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Irish should be going to World Cup says French poll

France, Sweden red-faced over Thierry Henry handball

By
KELLY FINCHAM,
IrishCentral.com Editor

Published Thursday, November 19, 2009, 3:30 PM
Updated Thursday, November 19, 2009, 3:45 PM

 

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Zut alors!

Even the French think we were robbed last night in the Stade de France.

An online poll in the French newspaper Le Monde shows a staggering 80,657 French people (presumably) believe Ireland should be on their way to the World Cup.

Just 12 percent (10,998) say Les Bleus should be going to South Africa.

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Just click here and make sure you select Non!

And it's not just the French who are outraged.

The Swedes are positively besides themselves at Swedish referee Martin Hansson and his two Swedish assistants.

Columnists at Aftonbladet say us Irish have been insulted by the referee's failure to see the handball.

"There are approximately 80 million Irishmen around the world," said one Aftonbladet columnist. "We guarantee they all feel pretty bad today.

"But I sincerely hope there are three Swedes who feel even worse. They are Martin Hansson, Stefan Wittberg and Fredrik Nilsson.

"There will be no World Cup for Ireland, and I assume that Team Hansson has also forfeited its right to continue to take charge of major international matches. Anything else would be a further insult to the Irish nation."

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