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Chancellor Olaf Scholz and seemingly the whole of Germany delighted in the national team’s big 5-1 triumph over Scotland in the Euro 2024 opener while coach Julian Nagelsmann and his players kept their feet on the ground. “What a start! Congratulations on a convincing start to this home European Championship,” Scholz said on X. The strong performance in Munich against harmless opponents raised hopes of a similar “summer fairytale” than the 2006 home World Cup run into the semi-finals. The Bild paper spoke of “a great goal party” on its website, the Süddeutsche Zeitung of “Germany’s ecstatic st…

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