Dream start to the Euro at home: the votes for the DFB match against Scotland

Christoph Kramer (2014 World Champion, ZDF expert): “After 10 or 12 minutes I saw that we were going to win this game by a lot. They didn't push us high. In fact, the Scots fared better with ten men than with eleven. Füllkrug simply torpedoes the matter with its 4-0. The entire stadium exploded. Now everyone is very excited.”

Per Mertesacker (2014 World Champion, ZDF expert): “We quickly got over the pre-match jitters and got off to a great start. Substitution moves also worked immediately. Many things worked there. “That was very surprising.”

Nagelsmann on Musiala: “I am especially happy for Jamal”

Julian Nagelsmann (national coach)…

…about your team's performance: “The first 20 minutes were impressive and Scotland were impressed too. He was very focused until the end. My title for the game was believing in ourselves. The other word is not quite suitable for young people.”

…about the scorers: “It is valuable that not only one person receives the flowers, but that we can distribute them directly. I am particularly happy for Jamal (Musiala) because he is in… Qatar He left a lot out there. “That's been bothering him.”

…on the euphoria after victory: “I'm not a bully. But the boys already know that it was a very good step, but also a first step. Of course we want to continue with a second match on Wednesday against Hungary.”

Comments on the DFB gala – Gündogan: “I'm glad I could be the one who made things better today”

Niclas Füllkrug (4-0 scorer): “At first it took us a minute or two. After that we got into the game better and better. We don't let up after any goal. This is the energy we need. We need this greed. We are happy. This is a great start to what we want to have at the end: a summer fairy tale. In the end, running through the countryside with your own child are images that will last forever.”

Ilkay Gündogan (DFB captain): “We played with great intensity from the beginning and had an incredibly good first half. This is exactly the start we needed. I also had a good feeling beforehand. Thank God this came true. The goal was a good warning for us that we cannot take less. I am confident enough to know what I can do. “I’m glad I was able to be a creator for my teammates today.”

Musiala: “We want to improve game by game”

Laura Freigang (national player, ZDF expert in the study): “That was a perfect start. There really was everything there. We had a lot of different scorers. Things could never have gone much better offensively. We remain realistic, there is still a lot to do. But why stop the euphoria? It's fun.”

Emre Can (later nominee and scorer 5:1): “I am very grateful to Julian (Nagelsmann) for trusting me from the beginning. Much is possible, we have a very high level of quality. We have to step on the accelerator. The first step has been taken and it has been a very, very good step.”

Jamal Musiala (2-0 scorer): “We know how important it is to start the tournament well. And when we give it our all, there is also fun and goals. If we are all in a good mood, everything will be easier for us. The beginning couldn't be better. “We want to improve in every game.”

Toni Kroos (DFB director): “I think we did what we set out to do. Logically we wanted to start well, that's what we did, we never let Scotland get into the game and we won comfortably. We reward ourselves for a good initial phase, which gives confidence to the team here in their first European Championship match at home. Of course, the opponent was not in top form and it was decided at the latest after the red card. We confidently played it down, but of course an early goal helps. (…)

I don't know if you're cool after a game. But if we carry that over to the next game, which will definitely be more difficult, we will have a team that is at least a class better than Scotland. If we demonstrate it there, we can talk about fluency.”

Thomas Müller (DFB veteran): “It was very good. The energy of the team was just good, from A to Z. We were under pressure straight away, our offensive players also started well, they were good in duels and good finishing. I think it was a perfect start. The level “It never went down. It's a good overall result. It's just the first step, but it was already quite difficult in the last tournaments. That's why today is so nice.”