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...goal securing France's ticket to South Africa next June. The reasoning went along with FIFA's established habit of focusing on the letter rather than spirit of its rules: if referee Martin Hansson failed to spot Henry's use of his left hand to rein in the ball - and let the ensuing goal by teammate William Gallas stand - that's what should go down in the official books, no matter how much evident cheating was involved. (See the worst sporting cheats of all time...
...French daily le Parisien ran a full-front-page photo of Henry reaching with his hand to control the ball under the headline "Le Malaise." In its Friday editorial, Libération urged French officials to join Irish calls to replay the match. The conservative daily le Figaro, meanwhile, was anything but hyperbolic, with its headline blaring, "Thierry Henry's Hand Has Become an Affair of State...
...with an Italian opponent during the 2006 World Cup final. Perhaps this is the reason Henry himself finally stepped up with a near mea culpa. In a statement sent to the British TV channel Sky Sports, Henry broke his silence since his postmatch admission that he had handled the ball, acknowledging that "the fairest solution would be to replay the game." He insisted that the use of his hand during the game was "an instinctive reaction" and defended his previously irreproachable reputation by saying, "I am not a cheat and never have been." "I naturally feel embarrassed...
...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...
...circled the room with equal enthusiasm, the red sofas spelled out “LAB,” and the audience wasn’t admiring still life paintings. Instead they viewed a smartphone that can lead them to the nearest metro with three-dimensional sound and a soccer ball that can harness the energy of motion for later use as a power source...