France got off to a flying start at the European Championship by beating favourites Germany in a thrilling match. The world champions eventually won 1-0 in a match full of attacks and counterattacks. However, France had little to contribute to the goal. The Germans lost to an own goal by Mats Hummels, who returned to the national team after two years.
Germany beat France 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup to reach the semi-finals. The only goal was scored by Mats Hummels. They later won the World Cup. But four years later, Joachim Low's team was eliminated in the group stage at the next World Cup. After that, star forward Thomas Muller and Hummels were dropped from the team. Both have been returned to the team this time. But Hummels became a villain right away.
