Brilliant Wide Receiver Thierry Henry catches the ball before it could leave the lawn and kicked it to William Gallas in the centre who managed to get the ball into the Irish end zone to tie the game, win on aggregate and advance to the World Cup in South Africa.The fantastic play under American Football rules caused consternation in Ireland, but let's be honest: France are a far more valuable team for international soccer than the rebellious unknowns from that small island to the west. There is nothing that the Irish side could contribute to the World Cup nor the game of soccer.
American viewers are amused over the fact that blatantly wrong calls by referees are iron-cast and not subject to review if one team challenges the call. Something that has been deeply enshrined in US Football - NFL and College football alike - for 20 years.
chaperons and ginger dwarfs, FIFA today
dismissed the effort to obtain a replay of
Wednesday's match and basically told the
Irish government "to get lost ".
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