Thierry Henry: I’m Not The Referee
In the post match Interview Thierry Henry had some explaining to do and to his credit I guess he was honest that it was a handball which did Ireland in. Hope Karma does exist and France suffers a cruel exit in the World Cup. It’s a shame that numerous football matches have been tainted with awful refereeing decisions over the years.
I’ll leave the last quote to Giovanni Trapattoni who should be used to this by now after Italy where given the shaft back in the 2002 World Cup not to mention Euro 2004.
“I am sad because the referee could have asked his linesman and Henry also,” the Ireland manager said. “I’m sure he could have asked Henry to confirm, but it was not done. I’m sure if he would have asked Henry, he would admit it.
“I am so sad, but not for France. And I am upset for fair play. We played better than we did in Dublin and, maybe over the two games, we should be going to South Africa. I don’t mean it was Henry’s fault. It was not about him, it was about fate.
“It is a bitter evening. I would prefer to have gone out on penalties.
“I am upset. We speak many times about fair play. I go to schools and speak about fair play. I speak with the young kids about sport. It’s important in life. Everybody saw the game. You know what happened.”
November 18th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
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November 18th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
How can a person like Thierry Henry live with himself after such an outrageouse incident. If he had admitted to the referee that he had handled the ball, it was 1-1 for goodness sake, no harm done. He will forever be remembered as a cheat. After such a great career the man will be remebered for cheating. Not such a great legacy. People like Zinedine Zidane, whode career ended in not the way it should have, we excuse them because players who were cheats themselves provoked a reaction by their evil machinations.
November 19th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I have no hard feeling towards Henry at all, though a lot of irish do. Like trappatoni said he wasn’t asked by the ref or anything. I really don’t consider what he did cheating. He didn’t go out tonight with a plan it just happened and he didn’t go out of his way to get the goal disallowed but honestly how many people would? FIFA refuses to move with the times and introduce video replays. I mean you could have a system like tennis where each manager is entitled to challenge the call and if on the reply hes proven right then he keeps his challenge, it really wouldn’t slow down the game. Also fifa did this whole seeding thing, if anyones to blame its them. They talk about respect for the ref and are constantly handing out touchline bans but they do nothing to help the refs and their always gonna make mistakes. Still so proud of ireland, they couldn’t of done more.