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Faye White and Anita Asante shackle Sandra Smisek.
England 0-0 Germany FT
World Cup Finals 2007 Group A 1pm (8pm local time), Friday 14 September 2007 Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
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90+3 |
England secure an incredible draw with the World Champions, and Faye White is the player of the match. |
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90 |
The referee indicates there will be three minutes of added time. |
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89 |
Kelly Smith tries a long range effort as she spots Nadine Angerer off her line but the shot is too high. |
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85' Fatmire Bajramaj is booked for breaking the wall. |
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84' Simone Laudehr is booked for a foul on Kelly Smith. |
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82 |
Rachel Brown makes an unbelievable save to deny Garefrekes from point-blank range, and Anita Asante smothers the rebound as it falls to Birgit Prinz. |
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79 |
England have a glorious chance to break on German after a crunching tackle from Katie Chapman, but Jill Scott scuffs her shot just wide. |
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77 |
Kelly Smith goes over under pressure from Annike Krahn but the referee waves away any claim for a free kick. |
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75 |
Katie Chapman makes a terrific challenge inside the area to deny Garefrekes a shooting opportunity. |
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72 |
Birgit Prinz finds space in the box and fires in a left-footed shot low towards goal. Rachel Brown is equal to it and the pressure from Faye White was enough to put Prinz off. |
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68 |
Germany launch a quick counter through Garefrekes who takes on Casey Stoney and finds Bajramaj whose shot is taken in by Rachel Brown. |
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64 |
Sandra Smisek is flagged offside following a long through pass from the defence. |
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63' Melanie Behringer is replaced by Fatmire Bajramaj. |
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60 |
Anita Asante makes a crucial clearance in the box. |
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52 |
Kelly Smith is played in by Alex Scott and looks to return the ball to Scott, but the pass is too long. The attendance is 27,730. |
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56' Karen Carney is replaced by Rachel Yankey. |
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55' Fara Williams clips Birgit Prinz's heel and is booked. |
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52 |
Jill Scott spreads the play right to Fara Williams who in turn finds Mary Phillip advanced up the pitch, but Phillip's cross is blocked and gathered in by Angerer. |
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50 |
Fara Williams looks early for Kelly Smith, but the pass is too narrow and cut out by Annike Krahn. |
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46 |
Germany win a free kick deep in the England area, Birgit Prinz hits a left-footed shot that is well blocked by the wall. |
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The second half is underway with England unchanged from the team that ended the half. |
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45 |
With the rain beginning to beat down on Shanghai, Rachel Palmqvist blows the whistle for half time. |
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43 |
Garefrekes finds Birgit Prinz inside the 18-yard box and she puts power behind her header, but Rachel Brown again does well to hold on to the ball. |
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42 |
Lingor hits a teasing cross from the left flank, but at the second attempt Rachel Brown is able to gather it in. |
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36' Annike Krahn is booked for a foul on Kelly Smith, and from the resulting free kick Fara Williams hits a stinging effort straight through the middle. |
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35 |
Katie Chapman and Fara Williams trade passes before releasing Alex Scott through the centre but Scott volleys just over. |
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34 |
Alex Scott almost creates a mix up in the German defence, and then straight from that Silvia Neid's side almost create an opening on their right flank. |
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30 |
A Mexican wave goes up around the stadium, it's a carnival atmosphere for the neutrals but for those involved it is anything but. |
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28 |
Casey Stoney lofts a superb ball over the head of Ariane Hingst to find Jill Scott, but the Everton midfielder loses her footing on the difficult surface. |
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24 |
Alex Scott shows a terrific turn of pace to go past Stegemann before the Germany full back pulls her down to concede a free kick. |
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20 |
England enjoy a spell of controlled posession after Casey Stoney is fouled by Garefrekes on the touchline. |
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16' Katie Chapman is booked for a tackle on Lingor. |
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14 |
Karen Carney finds an opening and is able to drive a testing cross into the area, but the waiting Chapman and Scott are unable to get on the end of it. |
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11 |
Jill Scott shows a fantastic turn of pace to find space in midfield and deceive three players. Her fine pass finds Karen Carney who is tackled by Stegemann. |
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8 |
Karen Carney is played through on goal by Alex Scott, but the assistant referee flags for offside. |
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6 |
Faye White goes close twice in the space of 60 seconds, first from a long through ball that skips over the German keeper but narrowly wide. Then from the resulting corner she heads just wide. |
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Germany go even closer through Annike Krahn from a deep corner. Though the German defender is able to cleanly head the ball, it goes just wide. |
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Rachel Brown does well to clutch on to a Garefrekes cross with Sandra Smisek waiting to pounce on the penalty spot. |
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Both sides have early touches on the ball as Alex Scott takes the ball forward on the right flank but fails to find Karen Carney on the other flank. |
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England begin the game, Kelly Smith takes an early touch on the ball with the Three Lions playing from right to left. | Teams:
England: 1 Rachel Brown, 2 Alex Scott, 3 Casey Stoney, 4 Katie Chapman, 5 Faye White (c), 6 Mary Phillip, 7 Karen Carney (11 Rachel Yankey 56), 8 Fara Williams, 10 Kelly Smith, 12 Anita Asante, 16 Jill Scott
Substitutes: 9 Eniola Aluko, 13 Siobhan Chamberlain, 14 Rachel Unitt, 15 Sue Smith, 17 Jody Handley, 18 Lianne Sanderson, 19 Vicky Exley, 20 Lindsay Johnson, 21 Carly Telford
Coach: Hope Powell
Germany: 1 Nadine Angerer, 2 Kerstin Stegemann, 5 Annike Krahn, 6 Linda Bresonik, 7 Melanie Behringer (19 Fatmire Bajramaj 63), 8 Sandra Smisek, 9 Birgit Prinz (c), 10 Renate Lingor, 14 Simone Laugehr, 17 Ariane Hingst, 18 Kerstin Garefrekes
Substitutes: 3 Saskia Bartusiak, 4 Babett Peter, 11 Anja Mittag, 12 Ursula Holl, 13 Sandra Minnert, 15 Sonja Fuss, 16 Martina Mueller, 20 Petra Wimbersky, 21 Silke Rottenberg
Coach: Silvia Neid
ENGLAND 0-0 GERMANY FT
14 September 2007
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