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Having suffered the heaviest-ever opening defeat at the men's European Championships, Scotland seek to restore a sense of pride on Wednesday, when they resume Euro 2024 Group A against Switzerland in Cologne.After Steve Clarke's men were embarrassed 5-1 by tournament hosts Germany, their Rossocrociati counterparts managed to avoid the same fate by defeating Hungary 3-1.© ReutersThe Tartan Army's party was the talk of the town before Scotland had the honour of kicking off the first match of this year's European Championships, but the celebrations of their ardent supporters were quickly...

© ReutersHungary actually had a half-chance to take a shock lead inside the first 20 seconds of the contest, but Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was out quickly to clear ahead of Roland Sallai.As expected, Germany took control in the period that followed, but Hungary remained a huge threat on the counter-attack, demonstrating that they have the tools to harm the hosts.It had been much better from Hungary, who were beaten 3-1 by Switzerland in their section opener, with Germany knowing that they were in a match.However, the tournament hosts took...