Ten-man Scotland humiliated as Germany send shivers through Europe

The snapshots of a tournament opener: Antonio Rüdiger shoving Jamal Musiala into the spotlight, pushing him to milk the acclaim of a standing ovation as the dazzling headline act of Germany’s emphatic first chapter at Euro 2024.

The 21-year-old Bayern Munich attacker terrorised Scotland and was the chief architect of the night’s other abiding image, that of morose Tartan Army foot soldiers with their heads in their hands, covering their eyes or shaking their heads, all caught in uncompromising slow motion.

Scotland’s collapse was public and brutal, an embarrassment in front of hundreds of millions. The excitement of playing in the tournament opener always came with a condition attached: they were being pitched in with one of the tournament favourites, and possibly there to act