L. Stindl has scored a goal for Germany! Assist by M. Götze.
Götze with a delightful pass to Stindl deep in the box who produced an excellent finish.
GOOOAAALLL! LATE EQUALISER! Germany make it 2-2 with just seconds remaining on the clock and it is Lars Stindl with the goal to level the scoreline. Gotze flicked the ball on and Stindl with so much time and space in the box, had time to pick his spot and slotted the ball past Mandanda.
That's the full-time whistle!
90'
There will be a minimum of two minutes of added time played here.
87'
S. Wagner gets yellow.
Just seconds after coming onto the pitch, Sandro Wagner is shown the first yellow card of the evening after a late and blatant shoulder charge on Rabiot.
85'
S. Wagner enters the game and replaces T. Werner.
Germany are struggling to get on the ball at the moment and they aren't offering much going forward as a result, with France playing very well in all positions. If we are to see anymore goals here tonight, it is more than likely to be France.
The German goalscorer Timo Werner is the latest player to be substituted, he is replaced by Sandro Wagner.
83'
L. Stindl enters the game and replaces E. Can.
Here comes another Germany change, Liverpool man Emre Can coming off, he is replaced by Lars Stindl.
82'
L. Kurzawa enters the game and replaces L. Digne.
Didier Deschamps make another change to his side, with Lucas Digne heading off the pitch and he has been replaced by Layvin Kurzawa.
79'
France look very comfortable at the moment, played the ball nicely around the pitch despite Germany putting heavy pressure on them high up the pitch in an attempt to win the ball back.
76'
A. Griezmann enters the game and replaces A. Lacazette.
There will be no hat-trick for Alexandre Lacazette tonight, he is the next France player to be replaced, with Antoine Griezmann coming on in his place.
75'
S. Rudy enters the game and replaces S. Khedira.
Germany make another change, with Sami Khedira coming off and he is replaced by Sebastian Rudy.
73'
Less than 20 minutes to play here at the RheinEnergieStadion, can Germany find another goal to make the game level, or will France wrap the victory up?
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71'
A. Lacazette has scored a goal for France! Assist by K. Mbappé.
Another great piece of skill by Mbappé, turning provider for Lacazette with an inch-perfect ball into the path of his teammate who still had a lot of work to do, but finished superbly.
GOOOAAALLL FRANCE! The visitors retake the lead and it is Lacazette with the goal once again. It was poor defending by Niklas Süle who stepped out of the defensive line and left a huge gap for the Arsenal striker to run into. Mbappe showed great vision to spot the space and run, he played the through ball and Lacazette just had the keeper to beat and he slotted it perfectly into the bottom of the net.
69'
OFF THE BAR! Germany with a free-kick in a great position, around 25 yards out from goal after a foul on Draxler. Kroos steps up to take the set piece and hits the crossbar! On the replay it looks like Mandanda managed to get a hand to the ball and push it onto the bar. The rebound then seems to fall perfectly to Werner but his header goes well over the bar.
67'
Gotze looks to have taken up the same position as Gündoğan was occupying tonight, however the Dortmund man is cutting inside a lot more and getting closer to Werner, in more of a shadow striker role.
65'
M. Götze enters the game and replaces İ. Gündoğan.
Germany also make a change, with Manchester City midfielder İlkay Gündoğan coming off and he has been replaced by Mario Götze.
64'
S. Nzonzi enters the game and replaces B. Matuidi.
B. Pavard enters the game and replaces C. Jallet.
France make a double substitution here, the first change seeing Blaise Matuidi head off the pitch and he has been replaced by Steven N'Zonzi.
The second change sees Christophe Jallet be replaced by Benjamin Pavard.
61'
Still plenty of time left on the clock here for either side to go and win the game, with the Germans on top at the moment but that could all easily change with one attack. Both sides will be eager to finish their international fixtures on a high for 2017.
59'
The equaliser has done Germany a world of good here, they are now looking much more confident and are playing the ball around the pitch well. Once again though they are being caught out by the pace of the France counter and attacking players, so both defences need to remain switched on and alert.
56'
T. Werner has scored a goal for Germany! Assist by M. Özil.
It was great vision by Özil to pick out Werner and it was an inch-perfect ball to the Leipzig striker, all he had to do was meet the run of the ball and then slot it past Mandanda.
GOOOAAALLL GERMANY! Werner with the equaliser here, after a fast and incisive counter-attack, Ozil ran the ball out of defence and played a perfect pass into the path of Werner who made the run behind the France defence, he then just had the keeper to beat and he slotted it through the keepers legs and into the back of the net.
53'
Everytime France attack they look like they might score again, especially when Mbappe is on the ball as he has been everywhere tonight and the German defence are struggling to get close to him, along with Martial and Lacazette who look equally as dangerous.
51'
Free-kick in a good position for Germany, with Kroos waiting to whip a ball into the box from the right-wing, however France defend it well and easily clear the original danger. However, Draxler then goes very well down the left and pulls the ball back from the byline to Rüdiger who is stretching as he gets to the ball, which diverts his shot wide of the France goal.
48'
This is a good start by Germany, they have begun on the front foot and have certainly increased the pace of their game to try and cause France some problems. Timo Werner almost races through on goal, after a good through ball and run by the striker, but Mandanda is quick off his line, races to the ball first and clears the danger.
46'
A. Rüdiger enters the game and replaces M. Hummels.
The second half is underway!
Germany have made a substitution at the break, with Mats Hummels being replaced by Antonio Rüdiger.
45' +1
That's the half-time whistle!
45'
There will be a minimum of one minute added time played here.
43'
Germany have done well in the last few minutes, they are back on top of possession and are spraying the ball around the pitch and keeping France contained. However, they are just lacking that clinical touch at the moment when they get into the final third.
41'
CHANCE GERMANY! Sloppy play by Rabiot, he hands the ball straight to Werner inside the final third, the striker initially loses the ball but it finds it way to Ozil on the edge of the area, who plays the ball straight back to Werner, he then fires a low shot at goal, but it is straight at Steve Mandanda who makes a comfortable first save of the game.
40'
Not long to go until the half-time whistle here, can Germany get back into the game before the break? Or, will France continue their dominance and even extend their lead.
37'
The France goal has really taken out all of the energy and noise levels from this home crowd, it is very quiet inside the RheinEnergieStadion as the visitors continue to dominate and they look very dangerous in attack.
35'
There is a slight break in play here at Digne is down receiving medical treatment, but it looks like the left-back will be fine to continue.
33'
A. Lacazette has scored a goal for France! Assist by A. Martial.
It was very unselfish by Martial, who could have quite easily tried to score himself, as he just had the keeper to beat, but he saw that his teammate was in a better position and allowed the Arsenal striker to have a simple tap-in.
GOOOAAALLL! FRANCE LEAD! A superb goal by the visitors, excellent build-up play and a great goal to watch. A chipped ball came into the box which was crossed straight back to Martial by Digne who had drifted away at the far post. Martial’s first touch instantly took it away from Hummels, he then unselfishly squared the ball to a totally unmarked Lacazette who simply could not miss, from just two yards out.
31'
GREAT CHANCE! It is that man Mbappe who is once again involved in the French attack and he goes close to giving his side the lead, twisting and turning inside the box to get away from his marker, before firing a low shot at goal which looks to be sneaking into the near post corner, but Trapp does well to get down to the ball and make the save.
28'
OFFSIDE! What a great chance that was for France, from the earlier Germany attack, the French broke forward through Martial and it was two v one at first, Martial running at the German defence, Mbappe is there with him and making a good run, but the through ball from Martial is delayed slightly and Mbappe is caught offside. The PSG mans resulting effort his fired high and wide over the bar anyway, but an earlier pass would've seen the 18-year-old clear.
27'
Decent chance for Germany! It was good build up play by the hosts, with Timo Werner chesting the ball down to Ozil on the edge of the area who then fired a low shot at goal, which was excellently blocked by Raphaël Varane, the France skipper for the evening.
26'
Both teams are probing here but there isn't much pace to the game and neither side really looks like scoring at the moment. It is all rather comfortable for both keepers and defences, with much of the play coming in front of them which is able to play against. A step up in the intensity would certainly help the game come to live and spark opportunities.
24'
STAT: France have now won their last three games in all competitions and are unbeaten in their last six, keeping four clean sheets in the process.
21'
It is a packed out crowd here at the RheinEnergieStadion, the home of Bundesliga side, FC Koln. Both sets of supporters will be confident that their side can secure a victory here tonight, in arguably a match between two of the favourites to lift the World Cup next summer in Russia.
19'
CHANCE FRANCE! Alexandre Lacazette forces the first real save of the game from either goalkeeper. The visitors broke forward on the attack with great pace and Lacazette raced through on goal, used the excellent dummy run by Mbappe to his advantage, moved slightly to the right and fired a powerful shot at goal from the edge of the area, which forced Trapp into make a very good save. The resulting corner comes to nothing.
17'
Germany with a free-kick in a decent position after Ilkay Gündogan is brought down. Toni Kroos steps up to take it, but his set piece is well defended by the France defence and they clear the danger comfortably. Not much between the two sides at the moment.
16'
STAT: Germany have lost their last two matches on home soil against France, suffering a 2-1 in 2012 and three-nil loss back in 2003.
13'
The resulting corner won by Martial, falls perfectly to the feet of Lucas Digne in the middle of the box, but his effort from close range is straight at Kevin Trapp and the German keeper is able to make a comfortable save.
11'
Much better from the visitors now, they are looking the more dangerous of the two sides at this moment in time. Mats Hummels has just been forced into making an excellent sliding tackle to deny Mbappe from having a free shot at goal, before France win a corner after good play from Martial down the left-wing.
9'
Neither side has been able to carve open any chances at the moment, France have grown into the game and are now starting to play the ball around nicely themselves and try and get the likes of Mbappe and Anthony Martial on the ball down the wings, to use their pace to stretch this German defence.
6'
Kylian Mbappe was superb for France on Friday night against Wales, despite not getting on the scoresheet, the on-loan PSG man was France's most dangerous player and created numerous chances for his team, using his pace and trickery to open up the Welsh defence.
4'
Bright start by Germany here, they have enjoyed the early couple of minutes in possession, getting the likes of Mesut Ozil and Julian Draxler on the ball who are already looking to stretch the French defence. However, much of their play is in their own half and the visitors are pressing high up the pitch to keep them away from their final third.
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France have won the last two meetings with Germany by a 2-0 score-line. However, before that, it was Germany who had won the previous two by a one-goal margin.
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We're underway!
Good evening and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the international friendly between Germany and France.
Germany host France as two of the World Cup favourites step up their preparations for Russia 2018. The sides last met in the Euro 2016 semi-finals, when Les Bleus ran out shock winners before going down to Portugal in the final.
Germany were held to a goal-less draw by an inexperienced England team at Wembley on Friday night, in their first friendly after comfortably qualifying for the World Cup 2018 in Russia. However, Joachim Low’s men had the better of the chances against the Three Lions on Friday, they created many chances and forced Jordan Pickford into making several saves.
The Germans unbeaten run currently stand at 20 games with 16 wins and four draws, winning seven on the bounce prior to the draw at England. Their last defeat was at the Euro 2016 semi-finals against France.
Meanwhile, France begin their preparations with a comprehensive 2-0 win over Wales. Antoine Griezmann, who has struggled for goals at Atletico Madrid this season, but he put the Blues in front and the rout was completed by a second half goal from Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, who will be absent tonight after picking up a slight knock.
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HALF-TIME: GERMANY 0-1 FRANCE
France lead at the break after a goal from Alexandre Lacazette, after excellent build-up play by the visitors, who have had the better of the chances throughout this first-half, the youth and pace of Martial and Mbappe is causing the German defence a lot of problems. Germany have kept possession well but they haven't been able to create much going forward themselves and will need to improve in the second period.
FULL-TIME: GERMANY 2-2 FRANCE
That's all from us tonight folks, we hope you enjoyed the game!
Germany grab an equaliser with just seconds remaining in the game, after it looked like France would secure the victory, after two goals from Alexandre Lacazette. Werner also netted for Germany who struggled to cope with the pace of Mbappe and Martial for large periods, but they could coming forward and it was the introduction of Gotze and Stindl who made the difference, linking up for the equalising goal.
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