MUST SEE Thierry Henry Handball to Gallas Goal Ireland vs France 1 1 18/11/2009

John Delaney has revealed today that the Football Association of Ireland will complain to FIFA after the Republic of Ireland were denied a place at next summer 39 s World Cup following a handball from Thierry Henry in last night 39 s play off against France.The FAI today confirmed that it would like to complain to FIFA following last night 39 s World Cup play off match between France and the Republic of Ireland in Paris the FAI chief executive told reporters at a press conference in Dublin today.Conclusive video evidence of a clear handball by Thierry Henry which led to France 39 s additional time goal has been seen by millions of football fans worldwide.The blatantly incorrect decision by the referee to award a goal has damaged the integrity of the sport. We now call on FIFA as the world governing body for our sport to organise for this match to be replayed.The handball was recognised by the FIFA commissioner the referee observer and the match officials as well as by the player himself.And Delaney pointed to previous incidents to provide precedent for his demands.There is precedent for the invalidation of such results he asserted.In 2005 the Bureau of the FIFA World Cup Organising Committee reached a decision to invalidate the result of a World Cup qualifying game between Uzbekistan and Bahrain on the basis of a technical error by the referee at the match.The FAI is hoping FIFA and its disciplinary committee will on behalf of football fans worldwide act in a similar ...

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