Intro:

Coach Joachim Loew looks ahead to Germany's opening Euro 2016 Group D qualifier against Scotland.

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SOUNDBITE (German) Joachim Loew, Germany coach:

"I think we know the mentality of the british teams very well. They're having an incredibly high motivation and an incredibly high engagement. They are incredibly hard running with a strong physical style and they are very present in one on one situations. And in the last months we have also seen that this team (note: Scotland) does not play the british style anymore. They are more and more trying to play football, they are combining a lot on the pitch and they are very organized. We had a closer look at the last results of this team, in one year they haven't lost a single game. They have won twice against Croatia in the qualifying and they have drawn twice against USA and Nigeria; teams which participated at the World Cup. I think above all they have won all their away games in recent times. So, I am pretty sure that this team will make us stretch to the limit tomorrow."