Scotland ready to tackle hosts in Euro 2024 opener

Steve Clarke revealed his "respect everyone and fear no one" attitude ahead of Scotland's European Championship opener against Germany.

The boss was speaking to a packed media conference at the Munich Arena ahead of the Group A game against the host country on Friday night.

The Tartan Army continue to flood into the country in their tens of thousands for the first major finals abroad since the 1998 World Cup finals in France, with Scotland looking to qualify for the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time.

Clarke is focused solely on getting his side prepared for the task of taking on a European superpower with games against Switzerland and Hungary to follow.

"It’s the opening game of a four-team section, three matches, we know what we have to do to qualify and that’s all we focus on," said Clarke. "Everyone is fully fit, flying, desperate to be selected and ready to go.

"The enormity of the opener, however, is a bit of a sideshow and hopefully we don’t get too involved in that.

"It’s a difficult game. One of the mantras I’ve always had is respect everyone and fear no one.

"We have respect for the host nation, we know they’re a good team but hopefully we can show everyone we’re a good team as well.

"I can enjoy it. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in big matches, the Champions League final for example, it was nice to be involved in the last Euros.

"I can enjoy it, but I’ll enjoy it even more once we’ve got four points on the board."

It is the second successive Euros for the Scots under Clarke and he said: "I think we should all be proud that we’re here.

"It’s been a long time since 1998 when we actually travelled abroad to appear in a tournament like this.

"That’s why everyone is so excited. We’re proud we’ve