France V Ireland - Wednesday, 18th November 2009 - World Cup 2010 Playoff Second Leg

[amaccann]

does anyone think the FAI will (can) appeal

Wasn't an FA cup match - possibly involving Arsenal - replayed once because the winning goal was taken off a thrown-in that was the result of an injury (ie, it was meant to be thrown back to the opposition, but instead they went ahead and scored a goal)

I'm gutted & angry. That was the most blatant handball since the Hand of God & for any official to defend the result is to make a mockery of the sport. As far as I am concerned the question of video evidence is now irrefutable, it HAS to come in.

[old git]

unreal - move along now, nothing to see here ... lets all go to the world Cup (big teams only)

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/ne...through+europe

taking the p*** alright read it last night biggest joke is the key moment section they have the neck to ignore handball incident and these people are supposed to be overseeing / controling football

[Fixer82]

lads forget about it. not a chance this will ne replayed. FAI should lodge an official complaint for the record but it won't achieve anything concrete for us unfortunately...other than maybe Platini saying we're sour grapes

[Fixer82]

I actually thought Doyle was quite poor. he worked his sock off without a doubt. For work-rate and effort he was second to none. but his passing and touch I thought were poor and left me screaming at the telly a few times and I don't know how many times he slipped, tripped over. No real option on the bench to replace him though with Folan out injured....

Well done lads. You did us proud!!!

[Larry 'da' Wyse]

lads i dont blame henry, we would all do it. anyone of us that has played on any field has handled the ball and tried to get away with it. its normal. its the officials job to spot these decisions so its there fault. im sick today but there is nothing we can do. im so proud of our lads, so proud to be irish.

Yep- sums it up. Robbie handled it twice but was caught. However I will have a go at Anelka for his blatant dive over Shay to try and win a peno - should have been a red. Henry's touch was more instinctive compared to deliberate cheating from Anelka.

[Giuly]

Sorry for Ireland, now for sure within 15 days nobody except you will remember this. If it was at the other end you'd be congratulating each other. We had our bad times too (France-Germany 1982, France Bulgaria 1993....) . Referee's bad, not french. Good luck

[SeanDrog]

great if you could tranlsate the topline views

http://www.lequipe.fr/

[Fixer82]

Thanks Giuly. i think it's the linesman more so than the ref. We all feel we've been gutted like a fish! hard to swallow!

[smasher]

Sorry for Ireland, now for sure within 15 days nobody except you will remember this. If it was at the other end you'd be congratulating each other. We had our bad times too (France-Germany 1982, France Bulgaria 1993....) . Referee's bad, not french. Good luck

Last night had nothing to do with Schumachers foul on Battiston in 1982!

[Scram]

robbie was fantastic worked his ass of but if he was world class he would have scored instead of trying to take ball round keeper .

Muppet post

[markmc]

Henry should be given a very long ban for unsporting behaviour.

[Giuly]

For sure, Shumachers foul was a shame.

[old git]

Also if you follow this link you'll hear Henry admit it was a handball, that he admitted it on the pitch but that he's not the ref, he can't change a thing or decide what should be given or not

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8367418.st

Hopefully he gets hung for this

a load of sh**e by henry he not the ref he can't change a thing or deceide what should be given or not .. he deceided to handle ball twice his decision and he still had not even got the honesty to admit it tv interview when asked about handball he said he handled ball but it was not deliberate ... a cheat & a liar hopefully fifa will now punish him but i would not be to surpised to see nothing hapen

[endabob1]

FIFA will do nothing, they wanted France, they don't care how. No one else really cares, in 7 months time the WC will be on and no one outside of Ireland will be thinking about Henry's handball

[OneRedArmy]

I handled it.

[Giuly]

Punished for what? Robbie Keane spent half the game playing with his hands. The only difference is that the ref caught it.

FIFA will do nothing, they wanted France, they don't care how.

Conspiracy theory.. please grow up a little

[endabob1]

Thierry Henry did not seek to free himself from blame. "Yes, there was a hand" on the action that led to the equalization of William Gallas (104th). But no matter how, seems to say the captain of the Blues, "the most important thing was to qualify."

[SeanDrog]

at least they are to the point

[pineapple stu]

Interesting that the UEFA website report mentions nothing of the handball at all. Sterile, thank-God-the-seeded-team-won drivelous reporting.

Edit - I see there's already a thread on this. Doh!

[Leeside Swagger]

Punished for what? Robbie Keane spent half the game playing with his hands. The only difference is that the ref caught it.

Nowhere near as blatent as Henrys one though. Why did the officials see Keanes minor ball to hand ones and miss the most obvious one?