Germany made an emphatic start to Euro 2024 as Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala put them 2-0 up inside 20 minute against Scotland in Munich.
The tournament hosts made an aggressive start after the Allianz Arena paid tribute to the late Franz Beckenbauer and Steve Clarke’s side found themselves overwhelmed.
Bayer Leverkusen star Wirtz clipped a shot into the bottom left corner from a Joshua Kimmich pass before Musiala rifled past Angus Gunn following fine work from Ilkay Gundogan and Kai Havertz.
Havertz was selected ahead of Niclas Fullkurg at centre-forward by Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann, while Clarke has left Brighton midfielder Billy Gilmour on the bench.
The Sporting News is following Germany vs. Scotland live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.
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Germany vs. Scotland live score
| 1st Half | Goal scorers | |
| Germany | 2 | Wirtz 10′, Musiala 19′ |
| Scotland | 0 |
Lineups:
Germany (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Manuel Neuer (GK) — 6. Joshua Kimmich, 2. Antonio Rudiger, 4. Jonathan Tah, 18. Maximilian Mittelstadt — 8. Toni Kroos, 21. Ilkay Gundogan, 23. Robert Andrich — 10. Jamal Musiala, 7. Kai Havertz, 17. Florian Wirtz.
Scotland (3-4-2-1, right to left): 1. Angus Gunn (GK) — 13. Jack Hendry, 15. Ryan Porteous, 6. Kieran Tierney — 2. Anthony Ralston, 11. Ryan Christie, 8. Callum McGregor, 3. Andy Robertson — 7. John McGinn, 4. Scott McTominay — 10. Che Adams.
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Germany vs. Scotland live updates, highlights from Euro 2024
38th minute: Adams makes his presence felt and wins a free-kick about 40 yards from goal. Scotland will take the chance to get something into the Germany box. The hosts clear.
36th minute: Scotland get one launched towards Adams. It comes to nought but at least they have Germany in their own half for a few moments.
31st minute: Andrich flies into slide tackle on McTominay. He gets some of the ball but there’s excessive force at play and that’s not his first. The first yellow card of Euro 2024 is his, though.
27th minute: The ball is set back to Havertz, who get his effort through the wall but it’s a routine save for Gunn.
26th minute: NO PENALTY! Replays show the contact took place just outside the area.
24th minute: Penalty to Germany! My word, this is unravelling at some pace for Scotland. Tierney and Christie each flew into Musiala but it might have been outside the box. This will be reviewed.
19th minute: GOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Jamal Musiala
Gundogan spins into space in that irresistible way he does on the half turn and slides a pass through to Havertz. The Arsenal man holds up play and sets up Musiala to rift an unstoppable shot high into the net. Nothing Gunn could have done about that one.
15th minute: Scotland have steadied themselves fairly well since going behind but they’re struggling to get any sort of foothold in possession. Clarke’s decision to omit Gilmour was a talking point before kickoff and it will remain one if the game continues to unfold in this manner.
10th minute: GOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Florian Wirtz!!!!!
Liftoff for Germany and it’s the star of Bayer Leverkusen’s incredible season who gets the goal. Kimmich enjoys far too much room to find Wirtz on the edge of the area. He clips into the bottom left corner via a fairly substantial hand from Gunn.
6th minute: A chance for Scotland to attack and Tierney opts for the long throw. Rudiger heads clear unfussily and Havertz takes a whack from Ralston as Germany try to break.
4th minute: Musiala sent scampering down the right but Tierney sticks to his task and wins the goal kick, along with an arm around the shoulder and thump on the chest from Robertson.
1st minute: Gunn straight into action in the Scotland goal as he comes out to deny Wirtz. The offside flag went up after the Leverkusen star collected Rudiger’s raking pass but that’s an early warning sign.
1st half: Kickoff
Germany get us underway, pump the ball in the direction of the Scottish defence. McGregor manages to hack clear.
2 mins before kickoff: Talking of stirring stuff, what a pair of anthems! Two spine-tingling renditions and we’re ready to rock’n’roll.
5 mins before kickoff: A really lovely moment before the teams come out as Germany’s respective 1980 and 1996 European Championship-winning captains flank Franz Beckenbauer’s widow Heidi onto the field with the Henri Delaunay Trophy. There is then a video tribute to Der Kaizer on the stadium screens. Stirring stuff.
10 mins before kickoff: I guess this is fine as it goes. The sort of standard sub-David Guetta fayre you get for these occasions nowadays. It certainly lacks the gravitas of Andrea Bocelli in Rome three years ago, or the star power of Lenny Kravitz at the Champions League final the other week. Anyway, nearly time for some football.
🎉🎉#EURO2024 | #GERSCO pic.twitter.com/0Ie56ChtJM
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 14, 2024
15 mins before kickoff: Germany might be at home here but the 200,000-strong Scottish takeover of Munich has been well documented. There are plenty of them in the ground now. They might be split by a woman in Celtic colours who is part of the dance troop getting the opening ceremony underway, mind.
20 mins before kickoff: Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho are sitting next to each other in the stands shooting the breeze. Both big Le Shuuk fans, as I understand.
💬 A message from Sir Alex Ferguson ahead of the opening match 🏴#EURO2024 | #GERSCO pic.twitter.com/Czy1fxRSuO
— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 14, 2024
40 mins before kickoff: The glitz of the tournament opening ceremony will be getting underway at the Allianz Arena shortly. There will be a poignant tribute to the late, great Franz Beckenbauer, along with the various musical stylings of Robin Schulz, Le Shuuk, Topic and Leony.
55 mins before kickoff: This is the Scotland XI. Che Adams gets the nod at centre-forward ahead of Lawrence Shankland. Billy Gilmour has to be content with a place on the bench.
🔢 Your Scotland team for tonight’s @EURO2024 opener.#GERSCO | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/XmZXgIvVSq
— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) June 14, 2024
1 hour before kickoff: The teams are in and this is how Germany line up, with Havertz in . He’ll be supported by Jamal Musiala, Ilkay Gundogan and Florian Wirtz. Which is, you know, useful.
Here’s your Germany team 🤩#DFB #GermanFootball #GermanMNT #EURO2024 #GERSCO
📸 DFB/ Thomas Böcker pic.twitter.com/5OrXwKKDiE
— German Football (@DFB_Team_EN) June 14, 2024
1 hr 20 mins before kickoff: Germany would certainly be happy to take the opening game of Euro 2020 as a template for tonight. Italy strode out at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico and swept Turkey aside 3-0, the Azzurri’s first step on the road to going all the way.
1 hr 40 mins before kickoff: Confirmed team news will be with us shortly. It’s been some season for Kai Havertz. The former Chelsea attacker struggled initially after moving to Arsenal and featured, bizarrely, as an experimental left wing-back for Nagelsmann in the national team. However, Havertz established himself as Mikel Arteta’s first central attacker, scoring several heavy goals as the Gunners pushed Manchester City all the way to the wire in the Premier League title race. He is favourite to get the nod over Niclas Fullkrug at centre-forward tonight.
2 hours before kickoff: Remember that 1998 World Cup outing we mentioned a little earlier? Well that remained Scotland’s last successful bid to qualify for a major tournament until Euro 2020. Steve Clarke helmed that qualification bid and has overseen a renaissance after a couple of decades in the international wilderness. Scotland are outsiders tonight and will do well to emerge from a group featuring talented Switzerland and Hungary sides. But a midfield boasting the talents of Scott McTominay, John McGinn and Billy Gilmour means they should be able to hold their own and give the estimated 200,000 travelling and something to shout about.
2 hrs 20 mins before kickoff: Germany’s recent major tournament record has been wretched to an extent that is unprecedented in their history. Group-stage exits at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups sandwiched an underwhelming Euro 2020, where England knocked them out in the last 16. But Julian Nagelsmann is bullish about the prospects of a talent-stacked squad that will enjoy the backing of home support.
“I look in our players’ eyes and see the belief and will to win,” the former Bayern Munich head coach said at a pre-match news conference. “I want us to believe in ourselves. We have great players, good togetherness, home advantage, we’ve had great training sessions and a good mentality. We have everything. We just have to show it tomorrow, and that’s why belief is very important.”
2 hrs 40 mins before kickoff: This game has faint echoes of a tournament opener from a little over a quarter of a century ago. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, Scotland were thrust into the opening game against one of the most successful football nations of all time. Cesar Sampaio headed Brazil into an early lead at the Stade de France before conceding the penalty that allowed John Collins to level. The Tartan Army looked to be battling their way to a famous point against he reigning champions before Cafu bustled into the box and forced an own-goal from Tom Boyd.
3 hours before kickoff: The finishing touches were applied in yesterday’s training session and we are finally ready for the 2024 European Championship to get underway. Before that, we’ll have the opening ceremony here in Munich.
Ramping up the preparations 📈#DFB #GermanFootball #GermanMNT #EURO2024
📸 DFB/ Philipp Reinhard pic.twitter.com/uP1KjKukfX
— German Football (@DFB_Team_EN) June 13, 2024
Germany vs. Scotland kickoff time
This Euro 2024 match kicks off at the Allianz Arena on June 14 at 9:00 p.m. local time in Munich.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories around the globe:
| Date | Kickoff time | |
| USA/Canada | Fri, Jun. 14 | 3 p.m. ET |
| USA/Canada | Fri, Jun. 14 | 12 p.m. PT |
| UK | Fri, Jun. 14 | 8 p.m. BST |
| Australia | Sat, Jun. 15 | 5 a.m. AEST |
| India | Sat, Jun. 15 | 12:30 a.m. IST |
Group A standings
| Pos. | Team | GP | W-D-L | Goals | Goals against | Points |
| 1. | Germany | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | Scotland | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Hungary | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Switzerland | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Germany vs. Scotland lineups, team news, starting 11
Germany confirmed Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic will miss the complete tournament for the host nation after contracting tonsilitis. Borussia Dortmund’s Emre Can was called up as his replacement, although he is unlikely to be in the first 11 for this match.
Toni Kroos will start ahead of his retirement after the tournament, with Arsenal star Kai Havertz expected to lead the attack after scoring in the 2-1 friendly win over Greece. Nagelsmann has previously made it clear he plans to stick with the lineup from their March friendly wins over France and the Netherlands.
Germany starting lineup (4-3-3): Neuer (GK) — Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Mittelstadt — Kroos, Gundogan, Andrich — Musiala, Havertz, Wirtz.
Germany subs: Baumann (GK), Ter Stegen (GK), Raum. Gross, Fullkrug, Fuhrich, Muller, Beier, Schlotterbeck, Anton, Sane, Henrichs, Koch, Can, Undav.
Scotland were held to a late 2-2 draw against Finland in their final pre-Euro 2024 friendly game and head coach Steve Clarke is missing some key names for the tournament due to injury.
Captain Andrew Robertson has been passed fit with Premier League duo Scott McTominay and John McGinn set to partner up in midfield for Scotland.
Scotland starting lineup (3-4-2-1): Gunn (GK) — Hendry, Porteous, Tierney — Ralston, Christie, McGregor, Robertson — McGinn, McTominay — Adams.
Scotland subs: Kelly (GK), Clark (GK), Hanley, Shankland, Gilmour, Cooper, Armstrong, Morgan, Conway, Jack, McCrorie, McLean, Taylor, Forrest, McKenna.
Germany vs. Scotland live stream, TV channel
Here’s how to watch this Euro 2024 match across selected areas of the world’s major regions:
| TV channel | Streaming | |
| USA | Fox Sports Network | Fubo, FOX Sports app/website, ViX |
| Canada | TVA Sports, TSN 1, TSN 4 | TVA+, TVA app/website |
| UK | ITV1, STV | ITVX, STV Player |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| India | Sony Ten 2, 3 | JioTV, Sony LIV |
USA: Germany vs. Scotland from the Allianz Arena will be televised in the United States on the Fox Sports Network, with Spanish-language streaming via ViX. The game is also available to stream on Fubo which is currently offering a FREE seven-day trial.
Radio coverage of the match can be followed on SiriusXM FC.
UK: This Germany vs. Scotland Euro 2024 match will be broadcast in the UK on ITV1 with fans in Scotland able to watch on STV. Streaming can be found on ITVX and the STV Player.
Canada: Euro 2024 matches can be seen in Canada on TSN’s respective TV channel and live streaming services. TVA will also be showing the match.
Australia: Australia’s sole broadcaster for Euro 2024 is Optus Sport.
India: Euro 2024 matches are available to stream on JioTV and Sony LIV. Sony Ten 2 and 3 will be showing the match on TV.
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