The party returned Germanylike 18 years ago, when the German nation welcomed the world with the motto of ‘Die Welt zu gast bei Freunden’, or the world among friends, although this time, the guests are Europeans, the attention is still on a global level , reflectors that did not intimidate the ‘Nationalelf’, although it did embarrass the Scotland At the start of Euro 2024, a ‘little hand’ welcomed us back to this land.
The legendary ‘Mannschaft’ took out the confetti that accumulated cobwebs from German warehouses to celebrate again, something that has become increasingly rare for a country that once had a shortage of streamers to use in its triumphs. Just like old times, Germany beat Scotland 5-1 in the opening of their European Championship.
With the Fussball Arena in München starting, as happened in the 2006 World Cup, the home of Bayern Munich once again became a venue that imposed fear even on Celtic warriors with skirts and swords, insufficient to conquer Bavaria. that was once again fearsome.
Those led by Julian Nagelsmann They began to touch the ball as if there were no rival, as if there were only those in white on the field and more than 60 thousand in the stands and the result could not be other than an exquisite collective play that Florian Wirtz He finished just after 10 minutes to score the first goal of Euro 2024.
The Teutonic dominance was extended with another great goal, this time courtesy of Jamail Musiala who made it 2-0 at 19′, and the game seemed to end before its first third, with Scotland that only regrouped in its low box to avoid a scandalous rout.
The British efforts were sterile: Germany took all its accumulated frustrations since 2014 in one fist to throw them into the Munich wind in a party that no one was going to steal from them, and Kai Havertz made the win official in the first half compensation in an action that also It cost Ryan Porteous the expulsion.
With their foot off the accelerator a little, the locals let Scotland breathe a little, but only enough to give hope of having a closer duel and then finish with a fourth goal from Füllkrug in the 68th minute.
The generosity of the ‘Mannschaft’ was evident when Antonio Rüdiger moved the Scottish scoreboard with an own goal near the end, but Emre Can closed the account in compensation: five different scorers (or ‘six’ with the unfortunate ‘Tony’): one ‘ manita’ that welcomes all of Europe to the land that was a nightmare of rivals and that aims to repeat that status in 2024.
