England Women's U19s qualify for European Championships after 18-second rematch against Norway following UEFA Order

 

Leah Williamson,the England Under-19 player had to wait five days to take the spotkick after an unprecedented intervention by Uefa.

Leah Williamson had converted the original penalty on Saturday April 04,2015 only for the German referee to mistakenly cancel it out.

Uefa ordered it to be taken again on Thursday April 09,2015 - and Williamson netted to book England's place in the European Championships.

The amazing scenes took place in Belfast five days after England and Norway had initially met.

During the first game, England were trailing 2-1 when they were awarded a penalty in injury time at the end of the match.

Leah Williamson scored it, but German official Marija Kurtes ruled it out after ruling some England players had encroached into the 18-yard box.

The penalty should have been retaken but Kurtes decided to award Norway a free-kick.

Uefa, which governs European football, then intervened and said the penalty should be retaken - the first time it had taken such a decision

The rematch was officiated by a different referee, after German official Marija Kurtes was sent home because of her error.

Both teams had to resume the game with the same players who were on the field when the penalty was taken in the original match, although England could have changed who took the penalty.

Both sides emerged at the Seaview Stadium in Belfast and headed straight to the Norway penalty area, rather than the centre circle.

Having already scored a penalty in the win over Switzerland, Williamson was forced to wait a few more nervous moments as the referee ensured all the players were outside the box.

But she coolly placed her spot-kick into the bottom left-hand corner to make it 2-2, leaving Norway just enough time to kick-off before the final whistle was blown and England celebrations could begin.

Before that could happen, England needed to beat Switzerland earlier in the day to keep alive their chances of qualification.

They did - 3-1 - leaving Williamson with the task of scoring her penalty to ensure England made the finals in Israel.

England's qualifying group - results
Apr 4: Norway 2-2 England (completed on Apr 9)	Apr 4: Switzerland 1-0 Northern Ireland
Apr 6: Norway 2-0 Switzerland	Apr 6: England 9-1 Northern Ireland
Apr 9: Switzerland 1-3 England	Apr 9: Northern Ireland 1-8 Norway