Italy boss Cesare Prandelli says Germany will be favourites for their Euro 2012 semi-final on Thursday.
The Azzurri came through a penalty shoot-out win over England in the last eight and will play a Germany side who have had two extra days to prepare.
"Germany are definitely the favourites, not least because they've had two more days to recover," said Prandelli.
"But if we show the same attitude and desire to again then we can expect to play another great match."
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Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi and right-back Ignazio Abate came off with muscle problems against England, while centre-back Giorgio Chiellini and midfielder Thiago Motta missed the game with hamstring problems.
"We're very satisfied but we've got to try get the injured players back, as well as our force and energy," added Prandelli, who will also be without defender Christian Maggio after he picked up a second booking.
Prandelli's side dominated most of the match against England but failed to take their chances before coming through to win 4-2 on penalties.
"I wasn't surprised, I knew we could dictate the play," said the Italy boss. "Our only worry was about not conceding too many counters but we did really well in stopping those before they developed.
"We tried to go through the phases, we tried to draw them out but they wouldn't come out so we tried to go through them at great speed."
He added: "All the attackers did a great job because it was very, very difficult to create chances.
"We didn't just play with heart, determination and fire, we also played intelligently.
"A team must always have ideas, we created triangles and showed the desire to play, which we did throughout the whole game."