Euro 2024: Pundit SLAMS Scotland getting 'bashed up'

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Euro 2024 has begun with Scotland 3-0 down to Germany with 10 men - and Graeme Souness is not impressed

Scotland vs Germany Euro 2024
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Euro 2024 has opened with Scotland being battered by Germany – and Graeme Souness has weighed in.

The ITV pundit is known for being gruff and unimpressed with much that he sees. Watching his nation's first half performance has particularly tested his patience, however, with some stern words for his countrymen at half-time. 

“You're sloppy, you're angry, it's a catalogue of mistakes, culiminating in getting a player sent off on half-time for that,” the former midfielder said. “Difficult with 11, super difficult with 10.

ITV Euro 2024 Graeme Souness TV Pundit working for Channel 4 before the 150th Anniversary Heritage Match between Scotland and England at Hampden Park on September 12, 2023 in Glasgow Scotland. (Photo by Greig Cowie/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)

Graeme Souness was furious with Scotland (Image credit: Getty Images)

“I thought they'd find it difficult tonight – but they can't get bashed up like this. 

“What does he do now? Take Che Adams off?”

The first half was bruising for the Scots at best, with the German front three all getting on the scoresheet. Florian Wirtz opened the scoring at Euro 2024 within 10 minutes before Jamal Musiala doubled the lead in emphatic fashion. 

Scotland's defender #15 Ryan Porteous (L) fouls Germany's midfielder #21 Ilkay Gundogan during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group A football match between Germany and Scotland at the Munich Football Arena in Munich on June 14, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo

Ryan Porteous is sent off for Scotland (Image credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Germany almost thought they had a penalty, only for VAR to overturn the decision that referee Clement Turpin made – but just before half-time, the Germans had their penalty anyway. Ryan Porteous was sent off for a two-footed lunge on Ilkay Gundogan in the six-yard box, befor Arsenal’s Kai Havertz slotted home the resulting spot-kick.

The first 45 minutes dampened the Scots’ party atmosphere. The Tartan Army descended on Munich in their tens of thousands and even drowned out the Germans in the opening stages – but the noise has certainly been quelled since. 

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