Report: England WU19s 3-3 Germany
Brace from Poppy Pritchard and a goal from Lexi Potter saw the Young Lionesses mount an impressive comeback
England women’s under-19s performed an impressive second-half comeback to draw 3-3 with Germany at St. George’s Park on Tuesday.
Head coach Amy Merricks made wholesale changes to the side which beat Denmark 5-0 on Wednesday, with centre-back Brooke Aspin the only player to retain her place.
Germany were in control at half-time as they led 2-0 courtesy of a brace from Hamburg’s Melina Kruger.
But England pulled a goal back straight after half-time when Poppy Pritchard scored after a through ball on the left.
Pritchard then grabbed a second just before the hour when Lexi Potter took the ball down in the middle of the pitch and passed to the Durham striker, who dribbled past the defence before scoring.
And the remarkable turnaround reached new heights when England took the lead nine minutes later as Katy Watson crossed, Pritchard laid the ball off and Potter struck the ball into the top corner.
But the game was to finish level as Germany pulled a goal back through Lilith Schmidt with 13 minutes remaining.
England: 1 Hannah Poulter (University of South California), 2 Ria Bose (Chelsea), 3 Jessica Simpson (Manchester United), 4 Lois Marley-Paraskevas (Manchester City), 5 Brooke Aspin (Chelsea, loan to Bristol City) ©, 9 Georgia Mullett (Aston Villa) for Pritchard 72, 10 Shauna Guyatt (Crystal Palace), 11 Freya Godfrey (Arsenal, loan to Charlton Athletic), 15 Katy Watson (Sunderland), 18 Evie Rabjohn (Manchester United), 24 Lexi Potter (Chelsea, dual registered with Crystal Palace)
Substitutes: 12 Poppy Pritchard (Durham) for Mullett 36, 8 Ashanti Akpan (Chelsea) for Jess Simpson 45, 16 Cerys Brown (Chelsea) for Rabjohn 45, 22 Eve Annets (Reading) for Poulter 63, 7 Ava Baker (Leicester City) for Godfrey 63, 19 Maddy Earl (Arsenal) for Guyatt 63, 6 Katie Reid (Arsenal, dual registered with Watford) for Aspin 78, 14 Grace Ede (Sunderland) for Watson 78, 21 Mari Ward (Bristol City) for Bose 78, 23 Jemima Dahou (Manchester City, dual registered with Blackburn Rovers) for Potter 78, 17 Araya Dennis (Arsenal, dual registered with Crystal Palace) for Pritchard 83, 20 Lucy Newell (Manchester United, dual registered with West Bromwich Albion) for Marley-Paraskevas 83
Substitutes not used: 13 Lucy Jones (Birmingham City, dual registered with West Bromwich Albion)
Head coach: Amy Merricks
Goals: Poppy Pritchard 45, 57, Lexi Potter 66