Italy confirmed their place in the Warsaw semi-final and set up one of European football&rsquo;s classic confrontations after the Azzurri beat England 4-2 on penalties in their quarter-final on Sunday in Kiev. &ldquo;If we play to our potential, we will beat the Italians,&rdquo; said Real Madrid star Ozil. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/ozil.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 374px; " /> Mesut Ozil &ldquo;I believe that other nations have a lot of respect for us. We are here to win the European title and I am convinced we can do it.&rdquo; Germany have a poor record against the Azzurri with 14 defeats, nine draws and seven victories in 30 meetings, but Joachim Loew&rsquo;s team are paying little regard to previous encounters ahead of the expected battle royal. &ldquo;Statistics don&rsquo;t interest us, we want to leave the past behind and write our own history,&rdquo; said goalkeeping coach Andreas Kopke. Germany fined $31,000 for fans&rsquo; misbehaviour UEFA said yesterday that it had fined the German Football Federation (DFB) 25,000 euros ($31,000, 20,000 pounds) over the behaviour of its supporters during the country&rsquo;s final group stage match with Denmark on June 17.. The DFB had been charged with &ldquo;the setting-off of fireworks and the improper conduct of supporters (display of inappropriate banners and symbols and inappropriate chanting)&rdquo;.

Germany should logically beat Italy in Thursday's Euro 2012 semi-final in Warsaw based on present form said midfielder Mesut Ozil yesterday

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