European Championship opener: Germany blossomed 5-1 against Scotland, with Musiala named the best
Panorama Sports
2024-06-15 05:36Posted in Shandong Sports Creators
In the early morning of June 15, the opening match of the 2024 European Championship ushered in, and the host German team met the Scottish team. In this game, the German team was bloodless and ushered in a good start to this European Championship with a 5-1 victory. The German vehicle won the battle, ending the cycle of losing the first game of the previous three consecutive tournaments.
【Contest Review】
In the 10th minute of the first half, Kimmich provided the assist and Wirtz slotted home from the top of the box to give Germany a 1-0 lead.
In the 19th minute, Kai Havertz played an inverted triangle pass, and Musiala shook off a defender and fired home to extend Germany's lead to two goals.
Towards the end of the first half, Scottish player Potius tackled Gundam Gundam with bright spikes, and the referee showed him a red card and awarded a penalty to Germany. Kai Havertz scored from the penalty spot to give Germany a three-goal lead at half-time.
In the 68th minute, Phil Krueger scored with a powerful blast from the edge of the penalty area to help Germany change the score of the game to 4-0.
In the 87th minute, Scotland's free kick was driven into the penalty area, and Rudiger accidentally set himself up while defending, and the Scotland team chased it to 1-4.
In stoppage time, Emery Can fired a shot into the corner from the edge of the box to make it 5-1 for Germany.
[Technical Statistics]
Germany had 73 per cent possession and Scotland 27 per cent.
Germany had 20 shots on goal and 10 shots on target, while Scotland had just one shot on goal and no shots on target.
In terms of corners, Germany won 5 times in this game, and Scotland won 0 times.
The pass success rate was 94 per cent for Germany and 76 per cent for Scotland.
Germany had 15 fouls and Scotland had nine.
Germany had two yellow cards, while Scotland had one yellow card and one red card.
【Best Player】
With a performance of scoring one goal in this game, Musiala was elected the official best player of the match.
【Lineup】
Germany: 1-Neuer, 18-Mittelstadt, 2-Rudiger, 4-Jonatan Tower, 6-Kimmich, 21-Gundogan, 8-Kroos (80' 25-Emre Can), 23-Andrich (46' 5-Gross), 10-Musiala (74' 13-Muller), 17-Wirtz (63' 19-Sane), 7-Havertz (63' 9-Phil Kruger)
Scotland: 1-Angus Gunn, 13-Jack Hendry, 6-Tierney (77' 26-Scott McKenna), 15-Ryan Portius (44' red card), 4-McTominay, 8-Callum McGregor (67' 14-Billy Gilmour), 3-Robertson, 2-Anthony Ralston, 7-McGinn (67' 23-Kenny McLean), 10-Che Adams (46' 5-Grant Hanley), 11- Ryan Christie (82' 9 - Lawrence Shankland)
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