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Shameful draw for France as Henry Handball cheats Ireland out of World Cup place

CATEGORIES: FIFA World Cup, Match Report, Soccer | POSTED BY: | November 18, 2009 at 11:32 pm

The Irish dominated the opening half against a French side which looked uncomfortable right from kick off. Keith Andrews & Glen Whelan dominated the midfield with wingers Damien Duff & Liam Lawrence rampaging down the flanks. Ireland’s top scorer was the man with the magic boot as Robbie Keane netted in the 33rd minute. A slick 1-2 between centurion Kevin Kilbane and Duff with the Fulham star’s cross being driven hard & low into the corner of the net. Duff & Keane should have doubled ireland lead on the hour and then ten minutes later. Duff broke through only for the French keeper to smother his shot away while Keane waltzed through the French defence but waltzed too far as he took the ball round the keeper and ran out of turf. Nicola Anelka went close on 3 occassions as the home side desperately searched for the goal that would break Irish hearts. The French were kept at bay and the tie went into an extra period of 30 minutes.

Anelka hd the first chance to settle it but his rasping shot flashed wide in the opening minutes. When the French finally equalised they did it by cheating. Thierry Henry handled the ball twice & was offside as he played it to Gallas who netted with his head.

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  • andrew

    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.

  • fan

    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.

  • http://www.tawnymoyle.net JimDHunt

    Bit of a disgrace to be cheated. Henry has a lot to answer for.

  • paddyman64

    why is football the only sport where you can get away with cheating? bring in video judge – Henry is a fucking cheating cunt-!

  • dwy

    Henry needs to be dealt with by FIFA in a manner that discourages players of the sport from cheating. As the governing body, FIFA need to act in this blatant case of cheating and uphold their code of fair play. Henry has seriously tarnished the game of football and the reputation of France around the world by committing a shameful and dishonourable act on the field of play.