An awful first-half showing saw Italy 3-0 down at the interval, with Joshua Kimmich and Tim Kleindienst scoring either side of a bizarre Jamal Musiala strike.

Musiala tapped into an empty net from a clever Kimmich corner after 36 minutes, with Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma not watching the ball as he berated his defenders.

Moise Kean's brace got Italy back within two goals on aggregate, then a late Giacomo Raspadori penalty made for a tense finale, but Germany clung on.

Germany started much the stronger of the two teams but was restricted for half an hour, until Alessandro Buongiorno's foul on Kleindienst inside the area resulted in a penalty.

Kimmich found the bottom-left corner from 12 yards, and it was a piece of quick thinking from the Germany captain – combined with a bizarre lapse from Donnarumma – that soon saw the host double its lead.

Donnarumma tipped a Kleindienst header over, then lost all concentration as he berated his defenders while Kimmich retrieved the ball for the corner. With no Italy players alert, Kimmich quickly played the kick into an empty six-yard box, where Musiala turned home.

Kimmich had another assist on the stroke of half-time, supplying a delicate cross for Kleindienst, whose header crept over the line despite the best efforts of Donnarumma.

Luciano Spalletti introduced Matteo Politano and Davide Frattesi at half-time and Italy instantly improved, with Kean lashing into the bottom-left corner to reduce the arrears.

With Germany's intensity dropping, the Fiorentina striker got his second with a wonderful curled finish in the 69th minute, bringing Italy back to 5-3 on aggregate.

Italy had one penalty – awarded for Nico Schlotterbeck's lunge on Giovanni Di Lorenzo – overruled following a VAR review, but they did get a spot-kick when Maximilian Mittelstadt handled from a corner in stoppage time.

Raspadori converted emphatically, but Italy did not have time to carve out one last chance to force extra time.