‘He needed to demonstrate he was a good man and apologise… it was NONSENSE’: Richard Dunne accuses Thierry Henry of ‘showmanship’ for his disingenuous apology about infamous handball that denied Ireland a 2010 Globe Cup put
France narrowly edged out Republic of Eire in a 2010 World Cup play-off The video game was controversial right after a Thierry Henry handball went unpunishedFormer Republic of Eire defender Richard Dunne reflected on the incident
Richard Dunne has slammed Thierry Henry for his ‘nonsense’ reaction following the previous French striker’s infamous handball that stopped the Republic of Eire from qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
Back again in 2009, Giovanni Trapattoni’s side confronted France in a Globe Cup engage in-off to reach the 2010 match in South Africa.
With France holding a 1- direct from the very first leg thanks to Nicolas Anelka, Robbie Keane experienced assisted Eire to get the second leg 1- and power added time at the Stade de France.
However, with time jogging out, the game was made the decision by a Henry handball that wasn’t noticed by the match officials in the direct-up to William Gallas’s decisive goal.
This meant France drew the next leg 1-1 and progressed to the Planet Cup at the expenditure of Ireland by virtue of a 2-1 aggregate gain.
Thierry Henry helped France edge out Republic of Ireland in a 2010 Planet Cup participate in-off immediately after the ex-striker went unpunished irrespective of managing the ball before William Gallas’s decisive intention
Ex-Ireland defender Richard Dunne slammed Henry for his response immediately after France went as a result of when he sat down upcoming to him on the Stade de France pitch and tried to console him
And Dunne – who racked up 80 caps for Ireland from 2000-2013 – admitted that though he ‘understood’ Henry’s instincts to deal with the ball, hit out at the way the Arsenal legend attempted to console him post-match when he sat down up coming to him.
‘He felt regret and explained to me he experienced handballed it’, Dunne explained to L’Equipe.
‘I was pondering, “why are you telling me this?” Could you not have instructed the referee a number of minutes ago?
‘It was a complicated second for me mainly because I was dejected from our elimination, and his admission built it even even worse for me.’
Dunne went on to claim he would not have acted like Henry and exposed he experienced not spoken to him because.
He extra: ‘Absolutely not (I would not have completed the exact same detail). What Henry did at that instant was a little bit of showmanship.
‘A way to display that he was a good dude and that he wished to apologise… It was nonsense.’
France went on to endure a disastrous time in South Africa with Raymond Domenech’s gamers likely on strike, before they finished bottom of a team made up of Uruguay, Mexico and the hosts.
Dunne also insisted France’s capitulation at the event below Raymond Domenech wherever players went on strike manufactured missing out on the Environment Cup in South Africa even a lot more painful
The Planet Cup participate in-off was stage at 1-1 on aggregate in more time prior to Henry’s handball
And for Dunne, France’s capitulation during the event made the ache of missing out so narrowly even even worse.
He reported: ‘When you qualify for a Environment Cup, the minimal you have to do is respect the match.
‘You received the perception that the French gamers were only contemplating of by themselves and did not realise how lucky they ended up to be in South Africa.’
The two sides satisfy again in Euro 2024 qualifying on Monday, with France refreshing off a 4- thumping earn against the Netherlands on Friday, although Ireland will hope to get their campaign off to a constructive start out in Dublin.