Germany starts with an inspiring win against Scotland in the European Championship at home

Kick-off in Munich Germany starts with an inspiring win against Scotland in the European Championship at home Fun, confident, cool: Germany presented itself in top form against Scotland in its first European Championship match. The offensive players, who had recently been so weak in finishing, scored almost at will in the 5-1 win. June 14, 2024, 10:55 p.m. German players cheer Niclas Füllkrug after his goal to make it 4-0 Photo: DeFodi Images / Getty Images The German national football team has made a successful start to the European Championship at home. The team of national coach Julian Nagelsmann won 5-1 (3-0) against Scotland in Munich. The goals for the very fun-loving DFB eleven were scored by Florian Wirtz (10th minute), Jamal Musiala (19th), Kai Havertz (45th + 1st), Niclas Füllkrug (68th) and Emre Can (90th + 3) in injury time. Antonio Rüdiger scored an own goal (87th minute). Scotland played the entire second half with fewer players after Ryan Porteous was shown a red card for a serious foul (44th minute). In the second match of Group A, Switzerland and Hungary will face each other on Saturday (3 p.m./stream: MagentaTV). Nagelsmann fielded the same eleven against Scotland as in the final test against Greece. Despite a few mistakes, Manuel Neuer remained in goal, İlkay Gündoğan played in the center, Kai Havertz in attack. And the starting eleven justified the national coach's trust, playing variably in attack from the start and hardly allowing the Scots to get past the halfway line. Foul on Gündoğan In the first minute, Wirtz went towards the goal for the first time, but missed the goal, which would not have counted anyway due to an offside position. Shortly afterwards, things went better for the Leverkusen player. Toni Kroos played a long ball to Joshua Kimmich, who was running down the right, who passed it inside to Wirtz. The 21-year-old shot from just outside the penalty area, Scotland keeper Angus Gunn got to it with one hand but couldn't prevent the goal (10th). Even after that, the German offensive players caused joy among the German part of the 66,000 spectators in Munich. Gündoğan got the ball, turned up the heat and passed it to Kai Havertz. He missed his own shot, but then cleverly passed to Musiala, who shot the ball under the crossbar in the penalty area (19th). Football - European Championship 2024 Berlin, Berlin - who's going to Berlin? From June 14th to July 14th, Germany will host the European Football Championship. 24 teams are fighting for the title, and expectations of Julian Nagelsmann's team are high. The final will take place in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Scotland was overwhelmed after that too - and Germany made it 3-0 before the break. Scotland's Ryan Porteous kicked Gündoğan in the penalty area, the German captain initially remained lying down but was then able to continue playing. Porteous was shown a red card for his tackle, Havertz converted the penalty and ensured the early decision (45th + 1st). İlkay Gündoğan was on the ground after the foul In the second half, Germany continued to have everything under control, but no longer played as effectively. Antonio Rüdiger tried from distance (51st), Wirtz finished with a drop kick, but the ball went over (58th). Shortly afterwards, substitute Leroy Sané only managed a rolling ball from close range (63rd). After that, the DFB team, which had missed so many chances recently, struck again. Musiala dribbled and then passed to Gündoğan, who slightly missed the ball. But Füllkrug, who had just come into the game, was lurking behind him and scored from around 14 meters with a powerful shot into the top right corner (68th minute). A second goal by Füllkrug was annulled due to an offside position (76th minute). However, the disallowed goal did not change the DFB team's clear and convincing victory, even though Rüdiger inadvertently deflected a header from Scott McKenna into his own goal (87th minute). In injury time, substitute Can made the final score.