Poor old Ireland – so close to going to the World Cup Finals in South Africa, and then Thierry Henry sets up the winning goal for France with his hand.
This is causing a bit of a furore in the football world – the Irish fans are calling for a replay, but Giovanni Trapattoni has realised how unlikely that is.
Trappatoni said in the press conference that he doesn’t blame Henry, although many supporters feel that he should have owned up. Instead, the Ireland boss asked FIFA to explain the process of appointing referees for such important matches.
What do you think? Should the game be replayed, or were Ireland just unlucky?
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Im not the biggest of fans of Henry but ill give him his due , He admitted to the ref as soon as he done it , he showed he wasnt happy about it after the game and he’s come out publicly tonight saying he thinks it should be a rematch.
Now that being said i think we can pretty much say that although he did it , it was a heat of the moment thing which he instantly regretted . Its now down the the FIFA as to weather they are going to do anything about it.
Another interesting point was Roy Keanes comments in the news today, personally i wouldnt have expected what he said but he does make a good point .
SO will there be a replay or not ? i guess we’ll know by the time the weekend has finished .
If it was England that position then im pretty sure the whole country would be complaining to get a replay.