EURO 2024 kickoff - Hosts confident in triumph

2024-06-14 23:50 © Imago-images

On Friday evening, the 2024 European Football Championship started.

The hosts, the Germans, started the tournament very strongly, crushing Scotland 5:1 in the first match.

Germany began to dominate the field from the very beginning of the match, and the first goal did not take long to wait for - Florian Wirtz put the hosts ahead in the 10th minute.

In the 19th minute, Jamal Musiala doubled his team's lead.

At the end of the first half, Scotland's situation became critical when after a VAR review, a penalty was awarded to their goal and a red card was shown to Ryan Porteous. Kai Havertz scored the penalty and the Germans led 3-0 after the first half.

In the 68th minute, Niclas Fullkurge continued to extend the opponents' defeat.

In the 87th minute, a goal was scored in the German goal, when Germany's defender Antonio Rudiger directed the ball towards their own net.

In added time, Emre Can scored the final point in this match.