Steve Clarke watched a nightmare unfold in the opening game of Euro 2024 as his side were thrashed.
Scotland 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.
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. But there was no such luck with VAR’s next intervention as Scotland were hit with a double whammy. Gunn made a point blank save from Gundogan’s header but as the Barcelona man went for the rebound Porteous lunged in and caught the captain on the shin with his studs. Turpin was called to the monitor and needed one quick look before pointing to the spot and flashing a red card at the former Hibs man. Havertz stepped up to convert and leave Scotland with a mountain to climb.
Hype can start around brilliant Germany Yes, Scotland were dreadful and made life easy for them but Julian Nagelsmann’s men sent out a statement to those who have been saying this Germany side aren’t as great as some of the sides of the past. They were good. Very good.
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