On the morning of June 15, the German team got off to a good start, defeating Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of Euro 2024.
The joy of the German team after scoring against Scotland – Photo: REUTERS
Right from the first minutes, the German team showed a superior side and did not give Scotland any chance to play football.
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The match took place like a practice match, not the opening match of a Euro tournament. After threatening Scotland’s goal many times, the German team opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Florian Wirtz scored with a diagonal shot right next to the penalty area. This moment marked the swift demise of the Scottish team.
They staggered and confused, revealing a lot of space. This made the German team play even more excited. They scored to increase the score to 2-0 just 9 minutes later. This time, Kai Havertz broke the offside trap, handled it delicately, then passed back to Musiala to shoot past goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
Lineup for Germany – Scotland match – Graphic: AN BINH
In the following minutes, the Scottish defense remained loose and even fouled uncontrollably. After escaping the penalty situation in the 28th minute, they made another mistake in the 44th minute.
It’s impossible to explain why, in the penalty area, Porteous tackled Gundogan with both feet. The referee, when consulting VAR, not only gave the German team a penalty, but also gave the Scottish midfielder a red card .
The German team completely outperformed Scotland – Photo: REUTERS
On the 11 meter mark, Kai Havertz easily increased the score to 3-0. The developments in the second half were not too different. Die Mannschaft easily scored a fourth goal when Fullkrug scored dangerously in the penalty area in the 68th minute.
In the remaining minutes, Scotland suddenly had an honorable goal in the 87th minute. But in fact the scorer was still a German player, because Antonio Rudiger scored a header into his own net. At minute 90+3, Emre Can scored. Big 5-1 victory for the home team against Scotland on Euro 2024 opening day.
