Sheik Yir Erse wrote:Ship called Dignity wrote: For Ireland to lose out on qualifying for the World Cup on such a blantant foul does really question the integrity of the game
You can's say that Ireland lost out on qualifying for the World Cup because of this. Lets say the goal was disallowed? The entire nature of the game then changes - a free kick is awarded - it's now a DIFFERENT game to the one that played out. So you just can't remove that goal and assume it would have finished 0-1. Everyone is also handily forgetting the game would have went to penalties.
Ship called Dignity wrote: For Ireland to potentially lose out on qualifying for the World Cup on such a blantant foul does really question the integrity of the game
A Horse called Juan Face wrote:TYM wrote:As for Ireland, as 4th Gen says, it is part and parcel of the game. I listened to Roy Keane's comments today and he had a valid point. In February of this year, Georgia were leading 1-0 at Croke Park when Ireland were awarded the most ridiculous of penalties. They scored and went on to win 2-1. Without that glaring error from the referee they may not have even been in the play offs. Did the FAI complain about being given a very dubious penalty? Of course not. Perhaps the Ireland v Georgia game should now be replayed.
Exactly. If we go down that route, how many games from the last few years would need to be replayed. Chelsea would be clamouring for one against Barcelona from last year for a start. Keane also came out with another great point. Why didn't anyone clear the ball? The 13 watches the ball the whole time and doesn't even make any attempt to get to it and yet who is the man closest to Henry when he handles it?
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