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England qualify for Euros after scoring historic 18-second restart penalty

Published 23:05 9 Apr 2015 BST

Ben Kenyon
England qualify for Euros after scoring historic 18-second restart penalty

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It was the strangest 18 seconds in football history.

But England U19 Women have qualified for the Euro finals in Israel. The Three Lions side went through after netting a penalty in an 18-second restart against Norway. They lost the fixture 2-1 to the Scandinavian side - but had been awarded a penalty which was never taken. Stay with us on this. In a bizarre and unprecedented move FIFA ordered the remaining seconds of the game be played from the 95th minute. Well England only bloody went and won. And here's how those glorious 19 seconds happened... https://twitter.com/england/status/586268766448836609 https://twitter.com/england/status/586268943880482816 https://twitter.com/england/status/586269097945657344 https://twitter.com/england/status/586269284604706817 Here's a list of other games that FIFA might want to revisit after farcical decisions.

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England qualify for Euros after scoring historic 18-second restart penalty