Germany – Scotland, the first match of EURO 2024, played on Friday evening in Munich, ended with a crushing victory for the Germans: 5-1. Emotions flooded the stands since the singing of the anthems of the two countries and echoed through the Football Arena after the final whistle.
EURO 2024: Germany – Scotland: 5-1. PHOTO Facebook UEFA EURO 2024
UPDATE “Great Germany. The biggest win by a host nation in the opening match of the EURO”writes on the UEFA EURO 2024 Facebook page.
UPDATE Germany v Scotland finished 5-1 to Emre Can's strike in a memorable opening match for Germany.
Earlier, in the 87th minute, Rudiger scored the honor for Scotland after Niclas Fullkrug had scored Germany's fourth goal in the 68th minute.
A memorable evening
Germany opened the tournament scoring in the first half through Florian Wirtz (10), Jamal Musiala (19) and Kai Havertz (45+1 – penalty).
“Florian Wirtz is now the youngest player to score for Germany at the EURO (21 years and 42 days)”, writes the UEFA EURO 2024 Facebook page.
The Uefa Euro 2024 Facebook page published some images from the match.
At halftime, the German team was leading the Scottish team with a score of 3-0.
Here are the starting teams for the match between Germany and Scotland, which takes place on Friday in Group A of the European Football Championship – EURO 2024, hosted by Germany between June 14 and July 14, according to Agerpres:
Germany: 1. Manuel Neuer – 6. Joshua Kimmich, 2. Antonio Rudiger, 4. Jonathan Tah, 18. Maximilian Mittelstaedt – 23. Robert Andrich, 8. Toni Kroos – 10. Jamal Musiala, 21. Ilkay Gundogan (captain), 17. Florian Wirtz – 7. Kai Havertz. Coach: Julian Nagelsmann.
Reserves: 12. Oliver Baumann, 22. Marc-Andre ter Stegen – 3. David Raum, 15. Nico Schlotterbeck, 16. Waldemar Anton, 20. Benjamin Henrichs, 24. Robin Koch, 5. Pascal Gross, 11. Chris Fuhrich, 19. Leroy Sane, 25. Emre Can, 9. Niclas Fullkrug, 13. Thomas Muller, 14. Maximilian Beier, 26. Deniz Undav.
Scotland: 1. Angus Gunn – 13. Jack Hendry, 15. Ryan Porteous, 6. Kieran Tierney – 2. Anthony Ralston, 8. Callum McGregor, 4. Scott McTominay, 3. Andrew Robertson (captain) – 11. Ryan Christie, 7. John McGinn – 10. Che Adams. Selector: Steve Clarke.
Subs: 12. Liam Kelly, 21. Zander Clark – 22. Ross McCrorie, 5. Grant Hanley, 16. Liam Cooper, 26. Scott McKenna, 14. Billy Gilmour, 17. Stuart Armstrong, 18. Lewis Morgan, 20. Ryan Jack, 23. Kenny McLean, 24. Greg Taylor, 25. James Forrest, 9. Lawrence Shankland, 19. Tommy Conway.
Referee: Clement Turpin; assistant referees: Nicolas Danos, Benjamin Pages; fourth official: Francois Letexier (all from France)
Video referee: Jerome Brisard (France); video assistant referee: Willy Delajod (France), Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
