The Allianz Arena in Munich will host the opening of Euro 2024 between Germany and Scotland. This Saturday at 5:00 p.m. the Spanish team will debut against Croatia
Germany and Scotland they will give the starting signal for the Euro Cup with a duel marked that Friday, 8:00 p.m., for the beginning of the end of Toni Kroos’ careerwho will play the first of the series of matches with which he will close an impeccable career of 17 seasons in which he emerged as one of the best midfielders of the last two decades.
Kroos will begin to say goodbye in what was once his home. He Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena, a club where he trained as a cadet and where he made his professional debut, will be the scene of his first farewell. There will be at least three (they will also face Hungary and Switzerland), but it would be a huge failure for Germany to be eliminated in the group stage.
Starting this Friday, as soon as referee Clément Turpin decrees the start of the clash, Every ball that Toni Kroos caresses will be almost a last taste for lovers of good football, that at the club level they fired the German midfielder almost two weeks ago in the Champions League final that Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund.
Nagelsmann’s Germany
Eliminated in the group stage in Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, and out of the round of 16 of the last Euro Cup, the team led for just nine months by Nagelsmannreplacement for Hansi Flick, needs to hit the table to settle again at the top of the football planet and give Kroos a worthy farewell.
With the return of Kroos, Nagelsmann has reset his midfield and introduced Robert Andrich as a necessary pawn to balance his team. The Bayer Leverkusen midfielder, unheard of in Germany squads until he was 29, will be the perfect partner for the former Real Madrid player. One will put the pen and the other the sword: quality and muscle at the service of Germany.
and Scotland
The British team does not want to remain a simple guest at Kroos’ party at the Allianz Arena. Under the orders of Steve Clark since 2019has gotten a small resurrection after decades unpublished in major tournaments. He managed to qualify for the last Euro Cup after 22 years absent from all the final phases and achieved another success after achieving a ticket for Germany.
Scotland will fight with its weapons: They are a physical team, dangerous from set pieces and that lives off the heart of Scott McTominay and the class of John McGinn. Andrew Robertson, injured on an ankle, and Paul Tierney also contribute to a group that lost Lyndon Dykes, its leading striker, at the last minute. Ché Adams will replace them, a player who is not a pure attacker.
Only match on this Friday’s day, official opening of the Euro 2024, which will see the debut of the Spanish team this Saturday at 5:00 p.m. in Berlin, against Croatia.
