ouster in a tournament, even if the match ended in a draw. Germany were already guaranteed progress to the next stage while the Italians had to win. Chelsea maestro Gianfranco Zola had a penalty saved by Andreas Kopke in the 9th minute and despite Germany going down to 10 men after Thomas Strunz was sent off, Italy couldn’t score. German keeper Kopke had one of the games of his life and blocked everything the Italians threw at the German goal.

The 0-0 draw resulted in Italy’s elimination while Germany would go on to win the competition played in England with Matthias Sammer named as the player of the tournament.