Thierry Henry Handball to Gallas Goal Ireland vs France 1-1 (18/11/2009)
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John Delaney has revealed today that the Football Association of Ireland will complain to FIFA after the Republic of Ireland were denied a place at next summer's World Cup following a handball from Thierry Henry in last night's play-off against France.
"The FAI today confirmed that it would like to complain to FIFA following last night's World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland in Paris," the FAI chief executive told reporters at a press conference in Dublin today.
"Conclusive video evidence of a clear handball by Thierry Henry which led to France's additional time goal has been seen by millions of football fans worldwide.
"The blatantly incorrect decision by the referee to award a goal has damaged the integrity of the sport.
"We now call on FIFA as the world governing body for our sport to organise for this match to be replayed.
"The handball was recognised by the FIFA commissioner, the referee observer and the match officials, as well as by the player himself."
And Delaney pointed to previous incidents to provide precedent for his demands.
"There is precedent for the invalidation of such results," he asserted.
"In 2005 the Bureau of the FIFA World Cup Organising Committee reached a decision to invalidate the result of a World Cup qualifying game between Uzbekistan and Bahrain on the basis of a technical error by the referee at the match.
"The FAI is hoping FIFA and its disciplinary committee will, on behalf of football fans worldwide, act in a similar fashion so that standards of fair play and integrity can be respected.
"We've also written to the French FA today as well to ask them to accede to a replay given the world nature of what happened last night.
"We've got to do what we've got to do. We owe it to the players who were magnificent last night, the management team, the supporters, who were incredible - it was one of the most incredible evenings you'll ever watch from an Irish point of view - and it's up to the people who govern the game for me now.
"Every time I go to a FIFA congress I hear about 'fair play' and 'integrity' and all those wonderful words.
"And this is not merely a league match. This was a defining game that the whole world were watching. If FIFA believe in fair play and integrity and all the things we're told, this is their opportunity to step forward."
Meanwhile, a petition-group on Facebook calling for the game to be replayed has already registered more than 100,000 members.
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HE'S COMIN HOME , HE'S COMIN HOME , THIERRY , THIERRY'S COMIN HOME
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@Luigi32826 Maybe Ireland would have beaten Mexico, Uruguay and South Africa, on the playstation that is hahahahahahahaha
First time EVER I've loved a French goal :D
Thank you France and God Bless Henry...
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This is why thierry henry fuckin sucks. BTW maradonapractically did the same thing IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL or SEMIFINAL and everyone finds it amazing and everyone is hating on this one. I fuckin hate both goals but I hate maradona's goal more because thats te only reason argentina won and they didnt dserve it!!!!!!q;)
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SPAIN, FIFA 2010 World Cup Champion ! (what else...)
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hihi hab was geiles entdeckt haha
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@PgRKTM i dont care where u r from we should have been in the world cup and i dont care if its football so just leave me alone i kinda gotten over it anyway its been 2 years so leave me alone
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I'm not from france. But thats football. Wrong decissions etc. So STFU MF !
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@PgRKTM shut up french fuck go fuck your gay friend
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Thats football noob
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ey bin so lieb
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If it was maradona would be ok.. fuck off bitches.
NihMaS 5 months ago 13
FUCK FRANCE U DONE CRAP IN WORLD CUP AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IRELAND IN THE WORLD CUP NOT FUCKING FRANCE WE WOULD HAVE BEATEN MEXICO URAGUAY AND SOUTH AFRICA UNLIKE FRANCE
Luigi32826 6 months ago 6