The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup SA. thread.

[hamad]

i hope some black horses would win d cup

 

[hamad]

spain favs to win

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Everybody is coming out of the team

Liverpool defender Glen Johnson has pulled out of the England squad to face Brazil in Qatar on Saturday after picking up a slight injury.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8353751.stm

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

England defender Luke Young has retired from international football, according to the Aston Villa player's agent. Lol another one...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8354629.stm

Didier Drogba has withdrawn from Ivory Coast's final World Cup qualifier against Guinea on Saturday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8354310.stm

 

[hamad]

nz in behrain out :-(

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Portugal, Slovenia and Greece won their respective play-off ties to book their places at the 2010 World Cup.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8367437.stm

 

[theDarkDisciple]

Ireland pressing for a rematch after their controversial loss to France the other night:

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have lodged a formal complaint with FIFA over the controversial World Cup play-off defeat to France and have urged world football's governing body to replay the match.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=700719&sec=worldcup2010&cc=4716

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Hehe I already posted this last night when I was using PDA..

Anyways, the FIFA has rejected their demand. Read it full here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8368100.stm

 

[theDarkDisciple]

Hehe I already posted this last night when I was using PDA..

Anyways, the FIFA has rejected their demand. Read it full here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8368100.stm

Yeah since apparently the French do not agree. They've 'ruled out Ireland replay'.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=700986&sec=worldcup2010&cc=4716

 

[hamad]

these frog eaters are real cheaters ,HENRY @#!$#%^%$%$%*&%^#^*(*&

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

"Of course the fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my control."
The actual words from Henry. Why are people calling him a cheater ?

 

[AsadAbrar]

Soccer: France's Sweet Cheat Thierry Henry

Soccer: France's Sweet Cheat Thierry Henry

A TV screen grab shows Thierry Henry handling the ball during France's World Cup 2010 playoff match against the Republic of Ireland






French soccer player Thierry Henry has always been known as a gentleman. His anti-racism work and sense of fair play have earned him accolades and awards for years, including an appearance in TIME's 2005 European Heroes list. As of Nov. 19, however, many in the soccer world are calling Henry a heel rather than a hero, after his illegal play — apparently deliberate — allowed France to claim one of the final spots in next year's World Cup.



In extra time, Henry clearly controlled the ball with his hand before passing it on for the goal that secured France's ticket to South Africa next June. The referee didn't see the incident and allowed the goal to stand despite howls of protest from the Irish players. After the game, Henry admitted that he had touched the ball, but in a manner implying it was accidental — an assertion that compounded the sin because replays showed he actually touched it twice, the second time with a certainty that suggested it was deliberate. "I cannot speak, I am so angry," fumed Ireland's Italian coach, Giovanni Trapattoni, after the game. "All the European people saw we deserved to win or at least get to penalties. All I ask is for fair play," he said. (See the worst sporting cheats of all time.)
In contrast to Trapattoni's righteous fury at being robbed, France's relief at making the finals was shot through with embarrassment and even shame. "The Hand of God" was the ironic headline in France's sports daily l'Equipe, a reference to the notorious hand punch Argentine striker Diego Maradona admitted he'd used to score the winning goal over England in a 1986 World Cup quarterfinal match. "Les Bleus: Hands Up," echoed Libération in its coverage of what it called France's "holdup" of the Irish team that had utterly dominated Wednesday's game prior to Henry's pawing of the ball.
The British press, not always friendly to Irish sports teams, went ballistic. "Ireland Cheated out of the World Cup by the Cruel Hand of Thierry Henry," blasted the Guardian. "Thierry Henry Is an Insincere Cheat Who Has Tarnished His Reputation for Good," wailed former Irish international star Tony Cascarino in a Times of London piece. (That last one came with a certain amount of irony, given Cascarino's admission in his 2000 autobiography that he shouldn't have qualified to play for Ireland's national team from 1985 to 1999, since the grandfather he cited as proof of his Irish ancestry had adopted his mother. "It was no real big deal," he wrote of his own footballing sleight of hand. "No one could have been prouder than me to play for the Republic. I loved every minute of it.") (See pictures of new hope for Belfast.)
Soccer's governing body, FIFA, is unlikely to rush into action over the incident. The game will surely not be replayed — to do so would be to invite replays of any number of controversy-marred matches from the past (though Ireland's football association has now asked FIFA for a replay). But because FIFA has spent the past few years promoting the idea of fair play above all, it will be hard to ignore this altogether. "Winning is without value if victory has been achieved unfairly or dishonestly," reads the body's Code of Conduct. "Cheating is easy but brings no pleasure."
One question being asked today was how all four of the referees officiating the game could have failed to see Henry use his hand to control the ball. The logical fix: allow referees to consult video as they do in professional baseball, hockey, basketball and American football, as well as in international sports like cricket, rugby and tennis. Since video has vastly reduced officiating errors in these sports — just last month, the first video review in baseball World Series history was used to turn a double by the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez into a two-run homer — it could do so in soccer, right? (See pictures of the old Yankee Stadium.)
An increasing number of fans say yes. But both FIFA and its European pillar, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), have repeatedly rejected using video. Both bodies have threatened European pro leagues with dire consequences if they even test the use of replay. FIFA officials and the UEFA president, former French soccer great Michel Platini, advance a slim list of unconvincing reasons for slapping video down. The cost of such technology, they argue, would mean leagues in poorer countries wouldn't be able to use video, dividing soccer into haves and have-nots. They also claim that the time taken out to consult replays would destroy the rhythm of play and that video would not fix all errors. Those objections were initially sounded in other sports where video later proved quite efficient in preventing referee flubs.
Instead, Platini has been testing the use of two additional referees, stationed behind each goal. These officials would scrutinize play in the penalty area — where the majority of contested calls are made. The problem with that, critics say, is it simply adds two more fallible humans to the current four-person officiating teams. "Thierry Henry's handling of the ball should relaunch the debate on video in soccer, because viewing replays would have allowed officials to sanction the offense, disallow the goal and preserve the integrity of the match," former French referee Bruno Derrien told France Info radio. (Read "A 'Foreigner' Quota for Soccer?")
There is one precedent of a referee using video in soccer — and it happens to infuriate French fans, to boot. Toward the end of the 2006 World Cup final, the assistant referee peeked at a television monitor to witness a replay of French star Zinedine Zidane head-butting Italian rival Marco Materazzi to the ground. Shocked at the violence — and ignoring FIFA rules forbidding use of replays — the assistant referee signaled the offense to his unsuspecting central official, who promptly slapped Zidane with a red card. Few have faulted that sanctioning of an outrageous foul that the official never actually saw. Let's go to the videotape — now!

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1940588,00.html#ixzz0XTdqgkRr

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from time's magazine
henry was one of my best players(1) but now he is one of my worst players.:frown::crying::frown::crying:

 

[CoLd FuSiOn]

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from time's magazine
henry was one of my best players(1) but now he is one of my worst players.:frown::crying::frown::crying:

http://www.sportinglife.com/footbal...9/11/20/SOCCER_France_Snap.html&TEAMHD=soccer

France captain Thierry Henry has admitted replaying the World Cup qualification play-off against the Republic of Ireland would be "the fairest solution".
The Barcelona forward has also spoken of his "embarrassment" at the manner of Les Bleus' victory over the Irish.
"Naturally I feel embarrassed at the way that we won and feel extremely sorry for the Irish who definitely deserve to be in South Africa," said Henry, whose handball in the build-up to William Gallas' equaliser on Wednesday night enabled the French to go through 2-1 on aggregate.
"Of course the fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my control."
"I have said at the time and I will say again that yes I handled the ball. I am not a cheat and never have been.
"It was an instinctive reaction to a ball that was coming extremely fast in a crowded penalty area.
"As a footballer you do not have the luxury of the television to slow the pace of the ball down 100 times to be able to make a conscious decision.
"People are viewing a slow motion version of what happened and not what I or any other footballer faces in the game.
"If people look at it in full speed you will see that it was an instinctive reaction.
"It is impossible to be anything other than that. I have never denied that the ball was controlled with my hand. I told the Irish players, the referee and the media this after the game.
"Of course the fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my control.
"There is little more I can do apart from admit that the ball had contact with my hand leading up to our equalising goal and I feel very sorry for the Irish."
But a statement from the French Football Federation (FFF) read: "The FFF understands the disappointment and bitterness of the Irish players, management and supporters.
"The federation never sought to deny the refereeing error which saw the equalising French goal allowed.
"During matches, decisions are taken by the referee and these decisions are final. As a result, the result of the match cannot be changed and the match cannot be replayed."

Playing in a similiar position to him I for one know that wasn't intentional and the ball can hit you like that in the penalty area,surely the referee is the one at fault here which will cost Ireland 4 years of preparation.

p.s

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqA_RdRrhOE[/ame]

 

[AsadAbrar]

but he hit it two times with his hands that means intentional

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Ye Scholes wala match kab ka hia .
If Scholes is cheating, then I love cheaters

 

[theDarkDisciple]

Oh come on. He didnt handle the ball twice, and it was NOT intentional. Its football and it happens. And even if it was intentional, Diego Maradona anyone?

Too bad so sad for Ireland, but the ref is the one they should be blaming. FIFA too has rejected the rematch option so case closed.

 

[Shary Bhallu TC]

Its just a matter of a couple of years before FIFA approves the idea of using Camera for big decisions.

 

[CoLd FuSiOn]

Its just a matter of a couple of years before FIFA approves the idea of using Camera for big decisions.

I think the rule should be somewhat that there's a referee watching things in slow motion and if the referee on the field does make the wrong call,he intervenes i mean c'mon they have headsets these days how hard can it be but then again controversies are something that add flavour and drama to the game and the influence of the bookies is a big thing here aswell.That wouldn't be much of a pain,we've seen stupendous decisions this season so far in the Premier league aswell hence the bigger issue isn't the handling of the ball by Henry but the inconsistency of the referees in general.

 

[AsadAbrar]

^well as roger federer said they should be video replays for soccer too and i think its right

 

[hamad]

henry is a real cheater and GALLAS is also one. When henry double touched, the gollie and defenders didnt tried to stop gallas from scoring bcz they thought refree has seen it