But in this case it’s an entire nation that got robbed! Tonight Ireland lost their chance to go to the 2010 world cup in South Africa, and it was all down to a couple of men. I have been on facebook already and seen that the Irish people are gunning for Thierry Henry, but I think you should consider this:
Yes I fully agree that Henry should have stood up and said yes I handled the ball, and in fairness it wasn’t an accident, it really didn’t look like an instinctive action, more a purposive tap, but if an Irish player had done the same and admitted it there would have been uproar from the Irish fans. But should the ref not turned around and asked had he done what every Irish player was accusing? The referee had pulled up other Irish players during the match for doing the same thing. But there is a third person that blame should fall upon, the lines man! He was in plain view of, let’s call it the incident, and if he was watching the game like he is paid to do, he should have seen the hand ball.
So what is going to happen now, do you really think the FIFA is going to let us have a replay and risk France being kicked out of the world cup?! Come on and get a grip, realistically who do they stand to make more money out of a small nation like Ireland, or a country like France.
I personally don’t see it happening, but it isn’t going to stop me giving out about the injustices of it all, or hoping that a replay will happen! Come on Ireland!!!!
Yes I fully agree that Henry should have stood up and said yes I handled the ball, and in fairness it wasn’t an accident, it really didn’t look like an instinctive action, more a purposive tap, but if an Irish player had done the same and admitted it there would have been uproar from the Irish fans. But should the ref not turned around and asked had he done what every Irish player was accusing? The referee had pulled up other Irish players during the match for doing the same thing. But there is a third person that blame should fall upon, the lines man! He was in plain view of, let’s call it the incident, and if he was watching the game like he is paid to do, he should have seen the hand ball.
So what is going to happen now, do you really think the FIFA is going to let us have a replay and risk France being kicked out of the world cup?! Come on and get a grip, realistically who do they stand to make more money out of a small nation like Ireland, or a country like France.
I personally don’t see it happening, but it isn’t going to stop me giving out about the injustices of it all, or hoping that a replay will happen! Come on Ireland!!!!
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