FOR the first time in its history, European football’s governing
body responded to a team’s protests by unexpectedly ordering part of a
match to be replayed because of a referee’s error.
Five days after the original game, the under-19s women’s teams of
England and Norway suited and booted and played the final 10 seconds
again on Thursday — starting by retaking the penalty kick that prompted
the controversy.
England’s Leah Williamson sent the spotkick into
the bottom left of the Norwegian goal to make it 2-2. And the game had
barely kicked off again when the referee blew the final whistle, and
both England and Norway celebrated qualifying for the U19s European
Championship.
England had similarly scored its penalty on Saturday
in Belfast in the sixth minute of injury time but it was disallowed
when an England player encroached the area. However, German referee
Marija Kurtes then wrongly awarded a free kick to Norway instead of
retaking the penalty.
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