World Cup - Zidane: Henry not a cheat

Please explain to me Mr Zidane how deliberately­ handling the ball can be a "mistake" the guy­ ( Henry ) is a disgrace to his country, his fellow­ professionals and more to the point the game which has­ made him a very rich man.

dont be surpised when france wins the world cup­ gatecrashers always spoil the party for everyone

That's the system to blame, not Henry. Nowadays­ it's ok to cheat as long as you don't get­ cought. Which is unfortunately true in sports, economy­ and politics as well. If replay was allowed, Henry­ would have been the last person to try this.
It's­ sad that the referees didn't catch it but­ ultimately according to the current rules, it was a­ fair try by Henry.
Now the FIFA will have to learn­ from this and avoid it from happening again.

from comment no.45, i must agree with you but would­ like to add up abit. :

R E P L A Y is the only F A I­ R(Football Association of Ireland's Ridiculous)­ solution.

if you look it up in the french dictionary zidane and­ henry mean @#$%

mbah you are one dumb irish muppet. move on and get a­ life. i didnt see your team win a football match, thats­ a fact, your collective wishful thinking is not going­ to gift you a win. you had two hundred and ten minutes­ to prove you could take a lead and not once did you­ threaten to do so. get real or go back to fiddling­ horse racing and trading horse meat and guns you­ pathetic losers.

comment 48 you are stupid

Tim B the Irish cheated far more in the game...­ it's just that they were too shiite to score after­ anyone of Keane's 4 handballs or the like...
get­ over it and stop whining fahgett... it's not like­ the Irish were ever ahead in the tie...

at the very­ most, it'd have gone to penalties... (which was­ doubtful, as the irish were just sitting back and a­ goal was on the cards)... and if it had gone to­ penalties, i know i'd have backed... Shay Given­ isn't god... he wouldn't have made up for 4 of­ the 5 Irish players hitting row Z as they have zero­ technical ability :D

im getin sick of people who has nva ply games b4 actin­ like morons 2 stop talkin bout dis xspecially on euro­ sport d man is a captain n he did wat eva he cud do­ 2send his men to d world cup,ay leader wil do d same he­ has admit dat he is wrong wat do ye want him 2 do,i­ think if he cud turn back d hands of tym i think he wud­ but d ppl responceble r sitin down dowin nothin so ppl­ sud grow out of dis n lets fifa change d rules period!!

what does one expect from Zidane? To hell with you­ guys. All you needed was to qualify for South Africa by­ hook or crook. I am not surprised by this, afterall you­ are all french guys; 'BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHERS­ FLOCKING TOGETHER'.
EVEN A REPLY WOULD NEVER HAVE­ BEEN A FAIR DECISION; SUSPEND THE TEAM AND BAN THE­ CHEAT 'HENRY' FROM THIS NOBLE SPORT.

The­ disaster caused by this boy can never, I MEAN NEVER be­ repaired.

Zidane photographic evidence proves otherwise. This­ isn't an accidental hand ball this was cheating­ clear and simple. French go to the finals thanks to a­ cheat

inverkenny: according to the FIFA rules, a game can be­ replayed on the basis of a "technical error"­ from the referee, which essentially means an obvious­ error such as letting one team play with 12 men or­ giving three yellow cards to the same player. In the­ game you are referring to, I think that a penalty was­ shot with one player within the penalty area --­ it's rather tiny but it is a technical error.­ Moreover, Ireland should have made a formal complain­ straight after Henry's fault for a procedure to be­ considered. They didn't, probably because they knew­ it was hopeless.

enriconardini, either you are some sort of genius­ second degree humorist, or you're just a big­ "Conardino". For some reason, I'm­ currently leaning towards the second option.

Troika, and what credibility do you have? Have you been­ under the pressure of a world cup final? Are you­ muslims? Has your sister been called a @#$% and you did­ nothing ?
Just don't talk of credibility you have­ no credibility talking about Zidane like that. Only the­ man knows inside if what he did was right or wrong,­ nobody else. Even if he says out loud it was wrong­ (because he let his team down), inside he probably­ still thinks getting back at Materrazi was right, and­ that's his choice.
Me, i don't pretend to be­ able to judge the man, i was simply watching, i­ wasn't the one who got insulted, i wasn't the­ man on the middle of the pitch.
I am not like you­ either, making lazy comments about something i­ don't understand.
The world is full of people like­ you, talking of things they don't­ understand.
Easier to judge than understand isn't­ it ?

Henry is not a cheat, it happens in football. If Henry­ is a cheat then any player who brings down another­ player, any tackle etc is also a cheat. I feel sorry­ for those who have never played football, its a­ football thing you wouldnt understand.After all,­ Ireland at the World Cup, who are there?

Zidane lost respect and credibility by head butting in­ a world cup final...and now, Henry has lost respect and­ creditibility by a blatently cheating.

no a cheat is one who INTENTIONALLY carries out after­ having premeditated the breaking of rules and laws, to­ benefit his team in a game.

Henry is the Greatest ..Blame the Referee not TH.Am not­ from france ,but in football, you do all you can to win­ matches,call it cheating,Hard marking­ ,diving,elbowing,blocking,they all make u win matches­ especially when the referee is blind to them on the­ field of play.I promise you Irish one thing,we will­ make them leave Africa early.Work harder next time.

im sure he listen to this thug

how can zidane talk ? the monster of the 2006 WC final­ . he had twice the red cards of Materazzi in his career­ ,Materazzi was an angel compared to him , zidane ,­ henry and the french league show the french are almost­ all cheaters , disgusting , it's in their blood­ ,always playing dirty tricks since their history , the­ french league is full of match fixing ,referee favors ,­ doping , penalty diving and more........ SHAME ON­ FRANCE ! the worst example of country dishonesty in the­ world , and FIFA is ALWAYS trying everything to help­ them , don't forget the FAKE PENALTY they gave them­ at the world cup final in berlin
WHAT A DIVE FROM­ MALOUDA ! and the long hesitation before ejecting­ zidane , the referee didn't want to red card him ,­ and how swiftly he invalidated (justly) Toni's goal­ for De Rossi offside , NOTE that squillaci offside­ wasn't called before Henry double handled the ball­ , it's all planned according to Platini scheme ,­ CREEPY ! ...... THE IRISH KNOW THE FAIR PLAY FROM­ PLAYING ITALY AND THE CHEATING FROM FRANCE ..