It was a sobering night for Scotland in Munich as they were thrashed by the tournament hosts.
Or simply attempt to sum up the whole nightmarish experience as a soul-crushing, pride-swallowing, disappointment. But nobody would buy it. Or at least not anyone who had the stomach to watch this catastrophic opening-night butchering to its ultimate and inevitable conclusion.
Indeed, the longer it went on, the more it all felt like a seriously bad idea going to all this bother, amid such misplaced anticipation. It was hard enough for the Tartan Army foot soldiers with tickets to get into the Allianz Arena in the first place given that UEFA’s organisation outside was also utterly chaotic.
Still, the volcanic din which greeted the first sighting of Scotland’s players emerging for their warm-up suggested that spirits had not been too badly burned. By the time the anthems were being belted out, after the fireworks of the opening ceremony and the emotion of a tribute to Franz Beckenbauer, the place had taken on its own life form.
That it was scored so easily was no shock at all. Toni Kroos was afforded time and space to zip a 50-yard crossfield ball into the feet of Joshua Kimmich. The full-back was allowed to bring it down without being harassed by Robertson before picking out Wirtz on the edge of the box.
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