French striker Thierry Henry committed a blatant handball against Ireland today in the World Cup Qualifier which led to a goal by William Gallas and sent France to the 2010 World Cup, leaving Ireland’s dreams dashed and Irish football supporters feeling understandably bitter.
The blatant handball by Henry was disgraceful and a horrible way to send Ireland out of the World Cup qualifying. The world will look at this controversial incident and will lose a lot of respect for Thierry Henry, UEFA and FIFA.
What did you think of the incident? Is Thierry Henry a cheat? And what are your thoughts about referees being allowed to use video evidence so they can catch incidents like this that they obviously missed.
Crazy… a shame! I lost respect for Henry after this incident. It was a hand and it was clearly on purpose. Almost a basketball move to put the ball in his foot to make a pass to Galas that easily scored. Video should be allowed!!! Henry: you are a cheat, good luck every night when you go to bed…
i will enjoy my beautifull french sleep 2ngt…..u VERY SAD EURO LOVING SPUD PICKERS……….
Cheating French bastard.
Real shame for them to lose this way, but this won’t be the incident that changes FIFA’s long held opposition to video technology.
Look for the goal-line assistant currently being trialed in the Europa League to be their solution to this problem.
I think he is a dirty, cheating bastard for doing that!
dam disgarace he clearly cheated prove with video evidence the ref shoud get
This is disgrace. Henrry should not be allowed to play in the finals. How did the ref allow this goal.?!!
What a discrace…he will regret this for the remainder of his cheating French career!!!!! The chances of this result being overturned with Platini in the hot seat at UEFA are 0% – the game should be replayed!!!!
Shocking!!
SKANDAL !!!!
Henry should hang his head in shame.
He has tainted an impeccable record and it only takes one incident like this to ruin a reputation.
Shame on him. All respect lost.
dirty cheating french bastard!!!!!!
i am sorry but that is disgraceful, henry will go down in history as a cheat, the match should be replayed, michel platini you stupid french bastard get off your fat fucking arse and come down to the real world! if robbie keane did what henry did, well platini would have made such a fuss and would have replayed it… but oh look because france is this twats homeland its fine and he’ll be sitting there in his dreamland laughing that fucking french frog!!!! how dare he think thats a laughing matter, if he doesn’t do something about this, FIFA should, they have the power, so why don’t they fucking use it!!!!
is the ref not dutch? lol
Well said Matt.
Four cheats, four seconds or thereabouts. That’s not football and it sure as hell isn’t Fifa ‘Fair Play’. What a load of bollox. Did you see the recent Chelsea Man U match? (I support neither) but so long as those blue ballerinas get away with it the standards will drop in world football.
I know the cameras will be a pain in the arse, but I’d rather watch a fair game with a few seconds out than the crap I watched tonight or anytime I see a Chelsea match. Dogbreath will do well as a stuntman.
wow…
just watched this after listening to the extra-time on online radio;
he clearly scoops it up back into play with his left hand – unbelievable…
Fair enough that in the heat of the adrenalin-fuelled moment all of us have the potential to perform ‘ethically questionable’ acts, but that guy is a veteran professional of the highest standard – as are both linesmen and the referee and the other 21 players..
INJUSTICE! and the world watched.
As a neutral watcher of this game, I must say that I know hope France gets eliminated in the first round of the WC. I just hate cheaters, that is why i did not want Italy to win in 2006, but France, but now I rather see New Zeland winning than France. That is why FIFA does not want camera replays, they favor certain teams, it is all about the money. This is a joke. Platini is french and he is a crook
Thats a bloody disgrace. The Irish were definatly unfortunate by some clear cheating by the frogs… He should be banned from playing in the World Cup, might have a problem with Platini being president though
France played so badly and Ireland played so well, including missing three sitters, this injustice is all the more bitter. Big decisions always go to the big countries and referee Hanson needn’t say he didn’t observe a handball. He may have been blind side to it but he couldn’t help but notice the way the ball changed direction when Henri cupped it in his hand and stopped it going dead. This has cost the FAI millions and millions.
i’m french and ashamed but this has happened before and will probably will after. Still i dont see the point with platini as this is not uefa but fifa isnt it ?
First of all, let’s keep this discussion on the football subject, so stop the racists comments.
On the other hand… I hope FIFA never allows video support for referees… one of the nice things of football is the human touch, so I hope they keep it like that.
Bad luck for Ireland… and good luck for France… as simple as that.
Would you have gone to the referee to say “I just touched the ball??”
Anyway… unfair for Ireland.
I was a coach of a u12 girls soccer team recently.. We scored a goal with an extra player on the field, the referee missed it. As the other team went to kick off at center I noticed it for the first time, raised my hand, told the referee and he disallowed our goal (which was a very good goal). I then went to every player and made sure they knew what we did and why. They were all on board – if we were down 3-0 would I have made the same decision who knows, all I know is that we made the right call
It was simply and absolutely disgusting.
I hope he has to use this hand to control his balls for a long time coming prematurely.
FIFA need to comment on this! They need to do something. It’s an absolute DISGRACE and I really don’t know how Henry can enjoy his world cup now knowing he cheated him and his teams way there!!
I’ve lost total all respect for this french cheat they call Henry! FRANCE you have cheated your way to the World Cup!
Wow how more deliberate do you need to get? Not even Henri’s mum could say it was an accident!
For football to be credible they need to disqualify this team. Makes Zidanes antics pale into insignificance
wouldn’t it be great for once if a cheat were made example of. lets face it henry has been a cheat for years.
come on FIFA ban him from the world cup
maybe that way people will learn not to cheat.
Shame. Terrible way for us to go out after what a performance. Definite case for video. If the whole world can see the replay within 10 secs, why can’t the ref.
Henry wont lose any sleep over this, he knew exactly what he was doing and if he felt guilt in any way he would have owned up. Cheating such as this is a disgrace to the game. This only backs up the on-going argument that video evidence is a necessity, and must be introduced to football in order to prevent unjust and ill made decisions made by referees and linesmen alike.
so many penalties have been awarded by mistakes in the past. is a handball worse cheat than a diving player in the penalty area ?
No it isn’t worse. But it’s just as bad. Both should have no place in “the beautiful game.”
why video evidence similar to rugby union is beyond me particularly in games of great importance.
The rules need to be changed to allow this,and cheats like Henry exposed and given match bans.
Instead the way the rules stand the cheats are the victors and will continue to get away with this,i have lost alot of respect for the inteligence and integrity of the game untill something is done it.
In boxing if you fight dirty and break the rules you have points deducted.How long can cheats get away with it in football.
thats a disgrace that cheating C**T , ireland played there hearts out and deserved the win but coz of some CHEATING prick , them pack of cheating snail eatin basterds will be going to south africa …. lineman also should be sacked !
hope henry dies
they should bring in video evedints like rubgy henry you fuch cheating fucker gay french fuck cunt wanker dickhead french fuck and that swiss ref is he retarded
they should bring in video evedints like rubgy henry you fuck cheating fucker gay french fuck cunt wanker dickhead french fuck and that swiss ref is he retarded
What a shame. For Henry who until today was one of my favorite players, for Les Bleus, for football in general. Irish fans, you were robbed today.
I m french and agree with the irish supporter. This is not fair, Henry should have protest and tell what he did. Football is a game and it should have fairplay. Congratulation to ireland you did a very good match.
Henry must be good at basketball……cheating french Faggot
Brilliant! Well played Thierry!
When N Ireland (Jennings, Armstrong, Hamilton etc) were in the 1982 WC the whole island supported them. Its peeps like you that keep a nation divided.
Video ref should be brought into football because Thierry Henrys hand ball is crazy. first of all when the ball was hit it was off side and then a handball. Video ref would make football fair. France should not be in the world cup as they have cheated their way into south africa
Ok guys, you are all being little sissies, its a disgrace that you think Thierry did this on purpouse, as many know Henry is one of the most respectable players to watch and probably play with because of his heart for the game. Yes this was an offense, and yes Henry knows that what happened was wrong, but how many other times have teams/nations been cheated out of a penalty, a dive. Italy in 2006 world cup when they earned the penalty against Australia in the dying seconds which was complete rubbish. Think about the outcome of the 2006 world cup and how it would have changed. Shit happens, and thats it, France had the edge in the game anyway, and although Ireland put some great heart and effort, France deserved it in the end . Noone needs to be banned or suspended, but this brings to fact that maybe video evidence should be allowed under certain restrictions so that not only this wont happen, but the thousands of other fouls that changed the outcome of games dont happen again.
totally agree with moose. Tho i understand the irish fans and players bitterness. But the responsability is not Henrys. not even the referee. I think he sincerely didnt see the handball. FIFA has decided not to allow use of video evidence. They’re to blame. And once again, Platini (who is against video evidence but who didnt know Henry would do this tonight i’m sure) is not FIFA’s president !
“France had the edge in the game anyway, and although Ireland put some great heart and effort, France deserved it in the end”
either u watched the wrong match or ur just retarted… France didn’t deserve shit n they never had any ‘edge’!!
Are you serious! wat game were u watching! if Ireland hada little more class up front we coulda scored 5!!! Henry has ruined his reputation, his 1st touch may have been accidental but the 2nd wasn’t!!! Did u c Henry’s reaction at the end? it sure wasn’t the reaction of a man who had worked hard to get to the last world cup of his career! Bring on video, extra refs, watever!! BASTARD!!!!
Slightly more worrying is the huge amounts of vile, xenophobic, homophobic comments, but there we are.
He cheated and it will be interesting to see what he says on TV after the game.
I’m a lifelong gooner and it hurts
“Would you have gone to the referee to say “I just touched the ball??””
What kind of rediculous statement is that? Of course i would have, if it was actually a genuine mistake. Do you honestly think i would want it to tarnish my career and my teams ENTIRE performance in the world cup?!
How many players do actually cheat ? come on, they all do… diving etc…
Diego would have been proud of that one what a crap sport
Absolutely disgrace. I’m Irish and if this situation had been reversed and an Irish player been the one with the handball I would have wanted him to confess to the ref. This cheating spoils the game and takes away from the world cup. I have always been a Henry supporter but now I will forever look at him as nothing but a cheater, all of the great goals that he has scored in the past are gone, he is a dirty cheater like Maradonna is. Ban him from the world cup or replay the game. FIFA YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS – COME ON!!!!!!!!!! AT WHAT POINT ARE YOU GOING TO STAND UP AND BACK YOUR CLAIMS THAT FAIR-PLAY IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE GAME.
FIFA can’t do anything, they’re against video evidence !
I wouldnt mind domenech’s asking for a rematch tho
It happened, France wins, theyre the better team, get over it. Irish cry babies
Stupid, ill informed and ignorant statement.
HENRY WILL REGRET THEIR PLANE TICKET TO SOUTH AFRICA THAT WAS ALL PLANNED TOO I SAY?
of course he could have admitted it. Robbie Fowler had enough class to step forward, Paolo DiCaneo had enough class as well. A cheat is a cheat and he should be banned. Of course they won’t do anything as the French get away with anything. Remember UEFA 1992 when Boli headbutted Stuart Pierce and wasn’t even disciplined by France. Cheating Frogs.
St Ledger :
”If it had been one of our team we’d have probably done the same.”
I don’t even normally follow football but I am so disgusted by the outcome of that match that I felt moved to comment. I’ve seen a few comments online where people have said France would have won anyway despite this. Ireland were playing well, France were not. If those comments were true the French wouldn’t have needed to hand control a ball to set it up for a goal. Clearly Ireland could have won this game had the French not got that so called goal. Its an absolute travesty of justice and sportsmanship. My other half is french and is ashamed of his life. Disgusting… Disgusting… Disgusting… FIFA need to review this and take legitimate action and I don’t just mean introducing Video Ref. Google this cheats name and see how much coverage this has already gotten worldwide. The French Team’s image will suffer once again based on this… and deservedly so.
Who cares about video evidence at this point. It is perfectly clear that he handled the ball so FIFA should react. Instead they will bury their heads in the sand and wait for this to blow over. Other than the fact that this is a clear cut case of handball and cheating, this act also knocks Ireland out of the world cup and there is a HUGE economic impact to that. Ireland as a country, as well as their own football association would have made millions from their country being represented in S. Africa. Now France will earn this money instead, so not only is it cheating in a football game it’s also a form of robbery.
stupid comment… thats what video evidence is for… u saw the handball on your TV, but the referee didnt have the chance to see the replay!! As for the money lost by the FAI, it’s irrelevent compared to the fans and players sadness…thank god some people still like football for the game, not as a way to earn money
get over it =)
HENRY WILL REGRET THEIR PLANE TICKET TO SOUTH AFRICA
Let’s cry!!! I’m french , i am ashamed of my team , of henry’s goal but i’m proud of irish team wich was just amazing…..Sorry Ireland hope french team will pay the prize.
Liked the comment about “hope FIFA never allows video support for referees”. Well, me neither. I hope FIFA allow video support for someone IMPARTIAL to the referee.
Let’s look at history a moment, and consider FIFAs actions.
Remember the old (and partially connected) argument about time added on? Referee’s not getting it right, or even close in some cases? FIFA, after some considerable pressure about video evidence then, said they would introduce a “4th” official who would ensure the correct time is added on … wrong.
FIFA have introduced a 4th official … who then shows the time to add on, and the referee then adds on what the hell he feels like doing. So, in short, all you’ve got out of this deal, is a bloke who stands at the side of the pitch and shows a calculated number – nothing more.
As, oh so rightly put by another poster here, if the whole fucking world can view a reply adequately in 10 seconds, then a damned referee can (or better, a separate judge). The example given above shows what utter bollocks that out-of-touch FIFA talks about rules and systems.
This is why I’ve lost complete and utter respect for the sport and stopped watching a couple of years ago. I’m completely sick of watching far too many games where play is often completely irrelevant to the outcome, thanks to some awful management of the game.
We should all be lobbying FIFA directly, insisting video monitoring is done by a separate authority, who consults with the referee instantly, NOT beholden to him.
Consider this … when you go into a supermarket next, and somebody gets pinched for shoplifting, ask yourself this: how long did it take for the video to get viewed, a decision made, and the action of chase/arrest? Now very fucking long, and with all the respect in the world, those guys are hardly “trained” to the standards of referees.
HE CHEATED, HE SHUD BE ASHAMED AND DISGUSTED AT HIMSELF. HE WILL REGRET THAT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE..
YES, WE ALL WANT VIDEO TECHNOLOGY ON THE GOAL POST AND EVEN VIDEO REFS….
Keep the Faith. Ireland did us proud all the way from the qualifying rounds and tonight… hail hail
I have always believed Henry was not only a great footballer but also the perfect sportsman, for me he will now be remembered as only a great footballer, which brings him down to the level of other great footballers such as Cantona, C. Ronaldo, Maradona.
What a shame, he could have been up there with Pele.
.. always a gooner, but won’t remember Henry the way I used to.
Just shows what a crap sport this is – bunch of strokers running around the pitch crying everytime they get knocked over and the fans are usually illiterate racist scum who use this a substitute for letting out aggression – nothing beautiful about this game
LMAO big LMFAO to u ppl, the referee didnt give a penalty to anelka, and refuse a goal just before for an imaginary offside (to be an offside we must see a space between the two players, wich was wrong), after helping irish team so much we can understand the anger of henry, wich pushed him to put his hand (hand of god!)
well, well, well, are you all so blatantly short sighted and narrow minded. Thierry Henry just proved why he is one of the greatest footballers alive. What majestic skill to be able to handle a ball on the goal line without the ref seeing, placing it on his foot and tap it over to a team mate for a goal. Not just any goal, a World Cup Finals qualifying goal. He will sleep like a baby at night dreaming of the fact that tonights goal was probably the highlight of his career. The man is a god. He is the FACE and SOUL of modern soccer. Who other than Sir Thierry could be so calm and calculated while under such pressure. Stand up and salute the man.
Whatever. I used to think Thierry Henry was amazing, no I just think that he is a cunt.
Anelka would have to have been fouled to earn a penalty. If you dive you should earn a yellow card. Stop justifying your riduculously crap fake win when you know you cheated to earn it.
btw, Hugo Lloris is a brilliant keeper
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I am french and I am asamed at henry. when we go to south africa we will never win with repect
Allez les bleus?
Please don’t put france to any more shame we are honest people
No one died get over it
This was a blatant handball,the Irish team have been robbed. As an Irish woman I am devastated. But no matter how we as an Irish nation are hurt , there is no need to lower ourselves by insulting Henry based on his colour and his nationality. Leave the personal insults aside and channel your anger towards this miscarriage. I hope he will admit his wrong doing and apologise to the Irish team who played with such pride and passion tonight.
This was disgraceful but the blame should lay at the feet of the linesman who clearly should have spotted both the offsides and the hand ball.Henry handling the ball was cheating but at the end of the day it was a goal that was going to send france to the finals(would you own up with knowing what was resting on it).He was wrong but that cant take all away from the player he is and what he has done for football.It is not going to to be over turned france are threw we are out.The irish team have done the country proud tonight its a shame a lot of the irish fans posting here tonight cannot do the same some of the ignorant, racist comments being posted a far worse than anything thierry henry has ever done on a football field.
WELL DONE THE BOYS IN GREEN YOU DONE US PROUD
You need to contact fifa and bombard them with emails damanding reprieve.. Their slogan is fair play so they need to be seen to be acting on it… in google type ‘contact fifa’ and send them an email! They need to be sent millions of them, an entire nation has been robbed and fifa need to be seen to be enforcing their slogan, FIFA FAIR PLAY
childish
Scared olivier?
lol, even more childish !
As a frenchman whos not that much into football but likes the idea of countries all unified behind their teams,i must admit i kinda fail to see the point of such nonsense now ,seeing henry chatting with irish players at the end of the game like it was nothing and looking at them straight into their eyes…i wont be rooting for my country,it would have have been way better to lose.
i wont blame anyone,its just how it is but i dont like this so lets just hope we dont get far so we can just forget about all this
completely disgusted! I actually had a lot of respect for henry when he scored the goal against ireland in the last play off but he should really hang his head in shame. . feel sorry for the irish fans that traveled. Met alot of frenchies tonight and they were hanging there heads but no consolation.
Been a fan of technology a long time now. .get rid of the divers, pussy’s an cheaters. anyone that says otherwise is in denial! why not play what is real?
Football is dead: the officials fixed the playoff draw.
Football is dead: the linesman saw the handball and didn’t call it. why?
Football is dead: a football hero/gentleman chose to cheat. twice. 2 handballs. not of the accidental variety. of the basketball scoop variety – conscious cheating.
shame on people in power (Uefa/FIFA) who cheat, shame on players who cheat and shame on every irish person i’ve heard tonight making excuses for Henry – anyone who has played football knows to scoop the ball, twice, is not an accident, so please stop making excuses for him.
i will no longer watch football.
John from Ireland……..
Dear Mr Henry’
You are the biggest cheat on the planet. You are a disgrace, you are the bottom of the shit barrel. You have ruined your name ……. I can’t believe that a player of your ability has to cheat. France should not be in South Africa …….. You are there in shame …… and disgrace. Your a stain on the soul of Football. Your a cheat !!!
Regards an honest Irish fan … you are a cheating french thief.
Unlucky, but these things happen. I’d like to see the Irish through as they gave a good, smart show tonight and throughout qualifying.
But fouls go missed all the time and indeed often decide the big matches.
As to Henry being a “bad guy” for letting it happen, or making it happen or whatever, he is a professional competitor, you don’t turn that off.
The Irish didn’t and he didn’t.
Tha’s O.K for a game. Can u guys swear, u never cheat once in your life, especially to your wife?
look at this shit – not even a mention of handball……..
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1136804.html#gallas+breaks+irish+hearts
rigged. cheating, aided by officials. do not take it. start e-mailing fifa and keep doing it…..
To make matters worse, the article on FIFA.com was written by the AFP, the French press agency. Talk about biased, ‘eh?
Cheers,
The Gaffer
complain here……….
http://www.fifa.com/contact/form.html
WILL NOT WATCH THE WORLD CUP. FIFA = MONEY
FOOTBALL HAS BEEN STRANGLED BY MONEY A VERY LONG TIME AGO. ITS SIMPLY A FILTHY BUSINESS.
Im Heartbroken
here’s another joke for ya
http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/worldwideprograms/footballforhope/fairplay/code.html
what is an anglophone you tool? buy a dictionary.
Im Heartbroken,
Did you see the shit review on the fifa website.. OMFG
Didnt mention it once
how do you lose respect for him? ppl hand ball all the time!! and it wasn’t blatant, the ball was going towards his hand. it was very hard to call that, blame the refs for not calling it….not henry. besides who wants to see ireland? they are dreadful.
“Thierry Henry has admitted he intentionally handled the ball to set up William Gallas”
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26371330-5019291,00.html
except barely any of you team are really french africone. Paris has twice the population of ireland. We don’t care if we lose to a team like france or italy or even usa as long as we put up a fair fight and 110% effort. I am proud, are you? or are you just being french? the world has a perception of french people as being self centered and pompous, ,you and henry prove that
not sure henry is to blame, i am an Ireland fan…did anyone doubt that France would win? The real blame is on the officiating(FIFA????) since France invented WC makes me wonder…any football fan should be outraged though, this decided the fate of two nations…a goal is agoal in my book but this wasnt a fair goal. The sad reality is that Eire wont protest, and even if they did nthing will transpire. Fifa should auto replay this game and ref should be banned for a blatant missed call. I and almost everyone else is accountable at their job, good or bad, and these clowns are no different.
How could you people call Henry a cheat? He’s playing the game of futbol. You guys act like as soon as the ball was played he thought “oh let me settle this with my hand”, not a chance, the ball took a bounce and like everyone of you losers on the site would have done he used his body, incidentally or purposely, the ball hit his hand. The man was thinking “I can send my country to South Africa” and he did indeed just that. Thierry Henry, You’re a great player.
I’m in favor of a three match, possibly 4-6 match, BAN starting in June and ending in August.
ravanelli would have been banned for life then for all his dives
Are you talking about my comment? How is this a disgracing win? Yes it should have been called, a clear handball and even offsides from some angles. But when you’re in that situation you DO WHATEVER YOU CAN. France was unlucky not to get in early in qualifying but they just got lucky today. Nothing at all against Henry.
I too am French and am a bit disappointed.. however not too much shame can be evident when Maradona himself did the same except in a world cup final.. and now coaches a qualifying argentina team.
shit happens.
I can see it happening in the game.
But if he had the tiniest bit of integrity in his body he would have told the ref it was a dishonest goal, instead of saying nothing and allowing the match to be tied.
What a pussy!
This was an outrage. He handled the ball TWICE. This was not only cheating it was a despicable act. He should be ashamed of himself.
As for the morons leaving racist posts on this site, please drop dead.
BIG DISGRACE!!!! CONGRATS TO THE IRISH TEAM. U GUYS FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT!!
I’m not a huge football fan but have 2 kids 11 and 9 who play football. How can I tell them that they should always do the right thing when it is blatantly obvious that cheaters win? All of this “fair play” talk is rubbish. The Irish players were the underdogs and when they were beating France FIFA and the French got nervous and cheated to ensure the BIG team got through to the World Cup – the game is reduced to the level “wrestlemania” – it is so obvious they’d already decided who was going to win!
From today on FIFA has no credentials as a Fair Play Organizer of sport anywhere on this Planet.
FIFA are the Laughing stock of the sports world and will never regain any respect if they dont deal with this matter urgently.
Ireland has been officially scammed from representing their country on the big stage and France have been given a helping hand by the one and only Mr Platini. This person is holding back the future of Football and he has also lost all respect as a leader of the beautiful game.
All the rules and regulations of football are now null and void, the whole world knew it was a handball and the whole world are sending a message to FIFA to either eliminate France or at least replay the Game. You made the rules so stand by them and stop cheating by making a definite example so this never happens again. No better time than now to show you are realy a fair play sporting organisation.
Anyone remember the ‘Hand of God’. Maradona got away with it that day and look what happened the gits went on to win it. I would hate to think the French could win it or it will just go to show ‘cheats do and can prosper’, well they already have I suppose as that goal will be worth millions to the French FA. As for FIFA having the guts to do anything about it then dream on. They are just as bad as UK MP’s with their noses in the trough… I know which fans I would like to see at the Wolrd Cup and it aint the French thats for sure, they could not hold a piss up in a brewery!!! Now the Irish!!!
Sorry had to write again!!!
Have you seen the write up on the FIFA website, it is unbelievable. Apparently William Gallas won the game but not a mention of Henry…UNBELIEVABLE…. That is why there would never be a replay, they invented the word ‘Arrogant’!
Link to match report!
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1136903.html#final+four+through+europe
Read about a different game from the one on the TV. lol
YEs is was a handball but no freaking video. THats al lwe need is the ref stopping every 5 minutes to review a play. who wants american football stop and go during a european soccer game. Id rather see another ref than freaking video replays
I’m Irish and I do think, of course, that what Henry did was wrong and a disgrace. But I wouldn’t go on to say he deserved to die. Come on guys, thats a little extreme!! I do think that Ireland played their hearts out and deserved to win but we had chances that we didn’t take and also who is to say we would have won in penalties??
I do think that we definetly could have won and I think we did play amazing but our Irish guys are tryimg to move on after it so shouldn’t we??
Quit whining, losers, if you have ever played the game of soccer you’d know tht occasionally you instintively will use your hand. It is the duty of the referee to red card him and disallow the goal.
At least he was man enough to admit it unilke Maradona, 25 yrs later.
In any event you want to allow the best team forward that will enrich the sport and give beter ratings and viewership. That is not Ireland.
Viva la France
Dear Irish friends! I’m from Slovenia and we were better than Russia just like you were better than France! We were luckier to have fair referee that punished unfair behaviour of some Russian players (2 red cards). But what happened to you is one of the biggest disgrace in sport history! Unfortunately for you, this ref will probably be punished, but that dont help you much. Until this day I belived in fairnes especialy in footbal that is great sport with big organization behind. But in this case, also with delegating the draw, they cross the line of fair play – they were supposed to be in favour of!!!
he may have handballed it but he is a god which makes up for it
fuck thierry henry he is a asshole
Ireland Fans:
Make yourselves heard! Demand that FIFA replay this game.
You can do so at worldfootballdaily.com.
Also tune into the show today to hear Misha Sher of Soccerex talk all things Ireland/France. This game will not be a flash in the pan, not unless we let it.
By the way, France sucks!
Listen Cody,France does not suck!SO KEEP YOUR DUMB,NEGATIVE COMMENTS TO
YOUR SELF!YOUR SAD CODY JUST SAD!
Heck yea France won fair and square. And they were gunna win anyways. It wasn’t even a hand ball because if u watch the video closely u can see that it hit his chest. and his penis is huge.
A lot of French absolutely disagree this shameful act. If it’s not in our power to reverse the FIFA’s decision, I beg Ireland people to forgive us. Sorry again.
2 conclusions from reading the posts on this site :
1 – The Irish are HYPOCRITS – U shouldn’t even have been playing this game, the Georgians deserved to and were cheated out of it ;
2 – The Irish are UNGRATEFUL RACISTS – remember French taxpayers dragged U out of your 3rd world rate economy !
A little bit of hindsight wouldn’t hurt U ..
Thierry Henry made a horibble mistake,but we must forgive him for what he’s done.
I’m sure he’s learned his lesson.He may have cheated his way through,but,forgive the man.I
know he’s probably sad beacause you wrote mean things.You must forgive!
So you better leave him alone.He’s my friend.I’m a 7 year old with a big attitude!
So keep your negative comments to your self! If this happend to you would you
like it? No.
he is the best looooooool
u should be happy not to go to africa, Whitepower…
you’re an idiot
Wow took the words from my mouth
cheating should have no place in sport but comments like yours should have no place in any siuation. i’m as gutted as the next person but have a little dignity will you.
Hear Hear Fiona.