Shocking Scotland hammered by Germany as Munich mauling sees Euro 2024 party fall flat – 5 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukScotland suffered a 5-1 shocker as they were outclassed by mighty Germany in Munich as the hosts enjoyed a Euro 2024 opening party and the travelling Tartan Army suffered a hangover before the beer had even worn off.
First half strikes from Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and Kai Havertz from the penalty spot, after Ryan Porteous was sent off, had the hosts cruising with Steve Clarke facing humiliation at half time.
Substitute Niclas Fullkrug netted a fourth and was denied a second by the offside flag to spare further embarrassment before Antonio Rudiger's last minute own goal gave the Tartan Army a little something to cheer but there was still time for Emre Can to add another.With the odds heavily stacked against them and a partisan home crowd – albeit the huge travelling Tartan Army almost drowned out the Germans in the build up – the last thing Scotland wanted to do was concede early.
But that nightmare scenario unfolded after just 10 minutes. Toni Kroos sprayed a ball out to Joshua Kimmich. The Bayern Munich man picked out Wirtz who was in far too much space and the Bayer Leverkusen man met it first time to send the ball low beyond Angus Gunn who couldn’t get a strong enough hand on it as the ball went in off the inside of the post.
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