Ireland have been cheated and it's sad to see such crucial matches being decided by the 'hand of God'. England suffered at the hands of Maradona some 23 years ago and it's ireland now. The sad part is that we have learnt no lessons in more than 20 years.
I understand that human errors are hard to eliminate and that referee's would continue to have bad days at office once in a while. I also completely disagree with the 'moral' arguments made by some pundits blaming Henry and France of being the cheats. The article in Telegraph does just that and puts all the blame on Henry. I found it hard to find even one logical point in the entire article. Read for yourself and decide.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/republicofireland/6609355/Thierry-Henry-must-be-banned-from-playing-in-the-2010-World-Cup.html
There has been a lot of hue and cry about technology in sports and about the shortcomings of some of them, a simple video replay would have settled this issue in not more than 15 seconds.
Check the video at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2D6LdNakzE
Friday, November 20, 2009
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Besides, now that the whole world know it was a hand-ball. My arguement is why can't the match be replayed ?
ReplyDeleteI think France is a much bigger team compared to Ireland and therefore it would have made FIFA happy to see the "big" team qualify. I would be surprised if anything changes now.
ReplyDeleteHere is the answer to your query:
ReplyDeleteFrance-Ireland replay match rejected by FIFA
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111757§ionid=3510211