Nigeria, June 15 -- France on Tuesday night emerged victorious over Germany in what was perhaps the most highly-anticipated opening match of Euro 2020 courtesy of an own goal from Mats Hummels in the first half.

It was a heavyweight clash between the last two winners of the FIFA World Cup as they produced a pulsating 90 minutes of end-to-end action but at the end, it was the reigning World champions, France, who secured maximum points at the Allianz Arena in Munich with the 1-0 in the second Group F tie.

In what is his final tournament as Germany manager, Joachim Low deployed his side in a 3-4-3 but the France coach, Didier Deschamps appeared more comfortable in his 4-3-3 set up.

Despite boasting of a lethal strike force that had the l...