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Half time! Germany 3-0 Scotland
Could it have gone any better for the hosts? Not exactly. Could it have been worse for Scotland? See previous answer. Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala and a Kai Havertz penalty – plus Ryan Porteous’ red card – leave Steve Clarke’s side facing a battle to avoid complete second-half humiliation. Rather.
49 minutes: Scotland win a free-kick, play it short with the clock running out and time running out to close in on the Germany goal.
47 minutes: One minute from three added on at the end of the first half and Sam Matterface talked about how goal difference might not get you out of the group anyway. welcome to the euro Scotland.
GOAL! Germany 3-0 Scotland (Havertz pen 46′)
Gundogan is the usual penalty taker in Germany, but he was badly hit by Porteous there, so Kai Havertz stepped in for him. He stutters, pauses and then places the ball in the middle as Gunn moves to his left.
Red card for Ryan Porteous!
Turpin looks at the monitor for about two seconds and calls a penalty. He also shows a straight red card to Ryan Porteous and it’s shaping up to be a very long night for Steve Clarke.
40 minutes: Penalty for Germany! Scotland somehow survived another slick German move, Musiala weaving through the defense to cross to Gundogan, whose header was brilliantly saved by Gunn. The Germany captain is ready to pounce on the rebound but Porteous makes a saving block – unfortunately, he also lands a boot on Gundogan’s shin. This will be a penalty…
38 minutes: Austin McPhee, Scotland’s head coach, is out of his seat to run things. As John McGinn tries to distract Manuel Neuer, McTominay floats in a long-range cross that is headed back across goal, but just doesn’t want to drop to a navy blue shirt.
37 minutes: A rare moment of joy for Che Adams up top as he was hugged by Jonathan Ta, winning a free kick some 35 yards out…
35 minutes: Maximilian Mittelstädt broke in from the left to set up Che Adams, heading the ball first. The left-back is one of the longer and lesser-known names in Nagelsmann’s squad, having broken through after impressing at Stuttgart this season.
34 minutes: “Germany in Kroos’ control,” notes Peter Oh, who will be here throughout the tournament. I find it incredible that Toni Kroos packed it in after those Euros. He is still one of the best players on the planet.
32 minutes: Havertz used his arm to flick the ball to Musiala, who slotted it into the net – but the referee had already blown the whistle and gave the Arsenal man a wry smile for his audacity.
30 minutes: Andric, who is clearly the bruiser in midfield that every tournament-winning nation earns a yellow card for a late tackle on Callum McGregor.
29 minutes: An important milestone for Scotland – they went 10 minutes without conceding. And let’s be fair, Germany started very well, showing a fluidity and urgency that was little expected in the opening minutes of the tournament.
27 minutes: Kroos lets Havertz shoot but his low shot takes the boot of Christie and is comfortably saved by Angus Gunn.
26 minutes: It’s interesting to see the new captains-only approach there, with Robertson and Gundogan left to speak to the referee on behalf of their team-mates. In fact, Gundogan couldn’t be bothered. Here comes the free kick with Kroos and Havertz over it…
Penalty for Germany? Oh dear, Scotland’s heads have gone – and when Musiala collects Mittelstadt’s pass and threatens to fire a shot at goal, Ryan Christie just crashes into him. Clément Turpin points to the spot, but replays show the initial contact was outside the box. It’s a free kick, inches outside the box.
23 minutes: Tierney’s cross to the isolated Che Adams was cleared by Rudiger and Gundogan was brought down by Callum McGregor.
“As an Irish football fan, I’d like to reassure my Scottish brethren: just keep your heads up, it’s really early, you can definitely still win the chant,” writes Niall Mullen. Some hangovers appear quickly in the blue corner of the earth just now.
Scotland failed to keep hold of the ball and when they did, Gundogan turned his man and went forward before breaking through the backline with a pass to Havertz. Instead of shooting from a corner, he turns and plays it back to Musiala, who swerves to open up space, then explosions the ball into the roof of the net. There’s no stopping this one!
GOAL! Germany 2-0 Scotland (Musiala 19′)
It’s a brilliant start from the home side and a rude awakening for Scotland. From a quick and free move, Jamal Musiala shoots in Germany’s second goal!
18 minutes: Gunn gets half a point on the board in his personal battle with Wirtz, racing to stop the Leverkusen star latching on to a through ball. But Germany Come again …
16 minutes: Ralston’s long ball to Adams is intercepted allowing Germany to win the ball back and stroke it around midfield.
14 minutes: Scotland are playing the ball from the back, trying to get their heads together. The ‘Flower of Scotland’ echoes around the Allianz Arena as fans try to lift their team back up.
Could Angus Gunn have done a little better there? Yes, probably – it wasn’t a roar by any means, but after getting a low shot through a crowd of players, the keeper would have been pretty devastated to let it curl into the net.
Scotland’s narrow set-up allows Kimmich to rise very high and he collects a long diagonal pass before heading to Wirtz. He fires a low shot into the centre, but it spins towards the far post – and although Angus Gunn gets a firm grip on it, he can only push it towards the post and in! At least that’s the first part of my prediction.
GOAL! Germany 1-0 Scotland (Wirtz 10′)
As the clock ticks past the 10-minute mark, Germany lead through Florian Wirtz!
9 minutes: Interestingly, in Gundogan and Kimmich, Julian Nagelsmann has two outstanding central midfielders who do not play in the center. Gundogan is at number 10, with Toni Kroos and Robert Andric behind him.
8 minutes: Kimmich, deployed at right-back, lifts a cross and Havertz heads it back, in that awkward Havertian style of his, but no one in white is there to latch onto it.
6 minutes: Andy Robertson tries to push the ball to Ryan Christie on the left, but it goes over his pass.
5 minutes: Scotland take the lead for the first time and Tierney fires a long shot into the box. Andrich heads over, Germany recover and threaten to break through but Jack Hendrie is on hand to sweep.
“I’m in Edinburgh tonight and it was eerily quiet on the streets on the way into the center to watch this,” wrote Justin Kavanagh. “The mark of a proper footballing nation.” Let’s hope the bedlam comes at 10 o’clock.”
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