Former Arsenal, Barcelona and French international footballer Thierry Henry discusses his infamous handball against Ireland in 2005. Henry deliberately touched the ball with his hand to set up a goal for France in a world cup qualifier in 2009. This goal ultimately sent France to the World Cup and eliminated Ireland, since then the Irish have abused Henry. #shorts #football #soccer #worldcup #france #ireland
Credit to @therobbiefowlerpodcast5593 for the interview.
Was I proud of it no I wasn’t proud of it it happened the rent BW the whistle I wasn’t proud of it I’m not still not proud of it but things happen in the game that’s what you do as a player sorry you have a you have that bad
Reaction that bad moment that you extend your arm I didn’t think about it they happen regardless of what happened it is what it is it’s something that happened in the game after with all the abuse that I got whether I deserve it or I didn’t deserve it it’s still something
That happened on the football pitch I to take it I took it was I proud of it no because because this is not the type of player I am but you can’t when you have an an a bad Instinct the reaction is difficult to explain I can’t explain it because it happens
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People complain about VAR. THIS is the type of stuff it's made for. Cuz ain't no way a pro player saying: ,,Ye ref i handballed it" at that moment when your entire country is counting on you to deliver.
This is exactly the type of player he is. Back in his Arsenal days, he would take freekicks before keepers were ready and he scored a couple.
Two things about it: 1) it’s not like Henry was the first to ever do an intentional handball (remember Messi in the last WC?) and 2) it’s not like Ireland was about to qualify. It was 0-1, which means game was going to overtime so who knows what could have happened.
Difference between England and other countries.
The man is lowkey proud of it
Legend
You can do what Henry did. Or you can do what MIROSLAV KLOSE😎 did agaisnt lazio. You can earn the love of your contrymen or the love and respect of all the world
Prick move Tt, you should be seen as a cheat
Using your arm was a reaction. Not admitting it to the ref was a decision.
I absolutely hate that arrogant prick
Rant incoming
He said a whole lot of nothing… He effectively said the exact same thing 4 times, it's not the fact of the handball, Irish fans and football fans understand anything can happen in a game. It's the fact it was in the dying moments of the game and it was because of that handball Ireland didn't progress. We didn't lose fairly we were cheated out of our rightful place. You can keep saying "was I proud of it, no" it still doesn't negate the fact it happened and your sense of sportsmanship wasn't there after it. If he truly wasn't proud of it and he was sorry etc then he would've let the ref know like we've seen from many big players around that time as well.
Legacy tainted.
All that just to have a disastrous World Cup staying in group stage
If you barely qualified your country via an illegal goal and the red didn't blow the whistle, would you inform him and let your country not go the world cup?
Cheat
Cheat
Just go to the Ref and tell him.
When Maradona did it, they called it Hand of god…
😂😂😂 the Irish are always crying
She had her Wagu as in she eat the whole cow 😂
Henry is world class. N he explains perfectly what happens at that very moment….
Bullshit, if you so fair why shouldn’t you admit that to ref.
Was a true Barca player then😊 The Robbery of 2009 semi-final against Chelsea and a year later
I would've told the red it was a handball tho, respect yourself before the rest of the world
Merci Titi pour cette main.
😍
Similar to draymond green in basketball, that’s why i don't get as upset as the world gets w him about it.
Many years later he is remorseful. At the time, he was cheeky as hell about it. Maradona was the only player ever allowed to break the rules like this because his was the hand of God.
Say sorry or stfu
I’ve caught a ball in a tournament one time with my left hand and just held it in such confusion of what I had just done. Staring at it in my hand in front of our own goal. So I get what he’s saying to have just a bad instinct at the wrong time and you can’t explain it. Had a little less pressure on me, I’ll say. Lol But still. I get it.
Henry’s looked like his mind blanked and his body reacted. Maradona’s looked premeditated. Lol
Bad Thierry Henry
And Thierry Henry went off on Ramos for faking a dive while he did this…😒
"It is what it is", "This is not the type of player I am". Still a snake.
I don’t think he’s proud of it! 🤷♂️
FIFA should have disallowed this goal after the game, bc it was too evident. Scandalous.
Cheated plain and simple
Henry, first of all you don’t have to explain yourself. You want to win you do anything to win for the shirt you love. Secondly, fuck arsenal. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Scummy act. Shows even the best players let the game down.
Ireland would have taken it at the other end.
Yes theirry Henry..was a great player and is a better person…
Great comment about that handball ..😊
Him sitting down next to Richard Dunne was so insulting and patronising
It’s not your job to justify all of that Henry. Is the ref’s job to spot any illegal play
I don’t get why folk are so mad at any French player Henry included. Not their fault the ref and linesman were paid off by fifa. It’s just how it goes
This reminds me of that Lampard goal, i think it was against Germany, where he hits the bar, ball bounces behind the line and it's a clear goal, bounces back out and the game continues. Pure beautiful footballing robbery
You should have admit it there and then
yeah i feel like the iron giant could be linked to the ancient kingdom, like maybe there were a ton of them, either as guards or just it was a fantastical place, with creatures like Zunesha and iron giants, even fishmen, merfolk, minks, tontotta, lunarians, giants maybe, sea kings, and humans walking around and Nika being all toon worldy and devil fruits everywhere, and the imaginations of people running wild but in a fun way
almost like long ring long land, and a good version of sugar’s toys running around dressrosa and more
like a true neutral city / kingdom, like a good version of what big mom was trying to create, or maybe a good combination of what all of the yonko were trying to create,, a kingdom of every race, a place of freedom and fun, a family.
and that’s why we seem to find those with the Will of D in every race, and or ones being linked to joy boy or the void century.
It doesn’t mean that every member of every race was in the kingdom and that they split off later, but no, they came together in this kingdom, while others/most of their races stayed at their homeland, like elbaf for the giants.
i feel like Pluton, and every ancient weapon, could be sentient living creatures. and the Pluton blueprints were a battleship that really was an exact replica of the ancient weapon Pluton, but this was mechanical and could be controlled by a pilot or bunch of operators.
whereas Nika doesn’t “control,” but people and creatures work for or with him cuz he befriends them.
He and France then got knocked out of the wc in the group stage😅
If VAR was around then
"And now we go to VAR…and the goal stands! Oh there is going to be some controversy: