Germany vs Scotland highlights, GER 5-1 SCO, Euro 2024: Germans start campaign in style with a five-star win over 10-man Scots

A five-star performance by host Germany as it thumps Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of Euro 2024. Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz, Niclas Fulkrug and Emre Can on the scoresheet. 

Emre Can gets the ball right outside the penalty area and decides to go for goal. The shot takes a deflection off Hanley and ends up at the back of the net. Germany has the last laugh.

Three minutes added at the end of the second-half!

The German goal is finally breached but not by a Scotland player. Robertson delivers a cross inside the Germany box from a freekick. None of the German players can clear the ball and it reaches McKenna at the far-post. He tries to head it across goal but instead, Rudiger gets in the way and the ball hits the German defender’s head and ends up inside the net. Finally something for the Scotland fans to cheer about. 

It is Sane again and this time, it is an ambitious effort. Sane shrugs off a couple of challenges and carries the ball into the final third. He sets his sight on goal and shoots from distance. The shot did not lack power but kept rising. 

Scotland loses the ball high up the pitch and Germany looks to launch a counter-attack. Sane leads the charge and carries the ball inside the Scotland box. In the end, he holds the ball for too long and is closed down by three Scotland players. 

Scotland sub: IN- Shankland OUT- Christie 

Germany sub: IN- Can OUT- Kroos

Muller gets at the end of a cross from the left and instead of going for a goal himself, tries to set up Kimmich at the far-post. But the header is weak and Robertson clears the ball. 

Goal overruled - Fullkrug was offside when Muller delivered the cross. So, the scoreline stays 4-0. 

Muller swings a cross inside the box and the ball reaches Fullkrug. The Scotland defence is slow to react and Fullkrug’s shot takes a deflection and loops inside the net. 

Germany sub: IN- Musiala OUT- Muller 

And it is four for Germany - This time, second-half substitute Fullkrug finds the net. He gets the ball inside the net, controls it with a touch and then puts his laces through the ball. The connection is immaculate and the ball rattles the back of the net. Gunn had no chance of saving that rocket of an effort. 

Scotland subs: IN- Gilmour, McLean OUT- McGregor, McGinn 

Scotland’s clearance from a corner is not great and the ball falls to Mittelstadt. He goes for a first-time shot on the volley but fails to keep his effort on target. That is always a difficult technique to execute. 

Sane looks to make an immediate impact after coming on. He runs inside the box with the ball and goes for a low shot to the near-post. The shot, however, lacks power and Gunn makes the save and holds on to the ball. 

Germany subs: IN- Fullkrug, Sane OUT- Havertz, Wirtz

Germany booking: Tah gets a yellow card for his challenge on Christie. 

Havertz has a chance to put the ball inside the net. It was a race between him and Gunn to get to the ball, which the latter won. 

Musiala crosses low to the centre from the left flank. Gundogan looks to capitalise and goes for a shot, but McGregor does well to make the block with an extended leg. 

Musiala shows his quick feet again and draws defenders close to him. He does the right thing by passing the ball back to Mittelstadt, who finds Wirtz at the far-post with a good cross. Wirtz goes for a first-time effort on the half-volley but misses the target by inches. 

Ralston does well to make a block as Germany looked to put another cross inside the box from the left flank. 

Rudiger gets the ball and decides to shoot from an ambitious distance. Gunn is not sure whether the ball is going out and dives to make a save. It has been that kind of a night for Germany. 

Scotland booking: Germany launches a counter attack, with Musiala and Wirtz leading the charge. Ralston brings down Wirtz and sees a yellow card. He took one for the team there. 

Scotland has a freekick in a good position and McTominay stands over the freekick. He goes hard and low with his delivery, which hits Havertz’s midriff. It is a poor delivery. 

Germany sub: IN- Gross OUT- Andrich

Scotland sub: IN- Hanley OUT- Adams 

Germany leads 3-0 as the second-half of the Euro 2024 opener gets underway at the Allianz Arena in Munich. 

The referee blows his whistle for half-time and it has been all about host Germany, which leads Scotland 3-0 at the break. Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and Kai Havertz among the goalscorers. 

Havertz takes a stuttering run-up and decides to pass the ball in the middle of the net. Gunn could only watch the ball fly past him into the net as he dived to his left. 

Scotland, now reduced to 10 men, has been blown away in the first half and one would think that the contest is all but over. 

Penalty for Germany and red for Scotland - Turpin has a look and doesn’t take long to point to the spot for a Germany penalty. Porteous also sees a red card for his rash challenge on Gundogan. 

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Hold on, there is a VAR check for a possible penalty. Porteous lands on the standing leg of Gundogan and it is a rash challenge. Referee Clement Turpin will go to the screen and have a look. 

Musiala weaves his way through a congested area and finds Kimmich at the right. Kimmich swings an excellent cross inside the box, which meets Gundogan’s head. Gundogan’s header is saved and Havertz has the chance to score on the rebound. However, he misses it and the ball lands to Kroos, who goes for a first-time shot but it is blocked. 

The delivery inside the box is poor and Germany looks to launch a counter-attack. Scotland retreats, opting to pass back to Gunn, who is under pressure from Musiala, while clearing the ball. 

Tah fouls Adams as both looked to win the ball. Scotland now has a freekick and a chance to put the ball inside the box. 

A ball is played over the top and Che Adams, inside the German box, looks to get at the end of the cross. However, he is closely marked by Mittelstadt, who does well to hold off the Scotland striker. 

Havertz brings down the ball inside the penalty area and it looks like the ball has struck his hands while doing so. However, play continues and Musiala gets the ball and finds the net with an excellent finish. However, the referee had already blown his whistle for handball before Musiala’s finish. 

Germany booking: Andrich sees a yellow card for his mistimed challenge on McTominay. It is the first booking of the night. 

Musiala gets an excellent touch and looks through at goal again but this time, he has timed his run a bit too early as the referee blows his whistle for offside. Scotland cannot keep up with Germany’s fast and free-flowing football at the moment.

Havertz takes the freekick and opts to go hard and low. Christie in the Scotland wall makes a block. The deflection is kind for Gunn, who collects the ball.

Not a penalty - VAR has had a look and has deemed that the foul has been committed right outside the penalty area. Scotland with a huge let-off. 

Penalty to Germany - Christie collides with Musiala to stop him and ends up bringing him down inside the box. The referee immediately points to the spot. The Scotland players protest and VAR will have a check. 

After Wirtz and Musiala’s goals, it is the first time that two players aged 21 and under have scored for the same team in a match at the Euros. 

Germany is flying high at the Allianz Arena - After Wirtz, Musiala finds the net to double the lead for the Germans. Gundogan escapes his marker with an excellent half turn and threads a through-ball for Havertz. Havertz makes his way inside the box and gets the better of his marker with a fake shot. He sees Musiala in support and sets him up for the shot. Musiala gets the ball, works it to his right foot and then rifles it to the roof of the net. 

Scotland just cannot get outside its own half. Germany has been successful in choking out Scotland and its forward Che Adams finds himself a lonely man at the helm of the Scottish attack.

What a start for Germany in front of home fans - Kimmich receives a pass on the right flank and finds himself with enough time and space to pick out Wirtz at the edge of the box with a measured pass. Wirtz goes for a first-time shot at the far-post. Gunn gets a touch but it is not enough as the ball hits the post and ends up inside the net.

With this, Wirtz becomes the youngest goalscorer in the opening match of a European Championship. 

EURO 2024: Who is Florian Wirtz, who scored the opening goal for Germany against Scotland?

Germany took just 10 minutes to score in the Euro 2024 opener against Scotland, as its youngster Florian Wirtz struck in the 10th minute, at the Allianz Arena, in Munich on Friday.

Germany is dominating the ball at the moment with 74% possession. Scotland is being made to work hard in order to win the ball. 

Germany was building up a patient attack in the final third. However, it ends after Andrich fails to control a pass to him, allowing Scotland to regain possession. 

It has been all Germany in the opening minutes of the match. Scotland is yet to settle in the match and have a decent spell of possession. Steve Clarke’s men having to mostly defend till now. 

The replay shows that Wirtz might have been offside. It would have been a tight call if he found the net. Good keeping from Gunn, nonetheless. 

Rudiger finds Wirtz with a measured aerial through ball and the latter brings it down and runs at goal. Angus Gunn realizes the danger and comes off his line to narrow the angle. He does well to get his body in the way and make the save from Wirtz’s shot. 

Germany looks to attack right from the starting whistle and the Scotland defence is made to work in the opening seconds of the match. 

The first-half of the Euro 2024 opening match between host Germany and Scotland is underway at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. 

The sound of bagpipes and men in kilts on the streets of Munich — Scotland is in town and the excitement is ramping up ahead of the European Championship curtain-raiser on Friday.

Host nation Germany plays Scotland at Allianz Arena in the opener of the month-long tournament. 

The final is in Berlin on July 14 and Germany is even keener to get there after three straight fiascos at major tournaments that have forced its fans to readjust their expectations of the men’s national team.

“We are not here just to say hello but we still have to be humble,” Germany defender Antonio Rudiger said. “We don’t have to talk about past tournaments, we all know what happened there.

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