Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Women's World Cup semi-final between France and USA in Monchengladbach. USA are the favourites to progress but France looked very handy when beating England in the quarter-finals, albeit on penalties.

We will have two added minutes here in Monchengladbach.

Soubeyrand dinks a dangerous free-kick into the box but no French player can connect and Solo clasps the ball gratefully.

France win a corner and Soubeyrand makes a horrible mess of it when curling the ball straight out of play. That wasn't pretty.

Necib holds onto the ball under intense pressure. She really is an excellent, fearless player. However her team-mates lack similar quality.

This is a good spell from USA. Wambach ghosts into the near post to meet a cross from Shannon Boxx and fires wide. Sapowicz and Bompastor both clattered into Wambach and need a bit of treatment.

Huge chance for USA! Wambach heads back across goal from a deep cross from Rampone but Amy Rodriguez doesn't anticipate the pass and France have a big let-off. Actually, it may well have been a header at goal from a very tight angle.

Abily is the latest to belt one over from 25 yards. That won't trouble Solo in the USA goal. France need a bit more imagination in the final third.

Now it's Thiney's time to fire one over from long range. France are enjoying by far the greater share of the chances, but quite a few have been hit and hopes.

USA are really under the cosh here. They are soaking up considerable pressure from France and in all honesty are clinging onto their one-goal lead.

Necib takes it short and Bompastor lets fly with a first-time effort from outside the box and it soars over Solo before striking the woodwork. Wow. That was close.

Krieger fells Bompastor with a clumsy challenge and France have a free-kick in a dangerous area. Necib to take it.

This is very encouraging from France. They have responded very well to conceding that early goal and are applying plenty of pressure at present.

Big chance for France. Necib plays in Thiney with a sliding pass to the left of the box and Solo hares off her line to get a hand to the shot and turn it round the post. From the corner, Necib has a shot from range saved.

Excellent play from Wambach down the left wing but Bompastor does well to head clear from her cross.

Abily gets a volley away in the box but it doesn't have enough on it to trouble Solo really. Still, France are lolooking the more dangerous side at present.

Bussaglia, who scored that superb goal against England in the quarter-finals, takes aim from 25 yards and her dipping effort is smothered by Solo. You are unlikely to beat her from that range in all honesty.

Again Sapowicz looks far from convincing as she attempts to punch clear from a corner. USA need to target her with high balls into the box.

Thiney attempts to get a shot away for France but Sauerbrunn blocks her effort from the edge of the box. Excellent defending from USA there.

A good challenge from Ophelie Meilleroux prevents O'Reilly from getting a cross away and USA win a corner. Carli Lloyd gets ahead of Sandrine Soubeyrand to head narrowly wide from the set-piece.

Christie Rampone concedes a needless foul by the touchline and France prepare to take the free-kick. We have a delay though as Ali Krieger goes down clutching her head. It was a bit of a scramble in there. The delivery, when it comes, is disappointing.

The goal aside, USA haven't looked hugely impressive and they are struggling to create clear-cut chances at present. They may do well to target Sapowicz, who has looked unconvincing so far in the French goal.