A Particle of Boredom

I woke up about 4.30 am(local time) and felt cheated by the ‘irish tragedy in paris’ whereby the popular henry clearly used his hand to control the ball before assisted an equaliser and subsequently brings France to South Africa in 2010 World Cup.  I wonder what Platini will say about this and definitely he ain’t gonna speak or comment further on the using of video replay in Foootball as if not, the France will not be going to SA.

Note : English hate so much as Maradona uses hand in WC 1986

Irish will do the same to Henry …. hahhahaaaa

taken from SKYSPORT   ————————————

Republic of Ireland’s dreams of reaching the 2010 World Cup finals were shattered after they suffered a cruel and controversial 1-1 extra-time draw with France in Paris to lose their play-off on aggregate.

Robbie Keane had erased Les Bleus’ one-goal advantage from the opening meeting in the first half, but William Gallas struck in contentious circumstances in extra-time after Thierry Henry had handled in the build-up to book a place in South Africa.

What was already a colossal fixture in terms of importance had been given plenty of additional stirring from the first leg, which 1998 world champions France won thanks to Nicolas Anelka’s deflected 72nd minute strike at Croke Park.

Ugly scenes involving Ireland’s Keith Andrews and France’s Lassana Diarra after the final whistle had overshadowed the match in Dublin and suggested Giovanni Trapattoni’s visiting team arrived at a packed Stade de France with additional intent.

But it was a tense opening as Ireland answered Trapattoni’s calls for ‘cool heads’ and dictated the first half-hour, correcting the weekend’s wastefulness in possession, to be rewarded when captain Keane converted Damien Duff’s 33rd minute cutback.

Ireland finished the half with their noses deservedly in front on the night, with Raymond Domenech’s France delivering the sort of turgid display which had been heavily criticised when they crashed out of Euro 2008 at the group stages.

The home side emerged after the interval with more intent, but it was Duff who had the best chance as he charged through and forced Hugo Lloris to demonstrate why he is beginning to carve a reputation as one of Europe’s sharpest goalkeepers.

Neither side could find another goal in 90 minutes, but Gallas equalised from close range in the first half of extra-time to sneak a 2-1 aggregate win after France skipper Henry had avoided punishment when clearly controlling a free-kick with his hand.