When is the Italy – Germany first leg in the Nations League quarter-final and who is showing the Italy – Germany broadcast on TV and livestream?
All information about the Nations League quarter-final first leg of the German team in Italy: broadcast on TV and stream with commentator and expert, time and the initial situation with betting odds.
Italy – Germany broadcast on 20.3.: TV & time
TV & Stream Broadcast: Who is showing Italy – Germany live on March 20?
In Germany, the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, as well as the private broadcaster RTL, share the broadcasting rights to the international matches of the German national football team. Thus, it is never really clear who is showing which DFB international match live.
The broadcast of Italy against Germany will be shown live on Thursday (March 20) from 8:45 p.m. live on free TV on ARD.
The live broadcast begins at 8:15 p.m. Presenter Esther Sedlaczek will report live from the Guiseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan. Bastian Schweinsteiger will be at her side as an expert.
Italy – Germany live on ARD
In the half hour until the start of the game at 8:45 p.m., the duo will be tuning in with analyses, background reports and interviews for the Nations League quarter-final first leg.
The commentator in the Italy – Germany broadcast is Tom Bartels.
In addition to the free-TV broadcast, the first also offers a live stream of Italy against Germany. This is available on sportstudio.de and also in the ARD media library. The second leg on Sunday, March 23, can then be seen live on RTL.
The other three first legs of the Nations League quarter-finals will be shown live on DAZN. However, DAZN will not show the DFB away game in Italy; this will be shown exclusively on ARD.
The starting position with betting odds
The first international match of 2025 is a very important one for the German national team – the Nations League quarter-final first leg against Italy! What is the situation before the Italy – Germany broadcast on Thursday?
The German team finished the group stage of the Nations League undefeated as winners of Group 3. They won four of their six games (including 1-0 against the Netherlands) and drew two.
Italy finished second in Group 2 behind France. The Squadra Azzurra won four of their six games and drew one. They only lost to France on the last matchday (1:3).
If the Italy – Germany betting odds from online bookmaker Interwetten are anything to go by, there is no favorite for this quarter-final first leg.
The last time the German national team and the Squadra Azzurra faced each other in competitive matches was in the Nations League 2022/23. In Italy, there was a 1-1 draw, and in the return game in Mönchengladbach, Germany won 5-2.
But on Italian soil, the DFB team often had a hard time. This is shown, for example, by the away record from friendly matches: 12 games, 7 defeats and 3 draws…
