You just dont get it do you??? Its not about believing Henry, for farks sake its not even about Henry. Did he score directly from the handball??? No he didnt. This is about you people harping on 1 moment of a game that went for over 90 friken minutes. Why not harp on every single moment that Ireland had in front of goal because thats what cost them, not Thierry Henry. That handball would not even be mentioned if Ireland had won that game but because they lost, they choose to harp on it, what a load of rubbish. You question Henrys sportsmanship on one incident??? Well congratulations, because if Henry is to be judged by you on one MINOR incident for his whole entire Footballing career then i feel sorry for you and you arent someone to reason with. Henry isnt there to look dunne in the eyes, nor is he there to play to the same standards of his fellow professionals, he is there to help France whichever way he can, just like Dunne is there to help Ireland whichever way he can. Do we now call every Footballer that has ever handled a ball, dived in the box, pulled on a shirt (which by the way we call professional foul
), purposely brought down outside the box (which we also call a professional foul
) as CHEATS??? Because that is what ultimately you are implying and that is so wrong its not funny. Get over it blue moon, it was one incident in one game that went for over 90 minutes. How about the referee and his assistant, how about the Irish finishing, how about the Irish coach, how about those things, did they not contribute??? Or did the whole game revolve around one friken incident???
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no you just dont get it. its about a split moment in the dying moments of a game after two teams have played evenly for probably two years over a dozen games and still then goes to extra time. its the context of the moment - one person makes a decision to blatently cheat in order to get his team over the line when they havnt been able to before. it just says so much about a persons sportsmanship and their real qualities as a person when put on the spot at the crucial moment. its like a cricketer claiming a catch when he knows its bounced to win a test match, get the result but lose as a person. some people just find that acceptable and thats fine, personally myself a lot of other people dont. i'm not pro irish just a neutral, i'm sure they wouldnt have had to much sympathy if it were england on the end of the decision.
), purposely brought down outside the box (which we also call a professional foul 
