Roy Keane FUMES after Scotland thrashed by Germany | Euro 2024

Does that worry you so much? How badly they played tonight. Yes, my worst fears were that Germany would get a goal from Los Angeles and if they beat you, they would give you a hard time. We did it. We did it. We never started. We never got a foothold. never had a presence in the game give away a DA goal an avoidable goal then the ceiling collapsed and then the guy getting sent off just before half time compounded all those problems we were miserable tonight you know I can't really tell you what so good the German team is because we were very bad, yes, you know, 51, who were a really good team yesterday, let's see how they do also against a really good team, you know, I'm so disappointed that we were very disappointed this evening. a continuation of Scotland's form, we said before the game, they came into this in the worst form of any Euro team and I'm afraid the harsh reality is that they proved they didn't, yeah, um, I really thought they did they would do.

That's why I said at the beginning that they would have been a little more resistant. They would have had the two central midfielders closer to the five defenders. They would have made it much more difficult. I've had someone like Chad Shay Evans Chay Adams. I keep saying that Shay Adams walks up to Cruz and stops him at the source and then he walks up and gets on the right side of people like Gundan because what we saw was in time and when they have time, they really punish you with these passes and the quality, the touch, musal and vers, they will punish you.

They were the second best in every aspect of the game, physically, tactically, even mentally, we're talking. We said before the game about being competitive, there wasn't even that, but also two goals after 20 minutes, long before the expulsion, obviously aggravated everything. They showed some fighting spirit in the second half, as would be expected from Scotland. but the difference in quality is chalk and cheese. They really lost their department Steve. I know you said beforehand that you wanted the team to excel tonight, but Germany made it quite difficult, didn't they? Yes, I think they proved it. Everyone, when it comes to competitive games, thought Germany was excellent and unfortunately we couldn't match them.

Andy Robertson had told us that it was for him to do the first half and the decision making. What was your assessment of that obvious thing in the first half? it got away from us very quickly we didn't give ourselves a foothold in the game defensively we weren't very good and with the ball we weren't very good so the end result is a disappointing night and even more difficult to achieve when Germany had so much possession but also trying to do that with 10 men, yes I thought the 10 men in the second half were conscious, worked hard, tried to limit chances, got Nick a disappointing goal to miss the fifth goal in stoppage time but listen.

You can talk all day about goals, what we have to do is still in front of us, so that's what we have to focus on. Yeah, let's talk about that actually and I guess how do you make sure that this is not something that affects the players. Mentally, going into these next two really crucial games, no, it's all about reaction now, so let's see how they react. Four points is still a goal, obviously, four points is a goal. I've said from the beginning we didn't get any tonight, so Four Points, next two games, thanks for your time, thanks Connie Andy, talk to us about how much that game hurt tonight.

I mean, it was a tough watch. I guess it was even harder out there, yeah, in the first half, we just did everything wrong. they didn't really show up they weren't aggressive enough they let the good players have the ball and yeah they obviously had a game plan and we had it and their game plan worked a million times better than ours but it wasn't because of practice because we didn't achieve it on the field and when important occasions like this arise, we have to do that and unfortunately we didn't do it that first half, in the second half we were left with 10 men.

I thought the boys tried very well. To be fair to them, you know we lost a sloppy goal at the end, but you know we could have equalized the second half, but it's no consolation, we're well supported here, we know we've got a lot of good supporters and yeah. Today was tremendously disappointing, but you play against the H nation and it's the first game and there is nothing more difficult than that, but we have to recover quickly because there were a lot of things wrong today and we have to fix it. it's for um, you know, it's a pretty quick turnaround to Tuesday, yeah, we talked earlier about the step up from the games that we've seen, you know, in the friendly games at the end of the campaign, how do you actually do that quick to Make sure you get when we talk about four points.

I guess that's still the goal. Well, maybe it's a reminder of how tough this tournament is. Obviously last time it was very different, but this time you're playing against world-class teams and they showed it. today their players, their great players showed up and they were excellent all over the park and they made it really difficult for us and they had an answer for almost everything we had and, you know, sometimes that happens, but I think if we go in there and sit down new I don't think you know that we have played our best and you have to do that against the pop teams one you have to do that so we have to dust ourselves off now we have five days to sort out We go out and go again and it will be another difficult Tas against Switzerland and tomorrow We'll be mad at ourselves for being disappointed and then when Sunday comes we've got to be positive and try to go again, thank you and thank you.

Andre Robertson spoke. at the end of the game and I made a game plan, it's great to have a plan, he said, so we weren't aggressive enough. You have to be aggressive in the game of soccer when you face opponents who are much stronger down low. Here, being aggressive as part of a footballer, I love seeing skilled players. I love it and the talent we saw with the German players tonight because they gave us time, it's great to see, but my God, when you play football in this place. level you have to hit people, hit them correctly, hit them aggressively, do it the right way if you go up against them like Scotland did tonight and there's no use talking after the game we have a game plan it's nonsense, Andre Robertson, it's just that. only garbage comes out, you knew before the game what was at stake and after the game there is nothing good, we will regroup and be angry tomorrow no, you should be angry for a long time, they talked before the game about the creation. a story, they are creating history by playing so badly and letting their coach and fans down, but they have to be aggressive in the right places, that was Madness addressing the penalty and the sending off, of course, of course, you have to. do the right thing but be aggressive as part of football football is a physical game they didn't even put a glove on them Andy Robertson was interviewed after the game and said look it's just a reminder of how difficult this tournament is they had a shot, not shots. on goal, they will play again next Wednesday, what can they do not only to regain their confidence, but also to try to get something out of that game?

Well, they have to put balls in the area and they have to do it. move forward, they have to get support for the forward players, whether sh Adams. I think he'll probably follow Shanklin now because he has to win the game. Shanklin is probably the best finisher on the team, but there has to be a difference a completely different change in the mental approach to the game because I look, I felt like I don't know how the guys felt watching it, I thought there was a feeling that there was no belief that they were going to enter from the end. game was like okay, we're going to sit down, we're going to take, you know, we're going to hold the ball when we can, but we're not going to move forward with any real purpose, it was like it was right.

We are going to have to defend and we will let Germany have a lot of possession of the ball, which they would naturally do, but from Scotland's point of view it should be a little easier in my opinion because I don't think the opponent will be From the same St, the good one rival, but I don't think they are at the same level as the Germans, but there has to be more confidence, there has to be more passes forward and there has to be much more support to advance. absolutely fine, I'm going to try to cheer Ally up, that's America's signing offer in Munich, come on Ally, don't worry.