Euro 2024: What Scotland need to qualify after ‘reverse England’ disaster vs Germany

Well, it’s fair to say that Scotland couldn’t have made a much worse start to Euro 2024, going down 5-1 to Germany in the tournament opener in Munich.

Steve Clarke’s side were utterly outclassed by the hosts, not helped by an element of implosion on their part as Ryan Porteous was a shown a straight red card for a horrific tackle on German captain Ilkay Gundogan. Antonio Rudiger’s late own goal gave the hordes of Scottish fans – who had been in such high spirits in the lead-up to this game – something to cheer about, but it was a night of near total misery for the Tartan Army.

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