Euro 2024 hosts Germany and their fans came into the tournament not knowing exactly how things would pan out after years of woe and recent underwhelming friendlies. But after a 5-1 thrashing of Scotland in Friday’s opener, the nation will now think they can lift the trophy on July 14 and go one better than the “summer fairytale” of 2006. That was the last time Germany hosted a major men’s football tournament, the World Cup, when the sunny streets were packed with exultant fans and Germans felt safe to wave national flags again. Ask most non-football fans in the country who won the 2006 World C…