On a late Sunday evening, the selection for the 2016 European Championship began. The world champions Germany played at home against Scotland. Joachim Low's team defeated the Scots with a score of 2-1. Thomas Muller put Germany ahead at the beginning of the match, but the opponents equalized. The decisive goal was scored by the same T.Muller in the 70th minute.
In other matches, without Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese national team suffered a minimal defeat at home against Albania. Also, the Danes, Icelanders, Northern Irish, Finns, Poles, and Romanians started the selection with victories. It is worth mentioning that in the match of the Polish national team, Robert Lewandowski scored as many as four goals.
All results:
Germany 2 - 1 Scotland
Portugal 0 - 1 Albania
Gibraltar 0 - 7 Poland
Greece 0 - 1 Romania
Faroe Islands 1 - 3 Finland
Hungary 1 - 2 Northern Ireland
Georgia 1 - 2 Iceland
Denmark 2 - 1 Armenia