It was a great soccer game. France and Ireland played hard and forced the game into extra minutes. The winner of this game would qualify to the next round of the world cup, but the goal that has France qualifying to the next round is under intense scrutiny. Thierry Henry was driving towards the goal, made a good soccer move, but the ball touched his hand before he passed it off to fellow teammate William Gallas who scored the game tying goal. Right after the game Thierry admitted that he used his hand illegally, but some people think he was saying it was an accident. If it was an accident how did he accidentally touched it twice. Media and soccer fans are comparing this goal to the goal by Argentine soccer player Maradona called "The hand of God" where Maradona punched the ball in the goal. With everything that's going on and this comparison to Maradona the soccer fan has two people to blame. First you blame the referees, how can a referee be running with Thierry and couldn't see that he touched it with his hand twice. Second you can blame FIFA for one not using replay to correct this in the first place and second for not replaying the game. Look Soccer is a sport loved by the whole world and the World Cup is the biggest sporting event ever and it should not be tainted by cheating. Now watching the replay I can't say that he deliberately used his hand to control the ball, but I can say that the referees missed the handball call. Thierry did the right thing though. He admitted it and said that France should be out of the World Cup and also said that France and Ireland should play the game over. I on the other hand just think this call was missed and a replaying of the game should not happen, but if it was to happen it should start a minute before Thierry hand balled or like Thierry suggested advance Ireland. I strongly suggest that instant replay should be allowed in FIFA soccer or any other sport. Instant replay should be used in every sport because our world has the technology to make it work. We have high definition televisions and cameras. We have the ability to put things in super slow motion and freeze frame everything. Sports fans aren't just happy with the "It was a great game to watch" excuse anymore. No, us as sports fans don't want to put our whole hearts into rooting for a team only to see our team lose or get eliminated due to a bad call that could easily be overturned by a simple ten seconds to a minute watching a replay. All every sports fan wants is to see a fare game called right and played competitively.
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