Clans of kilt-clad Scotland fans person touched down successful Munich up of their country's Euro 2024 opening crippled against Germany this Friday.
Dozens of supporters were seen draped successful Scottish flags and wearing accepted tartan arsenic they sat successful pubs and soaked up the ambiance successful sunny Germany up of the tournament's curtain-raiser astatine Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena.
Scotland are taking portion successful lone their 2nd large tourney since the 1998 World Cup successful France, having antecedently competed successful the Covid-delayed Euro 2020 finals.
A bagpipe subordinate provided a fanfare astatine Munich airdrome welcoming caller arrivals from Scotland up the showpiece occasion.
Manager Steve Clarke's players anticipation to get done the opening circular for the archetypal clip astatine a large tournament, arsenic they instrumentality connected Germany, Switzerland and Hungary.
Scotland fans person arrived successful Germany up of the opening crippled of Euro 2024 connected Friday night
Dressed successful accepted Scottish kilts, the fans were seen soaking up the ambiance successful Munich
Fans were getting connected the beers this day arsenic Scotland hole to look Germany connected Friday
The fans appeared to beryllium successful bully spirits up of their crunch opening radical crippled of the tournament
A Scotland emblem is being displayed adjacent to a German emblem to people the occasion
A Euro 2024 poster successful Munich arsenic Scotland fans arrived successful unit today
Meanwhile, Gareth Southgate's England are successful Group C - with an archetypal fixture against Serbia this Sunday evening.
They past instrumentality connected Denmark connected Thursday adjacent week and Slovenia 5 days later.
Scotland fans sporting not lone kilts spot besides sporrans, bonnets and the team's acheronian bluish jerseys person been flocking done Edinburgh airdrome en way to the Euros.
There were raised fists and assured opinions offered up of Friday's opener.
Robert Mellon, 66, from the Glasgow territory of Langside, said: 'I’m hoping for a 2-1 triumph for Scotland connected Friday.
'There’s a batch of unit connected Germany, with them being the hosts. We’ve got a just fewer men down with injuries and it’s annoying that we can’t find a striker.
'We’ve got plentifulness midfielders - John McGinn scores his just share. I went to the ‘98 World Cup opening crippled against Brazil and Scotland gave them a tally for their money.
'The ref said astatine that game, "May the champion squad win", and Graeme Souness responded with "I anticipation not". The aforesaid goes for Friday’s game.
'It’s fractional chance. I americium patriot and I’ll backmost Scotland each the way.'
Scotland supporters person been flocking done Edinburgh airdrome en way to the Euros
The fans are heading to Germany for Scotland's opening crippled against the hosts this Friday
Scottish flags were brandished arsenic supporters besides headed retired from Glasgow airport
Scotland fans are pictured astatine Edinburgh airdrome earlier taking disconnected for Euro 2024 successful Germany
A kilt-clad bagpipe subordinate provided a invited astatine Munich airdrome successful Germany
Welcoming gifts were provided arsenic Scotland's players landed successful Munich earlier this week
Among those taking portion is Heart of Midlothian and Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland
Scotland's skipper is UEFA Champions League-winning left-back Andrew Robertson
Meanwhile, different traveller Norrie Kelly, 66, said: 'We’re conscionable going for the archetypal game. I’d beryllium rather blessed with a gully connected Friday. I’d evidently beryllium implicit the satellite with a win, but I’ll happily instrumentality a draw.
'The Germans are not playing rather arsenic good arsenic they usually do. You cognize what it’s similar erstwhile we travel up against the large guns, we’re ever better.'
Kilt-wearing Dominic Burns, 26, from Maryhill successful north-west Glasgow, declared: 'I deliberation Scotland volition triumph 5-0.
'We got our tickets for look value, truthful it was good worthy it. Even if they don’t win, we’re getting a vacation retired of it.'
But his friend Ben Garret, 27, from Aberdeen, admitted: 'To beryllium rather honest, I deliberation we’ll lose.
'I tin spot it being astir 3-1 to Germany, but I’ll beryllium determination cheering connected the boys either way.'
The Scottish players' partners - dubbed the 'SWAGs' - see Jack Hendry's exemplary woman Robyn Keen, Greg Taylor's woman Laura, Scott McTominay 's woman Cam Reading and Jade Kelly Mills, the woman of goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
Scotland's past crippled earlier the Euros saw them concede a two-goal pb to gully 2-2 with Finland astatine Hampden Park successful Glasgow past Friday.
At Euro 2020 they drew 0-0 with England astatine Wembley successful betwixt 2 Group D defeats - 2-0 to the Czech Republic and 3-1 astatine the hands of Croatia.
This summer's tourney is tipped to footwear disconnected a spending spree arsenic consumers regenerate televisions and banal up connected groceries to ticker the tournament.
As England and Scotland hole for their opening matches, six per cent of shoppers expect to bargain a caller TV oregon physics instrumentality to ticker and support up with their team, according to a survey for the British Retail Consortium.
New York Red Bulls winger Lewis Morgan is among Scotland's latest arrivals successful Germany
Scotland anticipation to get done to the knock-out stages of a large tourney for the archetypal time
The Scotland squad arrived astatine Munich airport, volition follow-up flights bringing plentifulness of fans
The finals' German hosts enactment retired a invited mat astatine Munich airport
There were handshakes each circular arsenic the Scotland squad arrived - pictured near to right: Munich airdrome CEO Jost Lammers, Andrew Robertson, Steve Clarke and curate Florian Herrmann
This kilt-wearing Scotland protagonist was among those mounting disconnected from Glasgow airport
The authoritative squad autobus was acceptable to rotation astatine Munich airdrome arsenic the players touched down
A suitable invited was offered astatine Munich airdrome arsenic the level carrying the squad arrived
Scotland squad WAGs who person arrived successful Germany see Jack Hendry's exemplary woman Robyn Keen, Greg Taylor's woman Laura, Scott McTominay's woman Cam Reading and Jade Kelly Mills, the woman of goalkeeper Angus Gunn
Robyn Keen is the woman of Scotland planetary and Al-Ettifaq centre-back Jack Hendry
Another 4 per cent program to bargain authoritative merchandise and lmost 1 successful 10 - 9 per cent - volition big oregon be gatherings with household and friends to ticker matches.
Some 13 per cent of radical mean to walk much connected groceries, beer, vino and spirits and takeaways to bask portion watching the Euros.
However younger generations are the astir apt to thrust up spending, with 24 per cent of 18-to-24-year-olds readying to bargain much groceries, compared with conscionable 4 per cent of those aged 55 and above.
Separate figures from Adobe amusement a 14.4 per cent summation successful spending connected TVs compared with mean levels arsenic armchair fans hole to tune successful astatine home.
And online income of England shot shirts and different squad merchandise accrued by 115 per cent past period compared with mean levels.
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