Callum McGregor left devastated by Germany ‘humbling’ as he apologises to fans

Scotland star Callum McGregor was still feeling raw a day after their ‘humbling’ at the hands of Germany.

And he was quick to apologise to the incredible travelling Tartan Army who had created a carnival atmosphere prior to a 5-1 shellacking.

The hosts dismantled the Scots with ease in front of a packed out Allianz Arena.

talkSPORT host Adrian Durham was left withering in his assessment of the performances of the Scottish.

Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, Kai Havertz, Niclas Fullkrug, and Emre Can did the damage, despite a consolation strike coming via an Antoino Rudiger own goal.

And after sleeping on it, it appears McGregor is still feeling the effects of the defeat.

The Celtic captain said: “It is still a bit raw this morning. This is where we have to be strong.

“I am sure everyone will come at us and quite rightly so for a poor performance.

“But we can’t let it derail us and pull us apart and people start going into their little groups.

“It is very much a club environment, you have to stay together, you have to stay strong and ultimately you have to prove people wrong.

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“We had a poor performance last night, it was a poor result and people will smell blood, the two teams we are going to play will smell blood so it is now about what you have got inside you, that you want to rectify that and put it right and I am sure the next 48 hours are really important.”

The quality of Germany‘s performance shouldn’t be underestimated, a fact McGregor was keen to point out.

The Hoops midfielder remarked: “They are on a different level to us. We have a lot of growth to go.

“The disappointing aspect was the way it happened, the performance.

“They are a top team and you have to respect the level you are playing against, but the sorest thing was everybody had such high expectations and we don’t deliver as a group so we have to take responsibility and hold our hands up and we are the only people who can fix it.

“It is hard to be positive after what happened last night.

“I think everyone has to accept that was a humbling experience but we can’t fall apart and the whole thing turns negative and sour because you are never ever going to get out of it from there.

“It is important that you take the lesson but you get on with it, dust yourself down, look after each other and the objective is still there. If we win the next two games we go through.”

And McGregor could only offer a sincere apology to those who witnessed the mismatch.

He added: “You feel sorry for them.

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“They spend so much money to travel and it leaves a sour taste in the mouth when you wake up this morning and you haven’t done yourself justice, you haven’t done the country justice because when you get to these tournaments you want to show people that we are a good nation, good people, good players.

“So we have to apologise to the fans for not putting on a performance that they would be proud of but in the next two games we will stick together and try to give everybody the objective that we want.”