The French are arrogant... I am actually glad that they­ are going to S Africa. Can not wait to c them getting­ hampered by other teams, and knock out in the first­ group.

As french, I must admit that I am very far to be proud­ of the way my team get its ticket for South Africa and­ if it was possible, I would ask for a extra support­ match, so the field law would prevail. But FIFA law­ seems to say that is is not possible for any reasons.­
Imagine we could replay a game, because the ref did­ not take the right decision, then it would allow so­ many supporters from all over the world to ask for­ older game replay, and ammong them I guess that the­ Georgian fans would ask for a replay of their game­ versus Ireland in bebruary 2009, when Ireland had a­ penalty which allowed the green team to egalise at 1-1­ just after a hand from Robbie Keane were missed by the­ referee...
Did anyone from the Irish team came to the­ refferee at this moment saying that the first (and only­ real fault) was an Irish one ? No !
So asking someone­ to act in a way you are net ready to is not that fair, ­ I guess!
And without this lucky result in this game­ Ireland would not have reached the next step of the­ qualification games... isn't it some kind of Irony­ ??
And Still I am ashamed of this action and believe­ this is a terrible exemple for the kids, as it promotes­ cheating as a possible option for wining a game.
I­ really support the idea of a post blame on the player­ guilty of such act.

for djej in referance to your message in response to­ luca. i corect you, its false that italy doesn`t­ accept blacks. there are as many blacks as anywhere­ else. in referance to the BLACK SHIRT that was over­ 80years ago. as a result if the black shirts were still­ around there wouldm`t be any of these problems such as­ match fixing or mafia.

All this talk of Irish having to get over it is­ rubbish, they were cheated big style, OK the Irish­ will have other chances in years to come, but some of­ the players will not, it was probably their only chance­ of ever taking part in the World Cup finals and­ representing their beloved country of birth. They were­ cruely cheated of this chance by a player i once­ respected but now have no time for at all. I hope his­ action hurts him severely in the pocket.

Us Irish seriously need to get over this incident. The­ simple facts are that even though we played­ exceptionally well,we did not have the class of striker­ to convert the 4 easy chances we missed on the night.We­ should have walked away with at least a 3.0­ scoreline.France were rocked and we should have­ destroyed them.We also had the chance to pip a poor­ Italy team in the qualifying group.
Our other problem­ was that we only had rubbish substitutes to bring on­ and they were awful.We had much better alternatives­ that didnt even make the squad
We were not good­ enough.End of story.Lets get behind England now as they­ have their best chance since 66

Luca, you definitly right: there are ethnic or social­ troubles in France. And you are right that most of the­ French team players are black and therefore from other­ locations descendants... So yes they are French with­ also another country in their heart, just like the­ italian of USA, of France or everywhere else... But­ it's too easy to blame the French this way while­ your country never allowed the blacks to enter your­ country (except the black shirts maybe), We may have­ lot of players with italian origins as well... probably­ that we welcomed your people while they needed to leave­ their country... And, Lucas, your nice country and Nice­ people, it's also the country of Mafia, Match­ fixing, and diving in the penalty area etc... your­ message is useless. Ciao!

CAN WE GET OVER IT ALREADY.... pleeeeeeze!!!!!! so the­ dude cheated and prevented penalty shoot out, Ireland­ might have won (or not), come to SA and been kicked out­ in the first round (or last last 16- i sure don't­ see them winning the WC) etc, etc. lets rather go on­ about something that will change the game for the­ better- lets bug FIFA about introducing video­ technology to assist with decision making in­ football(during and after the match). This will ensure­ that dubious decisions don't put teams at a­ disadvantage... and to the Irish... you also got a­ decision in your favour against Georgia and did not­ scream rematch so please do us all a favour and GET­ OVER IT!

If I were French Team Coach, I would not call Henry to­ join the team. What a shame.....!!!

“The day after the match and the next day, I felt­ alone, really alone,” Henry told.

Oh poor little­ thing, and what about the millions of people from­ Ireland felt after being disqualified?

He says: “I­ don’t think that everything I’ve achieved can be­ tarnished.” It's true, but He will be a world wide­ cheater walking on earth.

He said "...But­ honestly, it was uncontrollable" really? check­ the video on you tube Dirty Thierry "Henry The­ Cheater" (Captain Cheater)

And please Dirty­ Thierry DO NOT QUIT, I want you to be booed every time­ you put a foot on a soccer field!

Jesus! Seeing as how you clearly love the sound of your­ own voice it's amazing anyone else manages to get a­ word in. Sadly, like most people with verbal diarrhoea,­ you talk a lot but don't actually say anything.

FIFA wants france in the WC at all cost because IT IS­­ an african team, maybe the best african team in the­­ tournament , I say it as a compliment to the players (­­ even though handy/ henry is the shame there) most of­ the­ players are good talents AFRICAN/FRENCH , ­­ AFRICAN/CARRIBEAN and ARAB/AFRICAN/FRENCH ,,the sad­ story is that in france most minority are treated­ miserably as 3rd class citizens , relegated in crappy­ almost landfill towns and put down with the worst­ cliche' stereotypes , it's only those who can­ help france win in sports that are respected , and­ france really needs help in football , if there­ was an all white/french blood team , it would probably­ be as good as albania I guess , Ribery being the best­ in there , and most of their historic white­ players were of italian descent (Platini,Cantona­ ,Ginola , Candela , Squillaci and more....) I bring up­ the ethnic discourse in here because the french­ don't admit/appreciate their multiethnic pride but­ keep talking about one country ,france without­ glorifying their foreign assimilated ethnic talents ­ ,,,,,the french must say WE ARE PROUD OF OUR­ AFRICAN/FRENCH TEAM and nothing else ,,this is the­ only way they should talk about their team , and­ I'm sure everybody agrees on this forum .... and­ they would be liked more for saying that.........Right­ ??
the great african ancestry talent must be­ appreciated and aknowledged in any team....

While I'm irish and a fan I honestly dont think­ ireland are good enough to be in the finals,however­ having said that FIFA made changes to the European­ Play-offs this time round when some of the larger­ teams,namely France,Portugal and Russia were in danger­ of being drawn against each other, by implementing a­ seeding system for the playoffs preventing that­ possibility, given FIFA's reluctance to replay the­ Ireland/France second leg you have to wonder if there­ is any point in having qualifiers and playoffs if the­ smaller teams and weaker nations arent going to get a­ fair shot at qualification anyhow.

if you were french and you won the world cup, how would­ you feel knowing that you should no even be there in­ the first place. if i were the french president, i­ would demand a replay so that any victory France had­ would not be not tainted. Plus, if france were really­ in with a chance to win, they should have demolish a­ country like ireland over two legs.

Now TH will probably score the winning Goal againts­ england in the finals of south africa and it will be­ after Rooney got a dubious penalty as he always does

Such a shame they go to the world cup because of a­ cheat!

the only right thing that ,,LES BLEUS,, are doing is­ that their digging their own grave. BONJOUR ET BONNE­ NUIT.

72, gerry the difference being the English scored 4­ times and won by 2 goals...the so-called dubious­ goal-which DID cross the line- did not influence the­ final result...unlike Henry's handball.

This is GREAT NEWS ! Whenever the french team is­ unloved by its public and critisized by the journalists­ we just get better and better........
Keep going like­ that and we stand a chance in this next world cup. This­ is BRILLIANT !
1998 - players and manager were­ critisized so much and we won it.
2006 - team was­ branded "old" and we almost won it.
Keep­ going like that guys.......i like it !

I agree wiyh Godwin, the English did not mind that they­ won the world cup despite being awarded a goal that did­ not cross the line. Really when you come to think of it­ the English and the French are alike in that aspect,­ we
ll according to Godwin.