It’s hard to dream of anything better. This Friday evening, Germany literally crushed Scotland for a dream debut. A match which impressed the foreign press and which already places the Mannschaft as a potential favorite of the tournament.
“Dreamed debut”headlines the newspaper L’Équipe on its website. “We try hard but we really can’t find how Germany could have started their Euro better”continue our colleagues. “It is of course still too early to judge whether the Mannschaft is experiencing the Sommermärchen (fairy tale) that it has been hoping for so much since the 2006 World Cup, the last competition organized at home, but in any case it wrote a first chapter which strongly resembles it, this Friday evening.”
Across the Channel, this Scottish defeat was seen as a real uppercut. “The party is over for Scotland: now the hangover will hit”, headlines the BBC on its website. “The Scottish optimism that floated in Munich all Friday always felt like collective hypnosis, a belief fueled by alcohol.”
For the Guardian, this meeting puts Germany and its coach on a pedestal. “It was a reminder of the host country’s talent and Nagelsmann’s status as the country’s most modern coach. And a reminder too for Scotland of the brutality of tournament football.” One thing is certain, this team impressed on a daily basis: “Germany look like a team determined to write their own history”. The Daily Mail makes an easy shortcut: “Germany like a Porsche! Hosts punish sloppy Scots.”
Germany starts “its” Euro in the best possible way with a success against Scotland (5-1)
“This Germany is scary”
In Scotland, we are rather impressed by the German machine. “According to the followers, Germany’s chances of winning in their own country were really not high”begins The Herald. “It’s hard to understand why there was such pessimism. Their movement and technique was breathtaking. Scotland were completely inferior from start to finish.”
In Italy too, people fear the Germans. “This Germany is already scary: spectacle and 5 goals against a non-existent Scotland”, estimate our colleagues from Gazzetta dello Sport. The pink daily evokes “a clear and clear demonstration of force” as well as a team that is “appeared inspired and light, giving the feeling of having fun and not feeling the pressure of outsiders”. In short, we will have to reckon with Nagelsmann’s players in this tournament.
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Marca insists on the historic side of the score of this meeting. “Germany achieves biggest victory in history in Euro opening match”, writes the newspaper. If the victory impressed the Spaniards, they especially came back to one of the goals of the evening. “Füllkrug’s goal against Scotland was flashed at 110 km/h”.
On the AS side, we insist on the performance of the two German jewels. “Two devils on the loose in Munich”headlines the daily. “If anyone thought the host wasn’t ready for their European Cup, forget it”, he continues. “Kroos’ last dance started with a victory. With a recital and a presentation to Europe, if necessary, of Wirtz and Musiala. The two young people became the new revolutionaries of Germany, a team in which revolution does not normally exist.”
Obviously, on the German side, we are getting excited despite the criticism before the tournament. Bild wanted to say “THANKS” to German players. “A performance which removes all our fears and concerns for the future of the Euro. […] After years full of crises, coaching changes and tournament disappointments, this appearance could have been the starting signal for the rebirth of the great football nation that is Germany.”
