[Europe] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread (10 Viewers)

[Ahmed]

Lippi will be the best Coach in the history of football if he makes that piss-poor Italian team World Champions again

 

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[Stephan]

I hope France dont advance from group face. But Ribery is too good.

It will be hilarious if they win the whole thing. Another one of those, they shouldnt even have been there cases (aka Milan).

 

[Bjerknes]

Wow, lots of questionable calls (or non-calls) during the playoffs, more than I suspected. It really makes you wonder what is going on at FIFA during times like these.

 

[Stephan]

I think Moggi works for FIFA these days, undercover.

 

[Luca]

BREAKING NEWS- ireland have written to the French football federation asking for a replay.

Blatently not gonna happen though.

 

[Bjerknes]

Definitely not going to happen, especially after how pathetic France looked.

 

[Luca]

Imagine if the situation was the other way round and Ireland scored that goal, do you think FIFA would step in?

 

[Salvatore]

English headlines:

"Le Cheat" (Daily Express)
"Le Hand of God" (The Sun)
"Ireland robbed by cruel hand of Henry" (Guardian)
"French nickers" (Mirror)
"Hand of Henry shatters Ireland" (Times)
"Hand of God II" (Daily Mail)
"Hand Gaul!" (Independent)
"Hand of Henry cheats Irish" (Telegraph)

Quite impressive that from these headlines it is clear which is the best paper for football.

 

[swag]

Imagine if the situation was the other way round and Ireland scored that goal, do you think FIFA would step in?

Oooh. Nice question.

 

[Dostoevsky]

"I'm not the referee ... but if I hurt someone, I'm sorry"

 

[Dostoevsky]

Henry said that on Twitter I think.

 

[Red]

Imagine if the situation was the other way round and Ireland scored that goal, do you think FIFA would step in?

No.

 

[IrishZebra]

No.

Yep.

 

[Mark]

Phone-in about this on French-Canadian radio.

 

[IrishZebra]

Phone-in about this on French-Canadian radio.

Oui eh?

Non eh?

 

[Mark]

99% blasting France. Most of the callers are either Italian or Portuguese though.

 

[The Curr]

FAI to lodge complaint with FIFA
Thursday, 19 November 2009 14:48
The FAI has called for a replay with France after confirming that it will lodge a complaint with FIFA following the Republic of Ireland's controversial defeat in Paris which denied the country a place at next year's World Cup.

A statement read: 'The Football Association of Ireland confirmed that it will lodge a complaint with FIFA, following last night's World Cup play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland in Paris.

'Conclusive video evidence of a deliberate hand ball by Thierry Henry, which led to France's additional time goal, has been seen by millions of football fans worldwide. The blatantly incorrect decision by the referee to award the goal has damaged the integrity of the sport and we now call on FIFA, as the world governing body for our sport, to organise for this match to be replayed. The hand ball, was recognised [by] the FIFA commissioner, the referee observer and the match officials, as well as by the player himself.'

The statement continued: 'There is precedent for the invalidation of such results. In 2005, the Bureau of the FIFA World Cup organising committee reached a decision to invalidate the result of a World Cup qualification match between Uzbekistan and Bahrain on the basis of a "technical error by the referee of the match".

'The Football Association of Ireland is hoping that FIFA and its Disciplinary Committee will, on behalf of football fans world-wide, act in a similar fashion so that the standards of fair play and integrity can be protected.'

 

[The Curr]

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern is also demanding that the match be replayed.

Never going to happen.

 

[IrishZebra]

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern is also demanding that the match be replayed.

Never going to happen.

He's a loyal party member, like me.

 

[Ahmed]

do what you can, FAI