What was behind the head of the drafting sports daily L'Equipe in measuring the hand of God? What had 
The Hand of God
? P ather than "the hand of God" ("Hand of God") Diego Maradona against England in the World- 1986, sports daily L'Equipe had the headline "The Hand of Tweety." For what God has done here. Maradona was proclaimed and self or, as, stated that it was Sky who had guided his gesture. One can easily imagine that the same god was convened in Khartoum, he finally chosen Algeria and that his hand for a few centimeters allowed the ball into the cage Egypt. But at the Stade de France? Another god is there in his hand swayed the Swedish trio arbitration, only one not seeing the fault of the French striker?
Indeed, what is it God? God of the stadium? So, Thierry Henry would be the god, but one can imagine a different attitude on the part of most ethical and fair play as pointed out the Irish. Former Irish striker Tony Cascarino on Thursday called Thierry Henry
"cheater hypocritical" .
"Thierry Henry is a cheating hypocrite who has tarnished his reputation for good ", writes the Irish in the British daily The Times where he maintains a regular column. " I'm disgusted for Ireland and football. "
Cascarino wondered if Henry should have gone to report to the referee: "It's a matter of conscience (...) This was never an issue for me because I was not a cheat."
"To me, this hand was obvious cheating calculated. Involuntary? He touched the ball overhang to keep it in play and then hit her again so that it arrives nicely on his right foot, " Cascarino accuses. According to the Irish
Henry "would have won the admiration of the world" if he had admitted fault to the referee. "It could have been a beacon of integrity. Instead, he brought shame on himself and on the football."
According Cascarino, "Ireland was much better than France" and "Raymond Domenech's players have hearts the size of peas."
Questioned on the subject, Giova nni Trapattoni believes that the man in black should have consulted the principal interest in this game is: "If the referee had asked to Henry, he will it says '' yes, it was a hand on the ball''", said the Italian coach of Ireland. "We saw the referee hesitate, watch Henry, he should ask his opinion, the continued Trap '. I bitterly regret it all. This is not his ute Henry is a matter of fair play. It is not easy to accept. Action on this point, we change the rules. We talk constantly of fair play, fair play, fair play. I talked to young players so many times in my career re, to tell them that's important in life. But it's hard . "
But now, fair play does not translate into French, here is the response of Titi Henry nickname:
" Yes, there are handy, but I'm not the referee, said the captain of the Blues. "Toto" (Squillaci) goes to the fight e head, I'm behind two Irish, the ball and redundant tape my hand. "
"Of course, I continue to play he said. The referee did not whistle hand, but I can not say that there is no hand."
Asked whether the game is altered his joy, he replied: "No, no. It is qualified."
Here we see the newsboy, the poulbot, facetious or smart Parisian gamin face big pussycat Irish rather than the god of the stadium elegant and sure of himself that will see the referee to show him his mistake. So the title of "The Team" is zero. I much prefer that the newspaper Liberation:
"Les Bleus, oh hand" or
"
The hand of deliverance for the Blues," "Henry gives a sacred hand to Blues" because the national press Thursday on the French ironic because not sanctioned by Thierry Henry. Another reference to religion:
"Miraculous" , as also the Parisian / Today in France "because actually this qualification is a miracle. Some titles even more relevant in my opinion than" The Team "
"
Qualification Bleus the World Cup. Foot and hand, " always in Libe or
" France has a green thumb "proposed by David
Abiker. 
Meanwhile, Irish Press pointed to "the cheater" Thierry Henry, after his hand has led to the qualifying France for the 2010 World Cup at the expense of a Republic of Ireland "fly". The tabloids
Island raged: "We been stolen," says the Irish Star, "The Cheat " (the cheater), accuses the Irish Mirror next to a photograph of the FC Barcelona striker.
the Irish Sun prefers to see the gesture of the French less glorious " of frog hand", using the nickname reserved unfriendly to the French on the British Isles. The mainstream press
not softer " armed robbery " loose in the Irish Independent as "burglary in the light of day," added the Irish Review, which calls for the establishment of the video refereeing. The Independent regrets
a "huge injustice to the men in green who see a blunder of the referee to send France in South Africa".
"The Irish Hand inconsolable while Henry is the only thing separating the two teams," notes, more sober, the Irish Times.
