ireland deserved to be in the world cup hard luck for them

henry the hand ball king, great execution by him goal of the year for me lol

For the record....we IRELAND, where screwed! FIFA is corrupt and this is a perfect example....and ALL you follower of the French should be ashamed and know this .....u will NOT WIN ONE GAME THIS WORLD CUP!!!!

... and france goes to a world cup like this !!! how ? simple ... platini ... and the super hiper player mr rigth , henry ... anyway who wanted ireland in a world cup ... better having the all powerfull france ... just imagine the country of the fifa chairman out of the major competition due to a punch of irish ... "ridicule"

So what handballs happen all the time. henry is still one of the best players ever and my respect for him has not changed at all because of this

Henry is a great player and was well respected. This might tarnish his great career a little. I wish it didn't happen because he is one of my favorite players. I would like to have a rematch so the Henry will not have that with him for the rest of his career. But it was a sad day for the great game of FOOTBALL.

henry is the BEST if you hate him ur a hater

ireland were by far the best team on that field and henry said he told the ref he did no such thing he ran the field to celebrate WE WANT A REPLAY GIVE IT TO US FIFA !!!!!!!!!!!

Irish DON'T deserve a win with poor finishing like that. In any sport if you're truly destined to win a competition u'll find a way to score. Leaving a game 1-0 is the worst thing you can do if you're trying to win (unless you're Greek). Sure Ireland outplayed France and YES the call was bad. But the ref cant see everything and the WC is about winning no matter what. Henry knew it was a handball and played on.

That being said it should be an interesting WC Iike how many different teams made it this time round.

I heard Duff was inconsolable after the game. Completely broke down. It was to be his last World Cup.

Ireland gained respect for the way they fought till the end. It will be disappointing not to see them in the WC 2010.

to think that Gallas almost missed the ball made it all the more amusing

raymond domenech!!!!

its not fair, that was Ireland's game. Ireland deserved to make it to the world cup, France doesn't.

Evra is so dirty he elbows his own teammate, and takes him out of the game... geeze, at least make sure when you plan on doin somethin dirty to do it to the other team...