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It is really weird that there are England fans who see Germany as more of a football rival because of World Wars, rather than seeing Scotland as their rival because it's the oldest rivalry in international football.
I don't think that's the reason. It's more to do with the fact that England and Germany have such a long-standing history of meeting at key stages of major football tournaments and that Germany (between 1966 and 2021) have so often killed off England's dreams. These days beating Germany is likely to give England a great deal more satisfaction than beating Scotland.

Until 1984 Scotland and England used to play each other annually in the Home Nations Championship but that was nearly 40 years ago and in the intervening years we've rarely come up against them which I think has diluted the sense that it's a 'traditional' rivalry.

I never really understood why the Home Nations Championship ended. It had more spice to it than a run of the mill friendly or a Nations League tie. Too much aggro once the casual era started?