On June 15 at 3:00 a.m. BST.
Euro 2024
The opening match was played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, with hosts
German
team versus
Scotland
Team. Here are the details of the game:
10th minute
: Kroos played a long pass to the right, Kimmich knocked across the front of the box and Wiltz met it with a push that rolled into the goal, despite being parried by the keeper, to give Germany a 1-0 lead.
19th minute
: Gündoğan took a direct pass from Kroos and sent in a diagonal pass that Havertz knocked back into the box, where Musiala dribbled past a defender and blasted a shot into the back of the net to extend Germany's lead to 2-0.
42nd minute
: Kimmich crossed from the right, Gündoğan's header was parried, and when he added another, he was shanked, and the referee watched VAR before awarding a penalty and a red card.
Minute 45+1
, Havertz hit a penalty kick to give Germany a 3-0 lead.
68th minute
: Musiala dipped to his left, Kylian was interfered with and Phil Kruger followed up with a shot to make it 4-0.
76th minute
: Muller's cross from the left was misplaced by the Scotland defense and Phil Kruger added a goal, but VAR confirmed offside and the goal was disallowed.
87th minute
: Robertson's free-kick from the left side of the midfield was met by McKenna's header, which Rüdiger inadvertently touched into his own goal to bring Scotland back into the game, 4-1.
90th+3rd minute
The final score was set at 5-1 when Sane sent the ball straight to Muller, who cut it back for Emre Zhan, who sent the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal.
The 5-1 victory not only got Germany off to a good start at this year's Euros, it also set several records:
End the curse of not winning the first game
: Germany lost their opening matches at the 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup, and this win ended that embarrassing record.
Biggest win in Europa League history
: The 5-1 scoreline was Germany's biggest win in the history of the Europa League and the biggest scoreline in a Europa League opener.
Record 5 goals in a single game
: Germany became the seventh team to score at least five goals in a single game at the Euros, after France (2 times), the Netherlands, Spain (2 times), Sweden and Yugoslavia.
Germany showed great strength with this win and laid the foundation of confidence for the rest of the tournament
