Euro 2012: Miroslav Klose insists Germany in mood to 'change history' against bogey side Italy in semi-final "I suppose I will try and pass on info to my team-mates if needs be," the 34-year-old striker, who displaced Mario Gomez in the 4-2 quarter-final victory over Greece and is hopeful of retaining his starting pl, said. They [Italy] always give their best. All the German qualities, however, the Italians take with a pinch of salt. They are a more laidback people, also in football. But, for this match, it might be an advantage for the Italians. Klose, who scored against Greece, taking his total international goals to 64 in 120 appearances, is again proving himself to be an important player at a major tournament having scored five headers in the 2002 World Cup and finishing top-scorer four years later. He also struck in Germany's 1-1 friendly draw with Italy in Dortmund in February. Klose, referring to Italy's record, said Germany, seeking to win this competition for a fourth time, were in a "mood to change history" although coach Joachim Löw maintained the match, in Warsaw, is not about gaining retribution. In football there is no such thing as revenge, Löw, who was Jürgen Klinsmann's assistant during that competition, said. The past plays absolutely no role for us or for our young players who may know things only from history... no game has anything to say to us. Not the old ones and not the one in 2006. Both teams are now different, Löw said, describing Italy as "stronger in offence" under Cesare Prandelli, although he dismissed the coach's suggestion that Germany had the advantage because they had more time to recovery from their quarter-final. "Four days is enough to recover and I did not see them tired," Löw said. Quite the opposite, it was the England players who looked tired after a certain stage. Germany have had their own fitness concerns over Bastian Schweinsteiger, who Löw admitted had been "poor" against Greece, but he is expected to be fit. "He is one of our leaders," Löw said. Such is the mood of confidence in the German camp, despite a row over the leaking of the team for the quarter-final, that the only breaking news on Tuesday was that the squad were heading for a special screening of the yet-to-be released film "The Amazing Spider-Man." Germany, in a fourth straight semi-final of a major competition, can also point to another record and one that has a formidable relevance - Löw's young side go into Wednesday's match on the back of 15 straight competitive victories.