It looked like England had one hand on the Finalissima trophy when Brazil forward Adriana rifled a fairly inoffensive low cross into the penalty area in the dying embers of stoppage time.
Mary Earps - who has cultivated an air of infallibility since staking her claim to the No. 1 shirt little more than 18 months ago - looked poised to make another routine save. But whether it was the restlessness of the 83,000-strong crowd, the barrage of Brazilian pressure or simply an error of judgement, the England goalkeeper let the ball squirm out of her grasp and into the path of Andressa Alves.
The substitute took full advantage of Earps' blunder, dispatching her right-footed effort with aplomb into the roof of the net. The faintest stirrings of consternation rumbled around Wembley and, in the blink of an eye, England's proud unbeaten record under Sarina Wiegman was under threat.
