Italy beat Germany 4-1

Italy thrashed World Cup hosts Germany 4-1 in a surprisingly one-sided international friendly here on Wednesday. The home side took early control, storming into a two-goal lead inside the first seven minutes at the Artemio Franchi stadium, home of Serie A side Fiorentina. Alberto Gilardino pounced from close range before setting up Luca Toni for an easy second in front of his home crowd.

Daniele De Rossi's header before the break practically killed off German hopes of mounting a comeback, and Alessendro Del Piero added to their misery 11 minutes into the second half. Robert Huth pulled one back for Germany eight minutes from time.

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Italy thrashed World Cup hosts Germany 4-1 in a surprisingly one-sided international friendly here on Wednesday. The home side took early control, storming into a two-goal lead inside the first seven minutes at the Artemio Franchi stadium, home
of Serie A side Fiorentina. Alberto Gilardino pounced from close range before setting up Luca Toni for an easy second in front of his home crowd.


Daniele De Rossi's header before the break practically killed
off German hopes of mounting a comeback, and Alessendro Del Piero
added to their misery 11 minutes into the second half. Robert Huth pulled one back for Germany eight minutes from time.