By: Ethan Tong

Germany beat Scotland with an outstanding score of 5-1 in the first game of Euro 2024 soccer. Scotland fought Germany on Friday, June 14. Germany dominated the entire game for the first 20 minutes. They scored a point during the first ten minutes of the game, the goal made by Florian Wirtz from Germany. Then after ten more minutes, they scored again, this time by Jamal Musiala.

The third and fourth goals came from a penalty and a powerful kick. Germany was awarded the penalty kick because a Scotland player called Porteous tackled a player from Germany called Kai Havertz right before halftime.

The game was pretty much done at 45 minutes. Germany scored 4 points in the first half. The 4th goal was made by Niclas Fullkrugs.

But in the second half, Scotland finally scored when a penalty kick made by Scoot Mckenna bounced off of a Germany player called Antonio Rudiger and it was an own goal. . It happened when the game had started 67 minutes ago, the score was 4-0. After the goal was made, Scotland fans went wild.

But their mini celebration was over when Germany’s Emre Can scored the last goal at 92 minutes. Scotland’s fate was sealed. Scotland’s 1 point wasn’t enough to win.

The final score was 5-1. Germany has never beaten a team 5-1 before. It was Germany’s biggest win yet. In the next Euro 2024 soccer game, Germany will play Hungary while Scotland will meet Switzerland.