:00:29. > :00:34.Hello and welcome. It is been an eventful first half. Here is the
:00:35. > :00:55.best of the action. The shot from Alex Greenwood, who
:00:56. > :00:59.was arriving. This was good pressure from Katie Chapman initially. Demi
:01:00. > :01:14.Stokes could have had a touch. In comes the free kick from Alex
:01:15. > :01:18.Greenwood. Battling for it. It is a great header and England lead!
:01:19. > :01:28.Lovely ball into the edge of the penalty area, to Toni Duggan. What a
:01:29. > :01:32.start by England! A lovely ball in and what a deft header. I thought
:01:33. > :01:39.the initial free kick was not great, it didn't beat the first player.
:01:40. > :01:41.This was whipped in with Pierce and Toni Duggan only needed to direct
:01:42. > :01:59.the header into the bottom corner. Karen Bardsley got her body behind
:02:00. > :02:01.it. Good technique by the goalkeeper. Very much the number one
:02:02. > :02:21.England goalkeeper now. Chance here for Germany. Lifted
:02:22. > :02:30.over! It was a William intervention. They threw everything to try and
:02:31. > :02:35.block that. England showing no fear against Germany.
:02:36. > :02:42.Exactly the tactic they needed to come out with, pressing all over the
:02:43. > :02:48.pitch. Germany conceding so early on. That is not what we expect from
:02:49. > :02:53.Germany, is it? Withington's tactics, what they are about, then
:02:54. > :02:59.there is no reason why England can't score.
:03:00. > :03:05.Jill Scott does really well there to lay the ball back. Great ball inside
:03:06. > :03:14.Alex Greenwood, just helped on by Toni Duggan. I think they caught
:03:15. > :03:19.Germany on the back foot. They haven't let their sharpest. Taking
:03:20. > :03:31.nothing away from Toni Duggan, there. It is a fantastic header.
:03:32. > :03:38.Let's talk about England's tactics. He saw a repeat of those pressing
:03:39. > :03:44.six that they did against the USA. Yes, you can see that they want to
:03:45. > :03:48.Hunter Namhpakka. Alex Greenwood would be disappointed not to hit the
:03:49. > :03:55.target there. One player goes in from England, another layer goes in.
:03:56. > :03:59.They are all following the each other as a team. It is really good
:04:00. > :04:04.stuff by England and it is frustrating Germany. It is similar
:04:05. > :04:12.to the planned that the used against the USA. The GSA could not manage to
:04:13. > :04:17.turn with the ball. Jill Scott has been the best player on the park so
:04:18. > :04:22.far. Not only set the tone with pressing on the pitch, when she has
:04:23. > :04:26.had the ball she has held it up extremely well, allowing other
:04:27. > :04:31.players to move and she can play them in. She is gaining yardage at
:04:32. > :04:38.the top end of the pitch, but also putting in tackles. She has
:04:39. > :04:42.boundless energy. There could not be a better example on the pitch for
:04:43. > :04:50.England. Germany did have their chances. Alexandra Popp had the
:04:51. > :04:57.chance. The chances that we will see were limited. Germany had a couple
:04:58. > :05:01.from the outside of the box. This one, Karen Bardsley is one of the
:05:02. > :05:05.best goalkeepers in the world and she would stop that every day of the
:05:06. > :05:08.year. England need to make sure that they don't get overrun down the
:05:09. > :05:17.left-hand side. Actually to many crosses have been put in. Yes, we
:05:18. > :05:22.have limited them to very few speculative efforts on goal, but
:05:23. > :05:27.Germany have the quality to strike from distance and cause Karen
:05:28. > :05:32.Bardsley to be scrambling. They haven't done that yet, but it only
:05:33. > :05:35.takes a tired England team to give them a little bit more room. We need
:05:36. > :05:42.to be careful down the left-hand side. Demi Stokes does so much work
:05:43. > :05:48.to try to help Toni Duggan, and 20th Micro, when Germany brick down that
:05:49. > :05:58.side Alex Greenwood is getting a bit exposed. Karen Bardsley is
:05:59. > :06:02.committed, but she needs to come out and really attack, punch the ball.
:06:03. > :06:07.Toni Duggan putting her body on the line.
:06:08. > :06:12.-- Steph Houghton. The USA wanted to make it two from two in their game
:06:13. > :06:26.against France. France had a couple of changes.
:06:27. > :06:41.An opportunity for France. Just could not put her foot on it. It
:06:42. > :06:51.goes wide. She scored in hometown last year against France. She comes
:06:52. > :07:00.up short there. Whipped all the way in. She is very dangerous from
:07:01. > :07:13.distance but the goalkeeper was up to the task.
:07:14. > :07:42.Whipped dinner again. What a save! Total chaos.
:07:43. > :07:57.Morgan, around the keeper, and put it in the side netting. What a great
:07:58. > :08:08.ball this is the Alex Morgan, with just a little bit too heavy a touch.
:08:09. > :08:14.It hits the crossbar! I cannot remember the last time I saw hope so
:08:15. > :08:26.low this busy in the first 30 minutes of the match. -- Hope Solo.
:08:27. > :08:40.Morgan is playing a bit more wide now. Again, the cross comes in.
:08:41. > :08:46.Wide! The best opportunity of the second half by far. She is wanting
:08:47. > :09:17.the corner. Goal! In stoppage time, she puts the
:09:18. > :09:24.USA airhead, Morgan. That is a deserved one for the United States.
:09:25. > :09:29.Sloppy by France. Pugh picks it up. Morgan took it to her favourite left
:09:30. > :09:37.side. Alex Morgan, finally healthy, puts the US ahead. Last-gasp for
:09:38. > :09:42.France. So, a great win for the USA, but it
:09:43. > :09:49.does mean that England will have to win if they are to stand a chance of
:09:50. > :09:53.winning the competition. Yes, simple as that, really. If England keep
:09:54. > :10:00.this plan moving forward in the second half they can still do that.
:10:01. > :10:07.Did the Germans have grounds for a penalty? Being English, of course
:10:08. > :10:14.not! You can see the replay. As sloppy pass out. Alex Greenwood
:10:15. > :10:18.really gets her body between the ball on the player. I don't see too
:10:19. > :10:26.much wrong with that. I think that England could have had a free kick
:10:27. > :10:30.before it. As it bounces off Steph Houghton, I think it hit the German
:10:31. > :10:36.on the hand. She knows exactly what she is doing there. Can we expect to
:10:37. > :10:41.see the same plan in the second half? We will definitely see some
:10:42. > :10:45.fresh legs. The tax Becks will stay the same as it has been working. The
:10:46. > :10:54.energy factor may bring about some changes. It would be great to see
:10:55. > :11:02.Eniola Aluko come on, get 100th cap. So, at half-time 1-0 to England.
:11:03. > :11:04.Sounds good, doesn't it? You can see the change their that Germany have
:11:05. > :11:29.made. Sara Dabritz is very important in
:11:30. > :11:34.the German left, she was in the World Cup. She had a good game
:11:35. > :11:37.against France in the opener. She was just taken off a couple of
:11:38. > :11:44.minutes before full-time. A couple of six rules there that they are
:11:45. > :11:48.going to be stronger in the second half, although Sara Dabritz will not
:11:49. > :11:52.start on the left-hand side, I think she will start in the middle of
:11:53. > :12:02.midfield. She is on for Melanie Behringer. They need to make
:12:03. > :12:07.changes. Lena Goessling has so much quality on the ball. Germany were
:12:08. > :12:13.dominated by England in there. They needed that experience, that bit of
:12:14. > :12:21.quality. I think at some stage they will bring on Anja Mittag. Sara
:12:22. > :12:26.Dabritz, Anna suspicion of a handball there. The goalkeeper was
:12:27. > :12:32.well positioned there. She has had a very good game, Karen Bardsley.
:12:33. > :12:37.Looks very secure. Germany are starting strong, aren't they? First
:12:38. > :12:43.minute and they already have a shot on target. It won't trouble Karen
:12:44. > :13:26.Bardsley the way she has been playing.
:13:27. > :13:32.Again, England showing a bit of composure here, slowing things down
:13:33. > :13:44.after what was a bright start to the second half for Germany.
:13:45. > :13:47.Sara Dabritz moves the ball quickly, she has Pierce, the Bayern Munich
:13:48. > :14:18.layer. Melanie Behringer has gone off, as
:14:19. > :14:39.has Dzsenifer Marozsan. Jordan Nobbs was very well
:14:40. > :14:57.positioned there. The out ball nearly all the time is Jill Scott.
:14:58. > :15:05.England will be pleased to see the back of Dzsenifer Marozsan.
:15:06. > :15:10.Definitely. She has struggled with injury. She was just getting back to
:15:11. > :15:15.form. That is such a disappointment for Germany, but good for England
:15:16. > :15:38.because she is a quality player who can make things happen.
:15:39. > :15:51.The Euros kick his next year in Holland. -- take place next year in
:15:52. > :16:12.Holland. Germany really ringing the changes
:16:13. > :16:17.from the opening game, if you have just joined us. Only four players
:16:18. > :16:28.who started against France have started tonight. Toni Duggan is
:16:29. > :16:34.normally alone up front, but Jill Scott has been up there with her
:16:35. > :16:43.quite a lot. She wins that free kick. She has nagged away at the
:16:44. > :16:55.German defenders. This free kick given away by Josephine Henning, the
:16:56. > :16:57.new Arsenal player. They will do battle again when top-flight
:16:58. > :17:07.football returns at the end of this month.
:17:08. > :17:23.England have been dangerous with set pieces throughout.
:17:24. > :17:31.The pattern of the game is very much like it was in the first. England's
:17:32. > :17:37.passing has been much better than Germany's. It has, and didn't get
:17:38. > :17:41.the save that very often. They are normally precise. Germany are
:17:42. > :17:46.renowned for attacking Pierce, but they are they just passed the ball
:17:47. > :17:53.out of play. That has to be about the way that England have harassed
:17:54. > :17:59.Germany and stop them playing. We have not mentioned in terms of her
:18:00. > :18:03.possession on the ball Jordan Nobbs agreed deal, but the work she has
:18:04. > :18:09.done in midfield in closing, attacking in pairs. The girls in the
:18:10. > :18:15.studio were talking about it at half-time, one length and player
:18:16. > :18:19.goes to close, there is another one backing up. Her partnership with
:18:20. > :18:23.Katie Chapman in the centre of the English midfield has been very
:18:24. > :18:29.strong. Katie Chapman pressurising again there, just would not break
:18:30. > :18:32.for Toni Duggan. When you hunt in packs like that it is so difficult
:18:33. > :18:39.as an attacking player. Often it is not the first layer goes to tackle,
:18:40. > :18:46.it is the second or third who wins the ball. The captain has played
:18:47. > :18:56.well, an important block in the first half. Another change for
:18:57. > :19:04.Germany. Josephine Henning will go off, replaced by Babett Peter.
:19:05. > :19:12.Another very experienced German international. 94 appearances. One
:19:13. > :19:20.appearance this season. She played against England last season. Made
:19:21. > :19:24.her debut back in 2006. A World Cup winner, though she did not make an
:19:25. > :19:31.appearance in those finals, she was on the bench.
:19:32. > :19:45.Wolfsburg are 12 points behind Bayern Munich in the table.
:19:46. > :19:50.I know that Josephine Henning has been struggling with a back injury,
:19:51. > :19:54.so maybe they are looking after her a little bit. She is now with
:19:55. > :20:03.Arsenal. Sara Dabritz gets the return. This
:20:04. > :20:20.is where she featured most in the World Cup, down the left-hand side.
:20:21. > :20:26.You can hear Mark Sampson shouting good ideas, good ideas! He is very
:20:27. > :20:41.vocal as a coach. That is as sloppy ball by Jordan
:20:42. > :20:48.Nobbs. Very approachable the England coach, and the players, as well. As
:20:49. > :20:57.we said last summer many times, it is not as pressurised as the England
:20:58. > :21:07.men's situation, the Premier League men's the, but in a way it is a
:21:08. > :21:13.throwback to the old days. We were staying in the Bobby Robson England
:21:14. > :21:16.team hotel and that World Cup, I remember that, and it is a lovely
:21:17. > :21:18.throwback to that time you can get most of the manager and the players,
:21:19. > :21:32.just talk to them. Alexandra Popp is the equivalent of
:21:33. > :21:37.Jill Scott. She is the out ball and she is 20 yards inside her own half,
:21:38. > :21:43.all credit to England for keeping her back. Alexandra Popp was getting
:21:44. > :21:48.frustrated so she is coming deeper and deeper to get the ball. That is
:21:49. > :22:01.what England want. You don't want playing on your back shoulder.
:22:02. > :22:16.Confirmation of the England line-up for you.
:22:17. > :22:24.Lena Goessling was a powerhouse for Germany in the finals last summer.
:22:25. > :22:35.They were expected to win the competition.
:22:36. > :22:43.They were getting stronger as the tournament went on, they beat France
:22:44. > :22:48.on penalties. It was the USA. Them in the final in Montreal. Of course,
:22:49. > :23:03.they were at the superpower in the end. It is going to be a goal kick.
:23:04. > :23:17.England have a problem here. Jill Scott, a knock to her left knee.
:23:18. > :23:29.Just turned 29, the Manchester City player. She has been in three World
:23:30. > :23:54.Cup finals. Scored in the 2007 and 2011 versions.
:23:55. > :24:01.Germany are in the middle of their domestic season, England in
:24:02. > :24:06.preseason, largely. They have not shown any kinds of not being match
:24:07. > :24:12.fit. They have looked sharp. Their fitness is there, so it may start to
:24:13. > :24:15.tell getting on for 70 minutes, and that is when Mark Sampson will look
:24:16. > :24:37.to make changes. The referee is stopping it because
:24:38. > :24:41.Toni Duggan was signed. And there is concern that she has picked up a
:24:42. > :24:49.head injury. That is why the referee stopped the game. It is to her hip,
:24:50. > :25:09.maybe a dead leg? I think this is where Toni Duggan
:25:10. > :25:23.gets hurt. It is a need right in the hip -- knee. Toni Duggan is a very
:25:24. > :25:33.effervescent character. You can certainly hear her from one
:25:34. > :25:45.side of 11 point two part to a large to another. -- and airport departure
:25:46. > :25:50.lounge in an airport to the other. She is a hard worker, does what she
:25:51. > :25:55.can put a team and scored a crucial goal today. She started off at
:25:56. > :26:00.Everton, moved across the Manchester City a couple of seasons ago now,
:26:01. > :26:10.along with many others, including the captain, he is just urging her
:26:11. > :26:17.team on there. England leave Germany.
:26:18. > :26:29.It is not something we have had the chance to say that many times over
:26:30. > :26:35.the years. Germany have free kick. We met before in the United States
:26:36. > :26:43.wants, it was in 1990, Germany won that game 3-1. The game in England
:26:44. > :27:19.now is unrecognisable to that day 26 years ago.
:27:20. > :27:26.There is no rhythm about the German game, no accuracy in their passing,
:27:27. > :27:35.and it is all to do with the way that England is pressing.
:27:36. > :27:41.The 23rd game between the two countries, England with just one win
:27:42. > :27:55.last summer, three draws, if team defeats. -- 18 defeats.
:27:56. > :28:04.I don't think anybody in the England team with be as presumptuous as to
:28:05. > :28:08.say this is the start of the sea change in European football power,
:28:09. > :28:12.but you have said it any times before, and Rachel has said it is
:28:13. > :28:18.well, that England used to go into games like this terrified.
:28:19. > :28:22.Definitely. That is something that Mark Sampson has instilled in his
:28:23. > :28:29.players, that belief, not to fear the opposition. We would go out
:28:30. > :28:33.believing that we could beat them but you would go a goal down and you
:28:34. > :29:01.would just think, here we go again. They are not like that now.
:29:02. > :29:10.The free kick goes against Katie Chapman for her challenge on Sara
:29:11. > :29:15.Dabritz. England were beaten in the 2009 European finals in Helsinki
:29:16. > :29:22.6-2. 95 World Cup quarterfinals Germany managed to win a 3-0. Euro
:29:23. > :29:32.95 Germany won both legs of the semifinal. 4-1 at Vicarage Road. The
:29:33. > :29:41.list went on. Still a long way to go in this match.
:29:42. > :29:53.Davis hit fit. Not a bad effort. Whipped in. Always look to me as if
:29:54. > :30:03.it was going wide. Looking for her fifth goal for her country. I nearly
:30:04. > :30:25.jumped a mile the! Came from left field. And it has gone underneath
:30:26. > :30:39.it. Horton went to ground with Islacker. -- Steph Houghton. Got
:30:40. > :30:52.themselves into a little bit of a pickle there.
:30:53. > :31:02.The only team that is capable of beating England is England. You are
:31:03. > :31:06.right. They are disciplined, organised. When they keep the ball
:31:07. > :31:11.and pass and move, they look good going forward, but it is just a
:31:12. > :31:15.mistake and Germany will pounce on it. They are a top-class team, they
:31:16. > :31:28.haven't shown it as yet, but give them one opportunity and there will
:31:29. > :31:36.be carrying the cup. Leonie Maier can really get forward with pace and
:31:37. > :31:46.aggression. She had a very good World Cup. She campaigned on the
:31:47. > :31:52.left-hand side and has done many times. She was the under 17 champion
:31:53. > :32:00.in 2009 and the under 19 winner two years later. But England have had a
:32:01. > :32:06.very decent left-back to night. She tackles aggressively, Alex
:32:07. > :32:14.Greenwood. Here is Demi Stokes. She has had a quieter second half. Comes
:32:15. > :32:16.out to Jordan Nobbs. Into Jill Scott. Trying to release to Jordan
:32:17. > :32:57.Nobbs. She has given it away. Straight at
:32:58. > :33:03.the keeper. Good pressure again from Chapman. She was pressing from
:33:04. > :33:08.behind. Duggan found the ball. She has had a fantastic game, Jill
:33:09. > :33:22.Scott, so why not go from there. Steph Houghton doing the pressure
:33:23. > :33:30.there and it paid off. If you have joined us, it is a milestone game
:33:31. > :33:34.for her. 150 to night. England have been pressurising or night in ones
:33:35. > :33:43.and twos, making Germany make mistakes. Good to see that goodwill
:33:44. > :33:50.message from Rio Ferdinand tweeted out. He has been a big supporter of
:33:51. > :33:56.the Lionesses. It helps having well-known footballers on social
:33:57. > :34:02.media wishing the girls good luck. It is fantastic for Fara Williams,
:34:03. > :34:06.to receive 150 caps. She has been an excellent player over the years. She
:34:07. > :34:10.has still got many more years as far as I am concerned, as long as she
:34:11. > :34:23.keeps herself fit and healthy come to go on and get more caps. That is
:34:24. > :34:25.a yellow for Sara Dabritz. She has added some pace to the German side
:34:26. > :34:40.though. 67 minutes gone. England lead with a
:34:41. > :34:52.goal from Toni Duggan after eight minutes. Fara Williams making that
:34:53. > :34:56.run. A little towards the far post. Steph Houghton was up. A score of
:34:57. > :35:16.eight goals for her country from central defence or fallback.
:35:17. > :35:23.Start of the game, hugging the touchline. It is a good sign for
:35:24. > :35:32.England. Alex Scott, Williams. Jill Scott. Germany are stretched. She
:35:33. > :35:41.can get to the far post. England are in with a chance and it is Scott!
:35:42. > :35:49.Lovely move. Fantastic ball from Demi Stokes. I was thinking, get the
:35:50. > :35:53.ball in. It was fallback Alex Scott, who is not well known for her
:35:54. > :35:59.heading ability, but this is good play. Again, Jill Scott has been
:36:00. > :36:10.involved in everything good that England has done. She looked up and
:36:11. > :36:12.that is where she had to put it. It shows England's that he when they go
:36:13. > :36:40.forward like that at pace. Toni Duggan has put in a good shift.
:36:41. > :36:52.Stokes Bay to clear it away. Jill Scott will have to hold it up now.
:36:53. > :36:59.Was it a positive move or a conservative one ringing on Karen
:37:00. > :37:07.Carney. Maybe they will change formation. Karen Carney and Demi
:37:08. > :37:26.Stokes on either side playing off of Jill Scott.
:37:27. > :37:38.Hendrich has played well throughout. I'm not sure what the substitution
:37:39. > :37:51.has really done. Maybe it has made it more of a 4-4. There is Carney,
:37:52. > :37:54.followed by Stokes. Jilly Flaherty dared to clear. Stokes now pushed
:37:55. > :38:18.back into the left-back role. Dabritz hesitated on it. Chapman is
:38:19. > :38:29.in there for England. Jordan Nobbs gets across as well. A direct run by
:38:30. > :38:38.knobs and the referee is going to bring out another yellow card. -- by
:38:39. > :38:44.Jordan Nobbs. Strong player to get across and cover the ground with
:38:45. > :38:50.confidence and a driving run stop she draws the yellow card. Look at
:38:51. > :39:03.this. It is definitely a yellow card as well. You don't see many people
:39:04. > :39:09.get by Leonie Maier. For Williams -- Fara Williams I can assure you was
:39:10. > :39:12.not pushing for the foul. This is another graphic coming the United
:39:13. > :39:28.States of America. There comes another free kick. Ushered away by a
:39:29. > :39:31.Islacker. Does not look to me like a natural international class
:39:32. > :39:38.Islacker. I think they have wanted her to make runs and it has not
:39:39. > :39:41.happened. I think it is because England have played in such a
:39:42. > :39:47.disciplined way. One we saw that game at Wembley, when they went
:39:48. > :39:51.behind, they lacked any belief or discipline. This is a significant
:39:52. > :39:56.step forward. It's a completely different team and I think the fact
:39:57. > :40:03.that Mark Sampson spoke about game management, unable beaten 3-0 at
:40:04. > :40:17.Wembley, they seem to have learned every single game. Management so far
:40:18. > :40:30.has been very good. Tenacious defending. She has just missed time
:40:31. > :40:50.that one. Look at her frustration. Just want to see her perhaps arrive
:40:51. > :41:01.on shop to score a goal. -- on shot. She scored a couple for Arsenal as
:41:02. > :41:11.well last season. 16 minutes to go. Pounced on and in by Mandy Islacker.
:41:12. > :41:17.I don't count it will -- I don't think it will pounce. But the first
:41:18. > :41:24.time the England defence switched off. A lapse in concentration. We
:41:25. > :41:34.spoke about how clinical the Germans can be. Demi Stokes, I think... It
:41:35. > :41:46.is offside against Alexandra Popp. Yes, initially offside. She did not
:41:47. > :41:52.look along the line. It looks as if they are going to send on Anja
:41:53. > :41:58.Mittag. But England from being in a position of confidence, sound base
:41:59. > :42:05.of the game, now beginning to wobble a little bit. The next five minutes
:42:06. > :42:15.are crucial. The Brits. Deflected and in! They do get the equaliser.
:42:16. > :42:19.She has been probably their best player, the half-time substitutes,
:42:20. > :42:24.and Karen Bardsley eaten by a big deflection and Germany are back
:42:25. > :42:30.level. Over the balance of the 75 minutes, that is against the run of
:42:31. > :42:35.play. That is cruel. They merely scored with the offside, but like
:42:36. > :42:39.you say, she was just crossing the ball in and Gilly Flaherty tried to
:42:40. > :42:47.block the cross and completely deflected it past Karen Bardsley.
:42:48. > :42:57.She couldn't quite get her feet sorted to make that save. That is
:42:58. > :43:05.cruel. Unfortunately for Gilly Flaherty, that has to go down as an
:43:06. > :43:10.own goal. It was not on target. It is deflected in for an own goal for
:43:11. > :43:16.me. Karen Bardsley set herself up for the cross. The wicked
:43:17. > :43:36.deflection. Completely wrong-footed her. Good header on into the penalty
:43:37. > :43:41.area. The macro I think this is probably where Mark Sampson needs to
:43:42. > :43:46.make some changes. The high-pressure they put on Germany, it is hard to
:43:47. > :43:52.do that for 90 minutes, especially at this point in the season. The
:43:53. > :43:57.entire challenge had that movement built up from Demi Stokes. She has
:43:58. > :44:12.put in so much work. They have got players they can bring on. Another
:44:13. > :44:19.German change. Lina Magull is replacing Islacker, who thought she
:44:20. > :44:30.had scored, but it was ruled offside.
:44:31. > :44:41.Mittag has at she come on for Kerschowski. -- has actually come on
:44:42. > :44:48.for Kerschowski. There is confirmation of that. There is the
:44:49. > :45:00.Brits. A good stop by Karen Bardsley.
:45:01. > :45:24.this is where England need their leaders. Get on the ball and keep
:45:25. > :45:41.it. On comes the most experienced of them all. Gilly Flaherty is going
:45:42. > :45:46.away. Casey Stoney MBE. Hodge and 20 points in the National 's before
:45:47. > :45:56.tonight. Played against Germany last,. One start this year against
:45:57. > :45:57.Bosnia. Talking about needing leaders on the pitch, there is one
:45:58. > :46:21.for you, Casey Stoney. 1-1 with 11 minutes to go. Is that a
:46:22. > :46:27.penalty? It is. Fara Williams to score the penalty that gave England
:46:28. > :46:43.the women against Germany last summer has conceded one here.
:46:44. > :46:50.Alexandra Popp looks hurt. It has all gone wrong for England in the
:46:51. > :47:00.last five minutes. It was initially a block from Stefan -- Steph
:47:01. > :47:19.Houghton. It was a good block initially. For Williams did well. It
:47:20. > :47:33.is not a penalty. Alexandra pop -- Popp kicked Fara Williams. Germany
:47:34. > :47:38.have smelt blood and gone for it. You wonder if it is a bit of fatigue
:47:39. > :47:48.with the England girls. As we said before, they are in preseason
:47:49. > :48:03.really. Nine minutes to go. This could be cruel on England. An
:48:04. > :48:14.equaliser from the penalty spot and Germany take the lead. At the
:48:15. > :48:18.penalty. Karen Bardsley De Kuip the right way, but because it was right
:48:19. > :48:24.in the corner, she did not have a chance. When it is in the corner
:48:25. > :48:29.like that, goalkeepers have no chance. It is disappointing for me
:48:30. > :48:37.because it was not a penalty. Fara Williams with an excellent tackle.
:48:38. > :48:42.Alexandra Popp kicked her leg. But as you said, England are beginning
:48:43. > :48:56.to wobble and they need to get hold of this game after performing so
:48:57. > :48:58.well. Germany leading 2-1. She will be distraught with the penalty
:48:59. > :49:24.decision, Fara Williams. They have made a number of
:49:25. > :49:37.substitutions to freshen things up. Have England made enough?
:49:38. > :49:51.Jordan Nobbs coming off. Jenna Davidson going on. -- Gemma Davison
:49:52. > :49:59.going on. A Chelsea player. The good attacking player. Very much so.
:50:00. > :50:07.Probably the best in the women's super league. One on one as a
:50:08. > :50:20.defender, nine times out of ten she will beat that player and get the
:50:21. > :50:30.goal in. Here is Scott. Leonie Maier down the line. Popp. A good run
:50:31. > :50:37.forward. Started the game well and then faded. Largely because Alex
:50:38. > :50:43.Greenwood played her so well. Interestingly she has come back
:50:44. > :51:11.strongly into the game once Greenwood was taken off.
:51:12. > :51:30.Davis and down the line wanted it. -- Davison. Sara Dabritz makes a run
:51:31. > :52:01.forward. There is Jill Scott. Fara Williams.
:52:02. > :52:41.Lina Magull trying to get it forward. Babett Peter.
:52:42. > :53:18.Babette Peter sent forwards. Fran Kirby has come on for England.
:53:19. > :53:39.Magull back to Hendrich. Popp came from an offside position. England
:53:40. > :53:45.had such a determined side. They will take defeat very harshly. They
:53:46. > :53:57.were in control of until 75 minutes, up until the deflection of the
:53:58. > :54:07.centre-back Gilly Flaherty. Kirby has come on for Toni Duggan.
:54:08. > :54:11.22-year-old Chelsea striker who was an instant success at the World Cup
:54:12. > :54:16.finals when she scored against Mexico last summer. A lot of
:54:17. > :54:30.pressure on her from that moment on. Stokes trying to get across their
:54:31. > :54:35.and close on Blasse. She is a strong athlete, Stokes, but it looks as if
:54:36. > :54:41.she has been tiring for the last ten minutes or so. When you have been
:54:42. > :54:45.playing wide and then you have two fill in at full-back, it can be
:54:46. > :54:49.disorientating. She did put in a lot of work in the first half. Runs
:54:50. > :54:54.forward caused allsorts of problems. She is probably one the fittest
:54:55. > :55:00.layers in the team though, so if she can keep going, I am sure she will
:55:01. > :55:13.keep the rest of the team going. A couple of minutes to go.
:55:14. > :55:27.England behind to an own goal and a very dodgy penalty.
:55:28. > :55:38.Back into the danger area by Blasse. I think you are now seeing the
:55:39. > :55:42.difference between players who are in the middle of their domestic
:55:43. > :55:48.season and players who are just in preseason. Germany have ultimately
:55:49. > :55:54.been the fitter, stronger looking team in the last ten minutes. Sara
:55:55. > :56:00.Dabritz try to meet that, but it was cleared away. I think the fact the
:56:01. > :56:05.England girls gave absolutely everything for the device minutes is
:56:06. > :56:15.probably playing a bit of a role in the fatigue now.
:56:16. > :56:29.It will draw Germany honourable in the competition with the USA. Shot
:56:30. > :56:36.deflected away. She has not had a good game. The better option was to
:56:37. > :56:45.be left of her. It was Mittag. She took the shot. Yes, I think she
:56:46. > :56:49.could have played it out wide to Mittag. She has not had a most
:56:50. > :57:10.effective game. Hendrich gets forward. Still in
:57:11. > :57:16.play. Carney is there with her. She hasn't had a chance to get on the
:57:17. > :57:21.ball since you came on. It will take Germany to six points, along with
:57:22. > :57:28.the USA. The difference for both will be too. Germany will be a head
:57:29. > :57:36.with the total of tournament goals going into the final game between
:57:37. > :57:47.the two in the final game in Florida on Thursday. They will play France
:57:48. > :57:48.that night. Jill Scott to Kirby. Mark Sampson the coach telling his
:57:49. > :58:13.players to get forward. Kirby came into international
:58:14. > :58:20.football at a whizbang pace, didn't she? Yes, with a wonder goal. She
:58:21. > :58:24.has tried to maintain that I think she will. She has a lot of
:58:25. > :58:31.qualities. She is very good on the ball and makes things happen. A
:58:32. > :58:44.chance for England. The goalkeeper did well. Came out very quickly to
:58:45. > :58:51.close the gap. With that chance gone, has England's hope finally
:58:52. > :58:58.faded? Alex Scott in there. Along with stony. Jill Scott took it well
:58:59. > :59:02.and has played well. Chapman is up and running, but could not get it
:59:03. > :59:17.out to her. Could switch it away left. Ten three macro is ahead. Into
:59:18. > :59:30.Magull. -- Popp is ahead. Into Magull. That was a great run.
:59:31. > :59:52.I think the flag was raised in the end.
:59:53. > :00:06.Another good claim by the goalkeeper. Slightly at fault for
:00:07. > :00:11.the English goal, Toni Duggan's had just dropped in front of her
:00:12. > :00:15.awkwardly, but you could have done better. Ultimately, real
:00:16. > :00:23.disappointment for England. England stayed ahead until 75 minutes until
:00:24. > :00:29.the own goal by Gilly Flaherty drew them level, then a hotly disputed
:00:30. > :00:34.penalty for the Germans. England should be very proud of themselves,
:00:35. > :00:40.for 75 minutes they were the better team. Maybe it was tired leg, but
:00:41. > :00:47.England played for 75 minutes excellently. The goal of this surely
:00:48. > :00:52.goes to Sara Dabritz, which is unbelievable. England cannot win
:00:53. > :01:01.this tournament live there. They had been beaten here by Germany 2-1.
:01:02. > :01:04.It was all going so well for the Lionesses. Toni Duggan's advert
:01:05. > :01:13.giving England believe that the did not look like they were going to
:01:14. > :01:18.surrender. Then bad luck, Gilly Flaherty with an own goal, then a
:01:19. > :01:23.very dubious decision and the Germans don't miss penalties, do
:01:24. > :01:32.they? So, Germany tops the SheBelieves Cup table on goals
:01:33. > :01:39.scored. How disappointing! What went wrong for England? The penalty, when
:01:40. > :01:44.we see it back again, it wasn't a penalty. Overall, England took their
:01:45. > :01:49.foot off the pedal a tiny bit in the second half. That was maybe down to
:01:50. > :01:55.being tired. You can't allow the German space to run free. Things
:01:56. > :02:00.started to fall apart in the last 15 minutes. Jordan Nobbs give away a
:02:01. > :02:08.free kick, like earlier timed tackle. It was offside, the ball was
:02:09. > :02:12.played in. You need the leadership there and the qualities to say, we
:02:13. > :02:20.have had warning, we are going to tighten up. It all started so well.
:02:21. > :02:26.It did. The second half started the way they had finished the first
:02:27. > :02:30.half. We highlighted Jill Scott at half-time as being outstanding.
:02:31. > :02:37.Fantastic all by Alex Greenwood. Toni Duggan uses the pace of the
:02:38. > :02:42.ball and guided into corner. At technically good finish. It is a
:02:43. > :02:47.fantastic header. You might question that the keepers should do better,
:02:48. > :02:52.but I think that is a good header from Toni Duggan. England were
:02:53. > :02:57.positive and playing really well. They had some pretty decent chances
:02:58. > :03:03.early on in the first half. Jill Scott's strike from distance, for
:03:04. > :03:07.example. In the second half they stayed high of their pressing lines
:03:08. > :03:10.were nice and positive. 20 of the group from 30 yards I did not really
:03:11. > :03:19.test the goalkeeper as you would have liked. England continued to
:03:20. > :03:24.press. This is a wonderful cross in from Demi Stokes. Alex Scott was
:03:25. > :03:35.trying to get the ball to a runner coming in. Good combination play by
:03:36. > :03:39.England. A good header back across. Then the disallowed German gold that
:03:40. > :03:45.changed everything. It seemed that the momentum shifted at this point.
:03:46. > :03:55.Yes, it was disallowed and rightly so. Alexandra Popp was offside
:03:56. > :03:59.slightly. It is pretty neck and neck, but it was disallowed. England
:04:00. > :04:05.needed to regroup at this point. It was less than a minute later that we
:04:06. > :04:09.will see the mistake come along. It seemed that England switched off.
:04:10. > :04:15.England switched off and use Germany building confidence. We felt at the
:04:16. > :04:27.time that Germany's started to smell blood. Germany of old. Then over
:04:28. > :04:34.Gilly Flaherty, I really felt for her. It looked like a tired
:04:35. > :04:38.challenge. To be fair to Gilly Flaherty, she has to try to block
:04:39. > :04:47.the ball, but it takes the deflection away from Karen Bardsley.
:04:48. > :04:52.The wait was on the wrong leg, then it gets deflected to her left side
:04:53. > :04:57.and she couldn't get hands are quick and strong enough to keep it light.
:04:58. > :05:05.Bad decision for the penalty? Terrible. Fara Williams does really
:05:06. > :05:09.well to put pressure on Alexandra Popp from behind. She clearly gets
:05:10. > :05:17.her foot on the ball. It is the German player who actually heads the
:05:18. > :05:24.bottom of Fara Williams's foot. That is not a penalty. A bad decision
:05:25. > :05:33.from the referees. Fara Williams reads the game so brilliantly there,
:05:34. > :05:36.and that is just what she does. That is a good penalty, to be fair to
:05:37. > :05:44.them. Nothing Karen Bardsley could do about that. Penalties are a
:05:45. > :05:48.strong point for them. What happened in the last 15 minutes? I don't know
:05:49. > :05:54.of that was tiredness. It seemed to be the same plan. Mark Sampson Brock
:05:55. > :05:59.on some fresh legs. Maybe became disjointed because so many people
:06:00. > :06:03.came on. At the back, whether was tiredness, they lost a bit of
:06:04. > :06:05.discipline. If you make those decisions a little bit late, that's
:06:06. > :06:18.when the mistakes, bite. I imagine that is a tough one for
:06:19. > :06:22.you to take. Yes, incredibly tough to take. A couple other games in a
:06:23. > :06:27.row neither will we have had a stonewalled penalty not given for
:06:28. > :06:33.us, and one given against us that wasn't right. That is two games in a
:06:34. > :06:37.row when we were competing, playing well and the officials are not good
:06:38. > :06:40.enough. It is frustrating for us because there were a lot of good
:06:41. > :06:47.things in the game. We dominated in terms of territory. We created as
:06:48. > :06:53.many chances as Germany did. I have absolute pride in my players. Two
:06:54. > :06:57.games in three days is tough. They are in preseason and you could see
:06:58. > :07:02.that the German team was a bit sharper and we had to dig in towards
:07:03. > :07:09.the end. We are disappointed, but it was the decision that cost us. Were
:07:10. > :07:12.you disappointed to concede the two goals so close together. I don't
:07:13. > :07:21.count the second goal, it was not a penalty. The first goal, that is one
:07:22. > :07:26.in a hundred, it gets a deflection into the back of the net. We limited
:07:27. > :07:31.Germany to long-range shots were scrappy chancers and the created
:07:32. > :07:35.chances ourselves and scored a good call. We deserved something out of
:07:36. > :07:42.the game. We will come back tomorrow, shape up, learn a lesson
:07:43. > :07:48.and cool again against France. Claire Rafferty, you took her off
:07:49. > :07:59.after that uncle, would you worried about where her head was? No, she
:08:00. > :08:03.has not had much of a preseason and the intensity was starting to catch
:08:04. > :08:09.up with her. It was always the plan that she should come off in the last
:08:10. > :08:17.20. Gilly Flaherty will learn a lot from that. Moving onto the next
:08:18. > :08:23.game, you will play against France on Wednesday. How important is it
:08:24. > :08:30.that you get back on the plane home with a win. It is very important.
:08:31. > :08:34.Margins are so small. We will put in a similar performance. It will be
:08:35. > :08:38.tight, close, and we have to hope that we will get the rub of the
:08:39. > :08:43.green with the officials and we will get the chance to compete. A couple
:08:44. > :08:52.of games in three days at this level, we have come a long way.
:08:53. > :08:56.Thanks for the support. Very strong words from Mark Sampson. The
:08:57. > :08:59.officials weren't good enough. Aside from that you can tell that he is
:09:00. > :09:05.disappointed. As Dean map within a strong performance, given everything
:09:06. > :09:09.on the pitch. Something out of his control means that they have lost
:09:10. > :09:14.the game. What are they need to do for Wednesday against France? Go
:09:15. > :09:17.back, dust yourself off. They will come at France in the same way that
:09:18. > :09:25.they have against America and Germany. Another fighting
:09:26. > :09:30.performance. Thanks to you for joining us. We will see you on
:09:31. > :09:33.Wednesday night for the final game of the SheBelieves Cup, England
:09:34. > :09:38.against France, live on the red button. Thank you for joining us on
:09:39. > :09:41.a night when England started so well. In the end, it was the German
:09:42. > :09:44.two came out on top. Good night.