At 3 a.m. Beijing time on June 15, the opening match of the 2024 European Championship in Germany was played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, with the host German team playing against the Scottish team. In the first half, Kimmich assisted Wirtz to score the first goal of this European Cup, and then Havertz assisted Musiala to score to expand the score, Gundogan created the opponent's "red dot package", Havertz scored a penalty; In the second half, Scotland scored an own goal from a free-kick and a stoppage-time substitute Emre Can scored from distance. In the end, Germany won 5-1 at home to Scotland to get the European Championship off to a flying start.
The opening match was scheduled to be followed by the grand opening ceremony, with Group A hosts Germany taking on Scotland. This is the fourth time that the Scotland have reached the main draw of the European Championship and the second in a row. Germany's Kroos made his start at the European Championship after returning to the national team. The referee of this match is the whistle Tilpan. In the stands, Scottish coach Alex Ferguson cheered for the home team.
Just 50 seconds into the game, Rudiger unleashed a long ball from the back, and Wirtz received the ball in the box and stabbed it, but the ball hit the goalkeeper in the face and was blocked. The Germans started the game with a bang, but Wirtz was also offside. In the opening stages, Scotland did not play conservatively as an away team. In the 10th minute, Germany broke the deadlock, Kroos moved the ball to the right side of the field in midfield, Kimmich took the ball and crossed the middle, the unguarded Wirtz pushed the ball at the top of the arc, the ball hit the post and bounced into the goal, Germany led Scotland 1-0.
In the 19th minute, the German team launched a counterattack, Gundogan received the ball in the midfield and turned, and then sent a precise diagonal pass, Havertz received the ball on the right side of the penalty area, passed the defender and then reversed the triangle back to the middle, followed by Musiala stopped the ball and volleyed, the ball pierced the opponent's goal, Germany 2-0 Scotland.
In the 24th minute, Musiala controlled the ball at the top of the arc and faced a multi-person defence, he was kicked to the ankle by Christie and fell into the box while dribbling, and the referee first awarded a penalty, but after listening to VAR, he changed the free kick at the top of the arc. The free-kick was taken by Kai Havertz, who slashed the ball to the ground and was held by goalkeeper Gunn.
In the 31st minute, Andrich brought down McTominay in midfield and received the first yellow card of this European Cup. In the 32nd minute, Kai Havertz stopped the ball with his left arm in the box and volleyed home, but the referee ruled that he had handballed the ball first, and the goal was disallowed. In the 40th minute, Rudiger stepped forward to the right side of the field and swooped in with a cold arrow, and Gunn held the ball.
In the 42nd minute, Kimmich crossed from the right side of the field at 45 degrees, Gundogan's header was saved by the goalkeeper, Havertz made a follow-up shot, and Gundogan was kicked down in the box by the opponent when he made up the shot, and then the German team's medical team came in to check Gundogan's injury. The referee went to the sidelines to watch the VAR and awarded a penalty and sent off Porteus for a foul on Gundogan. The penalty was taken by Kai Havertz, who used the change of tempo to fool the goalkeeper and slotted home with a left-footed effort to give Germany a 3-0 lead over Scotland. At the end of the first half, Germany almost sealed the win.
In the second half, Germany made the first substitution, replacing Andrich with Gross, who received a yellow card. In the 48th minute, McGinn was fouled in midfield and received a yellow card. In the 51st minute, Rudiger came forward to shoot from distance, but the ball bounced off the ground in front of goal and was saved by Gunn. In the 58th minute, the German team crossed a high ball from the left side of the front, and Wirtz volleyed high at the back post.
In the 59th minute, Musiala burst into the left side of the penalty area and hit the goal from a tight angle in front of the bottom line, and Gunn saved the ball. In the 62nd minute, goal-scorers Wirtz and Kai Havertz were substituted, with Phil Krueger and Leroy Sane coming on as substitutes. In the 68th minute, the left side of the German team's front field went straight into the penalty area, Gundogan stopped the ball unsteadily, and Phil Kruger, who followed up, took the ball and burst into the goal, and the German team led the Scotland team 4-0.
In the 73rd minute, Nagelsmann replaced Musiala, who had scored, with Muller. In the 76th minute, the German team crossed from the left side of the field, Phil Krueger in the penalty area stopped the ball on his chest and volleyed, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper and bounced, Phil Krueger made up the ball into the goal, but he was offside first, and the goal was invalid.
In the 80th minute, Kroos was replaced by Emre Can. In the 83rd minute, Sane fired a left-footed shot from distance in front of the penalty area, and Gunn held the ball. In the 87th minute, a free kick from the left side of the Scottish team was driven into the penalty area, the front nodded the ball back, and the McKenna header at the back point bounced back on Rudiger's head and scored into the goal, and the Scotland team pulled a goal back 1-4, which was counted as Rudiger's own goal.
In the 93rd minute, Germany took a tactical corner kick, the ball was transmitted to the penalty area, Emre Can took the ball and scored with a long-range shot with his right foot, and Germany led Scotland 5-1.
In the end, the game ended at full-time, and Germany got off to a flying start with a 5-1 home win over Scotland.