Callum McGregor admits Scotland's rivals will 'smell blood' after Germany result

Callum McGregor admits Switzerland and Hungary will "smell blood" after watching Scotland get thumped 5-1 by Germany in their Euro 2024 opener in Munich on Friday night.

It was a calamitous 90 minutes for Steve Clarke's side, who played the second half with 10 men after defender Ryan Porteous was sent off before the break for conceding a penalty with a crunching tackle on the hosts' captain Ilkay Gundogan, with Kai Havertz netting the resultant penalty to make it 3-0.

The Scotland boss needs to restore battered confidence ahead of the game against the Swiss in Cologne on Wednesday night before they take on Hungary in Stuttgart in their final Group A game.

McGregor showed contrition, humility and determination as well as apologising to the Tartan Army during his media conference at the training base in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

The Celtic captain said: "It is still a bit raw this morning. This is where we have to be strong.

"I am sure everyone will come at us and quite rightly so for a poor performance.

"But we can't let it derail us and pull us apart and people start going into their little groups.

"It is very much a club environment, you have to stay together, you have to stay strong and ultimately you have to prove people wrong.

"We had a poor performance last night, it was a poor result and people will smell blood, the two teams we are going to play will smell blood so it is now about what you have got inside you, that you want to rectify that and put it right and I am sure the next 48 hours are really important."

McGregor offered the sheer quality of the hosts as mitigation in part.

Goals from Florian Wirtz and fellow attacker Jamal Musiala came before Porteous saw red.

Substitute Niclas Fullkrug made it 4-0 in the 68th minute