 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu 2012, De Rossi akatumidzwa zita rekuti Prandelli yekupedzisira 23-murume squad yeEFAFA Euro 2012. Nekuda kwekukuvara kwaAndrea Barzagli pamberi pemutambo, zvisinei, De Rossi akatamba semudziviriri wepakati mukudzivirira kwevatatu muPrandellis 352 kuumbwa, pamwe naGiorgio Chiellini naLeonardo Bonucci, panguva yemitambo miviri yekutanga yeItaly yemakwikwi neSpain neCroatia, ayo ese akapera mu11 dhizaini, achigamuchira kurumbidzwa nekuda kwekuita kwake munhau; akatsiviwa kwenguva pfupi naThiago Motta naRiccardo Montolivo pamwe naPirlo naMarchisio pakati pevatatu veItaly. Iye akabva atamba nguva dzose pakati penzvimbo yekurwisa Republic of Ireland mumutambo wekupedzisira weboka, achibatana naClaudio Marchisio naAndrea Pirlo. Akaenderera mberi achitamba semutambi wepakati neEngland mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, umo Italy yakapfuura mushure mekukunda kwepenalty shootout. De Rossi akatambawo semi-fainari yose neGermany, sezvo Italy yakakunda mutambo 21, uye akatambawo maminitsi ose e90 muItaly 40 kukundwa kuSpain mumagumo. De Rossi akabatanidzwa muChikwata cheMutambo nokuda kwemitambo yake. 