Lothar Matthaus brands Scotland Euro 2024 'clear outsiders' as German legend agains sticks boot into our game

Scotland go into their Euro 2024 group campaign as 'clear outsiders' as German legend Lothar Matthaus issued yet another bizarre blast at Scottish football.

Matthaus hasn't been afraid to give some harsh words when both Rangers and Celtic have flopped in Europe over the years. The ex-Bayern Munich star even branded the Ibrox side as a 'third-rate team' during their dramatic run to the 2022 Europa League Final. He then followed that up by criticising Celtic in last season's Champions League after insisting RB Leipzig were 'lucky' to be drawn against a 'limited team' like the Hoops.

Now Mattheus – who once managed Scotland's Euro 2024 opponents Hungary for a three-year spell in 2003 before he was sacked for failing to qualify for any tournaments – has again written off the Scots and instead detailed why the Hungarians or Switzerland will finish second behind Germany at the showpiece event. He said: "Germany have been lucky again with the draw! We are clear favourites in this group. Germany must finish in first place. However, I would draw everyone's attention to the Hungarians.

"We failed to beat them twice in the Nations League and they have improved continuously in the last three or four years, and in Dominik Szoboszlai, they have an old friend from Leipzig and now a Liverpool star in their ranks.

"Switzerland are very disciplined, and traditionally we always have a difficult time against our neighbours. But they must be defeated too. I expect certain German progression as group winners and either Hungary or Switzerland to finish second behind us. Scotland is a clear outsider."

Matthaus' disdain for Scottish football is all the more curious since he has previously publicised his desire to manage Scotland and