England Women smashed their attendance record with 77,768 at Wembley Stadium but Germany won the friendly 2-1 with a late goal.
Alexandra Popp headed Germany in to a ninth-minute elad from Kathrin Hendrich’s cross, Lena Oberdorf earlier having seen Mary Earps touch her strike onto the crossbar.
Sara Doorsoun got away with just a yellow card for a very high tackle on Beth Mead, who was back on her feet to win a penalty from Ellen White’s sharp piece of play.
However, Merle Frohms got a boot to Nikita Parris’s penalty kick and turned it over the top.
The Lionesses were level on 44 minutes, Keira Walsh’s ball finished off with a fine first-time finish by Ellen White.
Lina Magull had a goal ruled out for offside on 65 minutes after Earps had spilled a strike by Klara Buhl.
But it was Buhl who hit the winner for Germany in the penultimate minute of the ninety.
England: 13 Earps. 2 Bronze, 14 Williamson, 5 Houghton, 3 Greenwood, 8 Scott, 4 Walsh, 10 Nobbs (16 Stanway, 76 mins), 7 Parris (22 Hemp, 73 mins), 18 White (9 Taylor, 73 mins), 11 Mead (17 Daly, 73 mins)
Unused Subs: 1 Telford, 6 Bright, 12 Stokes, 15 McManus, 19 Staniforth, 20 England, 21 Roebuck, 23 Bonner
Germany: 1 Frohms, 2 Kleinherne, 3 Hendrich, 23 Doorsoun, 6 Oberdorf (5 Hegering, 45’mins), 13 Däbritz (18 Leupolz, 70 mins), 20 Magull (26 Lattwein, 83 mins), 9 Starke (22 Knaak, 65 mins), 11 Popp (8 Bremer, 65 mins), 19 Bühl
Unused Subs: 4 Maier, 7 Schüller, 12 Benkarth, 16 Dallmann, 17 Rauch, 21 Schmitz, 24 Gasper
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