Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
The German national team, the host country for the European Nations Cup (Euro 2024), showed its teeth early and rained five goals against Scotland in the opening match of the tournament at the Allianz Arena, the stronghold of Bayern Munich.
The “Manschaft” made its mark in the first 20 minutes of its match against Scotland, as its striker, Florian Wirtz, born on May 3, 2003, a player for Bayer Leverkusen, the champion of the German League “Bundesliga”, scored the first goal of the match in the tenth minute, and another 9 minutes did not pass until Jamal scored. Musiala, born on February 26, 2003, the second goal, both at the age of 21.
Wirtz became the third player to score the first goal for Germany in the opening of the Euro, after Gerd Müller did it in 1972 and Karl-Hans Rummenigge in 1980. Wirtz also became the youngest scorer for Germany in the tournament.
Wirtz excelled this season with his team, Bayer Leverkusen, and contributed to them winning the Bundesliga championship, where he scored 11 goals and made as many assists.
The German national team entered the history of the tournament again, as Wirtz and Musiala became the first players aged 21 years or younger to score in the same match in the Euro, and both of them were younger than their compatriot Kai Havertz, the maker of the third goal, which he scored from a penalty kick before the end of the first half.
The Germans appeared to be in good physical and technical condition, especially in the first half of the match, and it was clear that they were determined to reach the furthest extent in the tournament, and to snatch the cup, which they had not had the honor of obtaining since they last did so in 1996, and they had won it twice before in 1972. And 1980, while they occupied “runner-up” in the 1976, 1992 and 2008 editions.
The level was affected in the second half, after the departure of Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz and Toni Kroos, and despite that, “Manschaft” scored two more goals, to emerge victorious with a heavy score of 5-1.
The evening almost turned into a “drama” for the German national team, when Scottish defender Ryan Bortos intervened with extreme violence against Alkay Gundogan, the German “captain” and the Spanish Barcelona star, and the French referee Clement Turpin did not hesitate to show the defender the red card and awarded a penalty kick against him, after he returned. He switched to the mouse technique and watched the game more clearly on the screen in the stadium. Fortunately, Gundogan was not greatly affected by the injury and completed the match normally.
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