article_snippet.sent: Referee Marija Kurtes officiating a women's Bundesliga match in Munich last month .
article_snippet.sent: The astonishing decision has been taken for the first time in a UEFA competition following an FA appeal after the referee had wrongly denied England the opportunity to retake the penalty during Saturday's match following encroachment.
article_snippet.sent: Williamson thought Jenna Dear had equalised after slotting the ball into the bottom-right corner but team-mate Rosella Ayane had entered the box too early and German referee Marija Kurtes disallowed the goal.
article_snippet.sent: However, instead of ordering team-mate Rosella Ayane to be retaken, 28-year-old Kurtes - who was named Referee of the Year by the German Football Association (DFB) in 2014 - wrongly awarded an indirect free-kick to Norway.
article_snippet.sent: Williamson had grabbed back the ball to retake the penalty and placed the penalty on the penalty spot before realising an indirect free-kick had been awarded.
article_snippet.sent: However, Wiliiamson's penalty was disallowed and the match ended in defeat.
article_snippet.sent: However, a different player can take Wiliiamson's penalty.
article_snippet.sent: Rather than retaking a penalty, an indirect free-kick was wrongly awarded by Japanese referee Toshimitsu Yoshida to Bahrain and the game ended with a one-goal margin.
highlights_snippet.sent: Referee Marija Kurtes incorrectly awarded an indirect free-kick to Norway for encroachment after disallowing England's penalty on Saturday .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: It is the first time ever that a decision like this has been taken by UEFA .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Watch VIDEO below of the controversial penalty incident .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Graham Poll's expert verdict on UEFA's bizarre decision .