And the moment Arsenal had been waiting for came with 12 minutes left as Henry gathered Song’s pass in his stride before sparking scenes of ecstasy on and off the pitch with a perfect angled finish.
Sigh.
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August 17, 2011
Balls.ie shows us how the Irish wish Thierry Henry a happy 34th birthday.
July 23, 2010
Thierry Henry first goal for New York Red Bulls v Tottenham Hotspur - Barclays Challenge 22/07/10 (via noikz3)
Once a Gooner, always a Gooner that gets up and going against Tottenham, even if it’s an exhibition. Thierry Henry scored in his first bit of action for the New York Red Bulls, even though Spurs came back to win yesterday.
July 21, 2010
Quite possibly one of the worst soccer interviews ever
Awkward much?
Hosts Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly begin the train wreck by telling Henry that he had just won the World Cup. And the interview seems to get worse from there with Scotto seemingly slowing down her words for Henry to understand her despite the fact that Henry speaks and under stands English incredibly well.
The hosts of the “Good Day New York” TV show then make even more fools of them selves by talking about how Americans love “big scores” and “blowouts,” while trying to make a joke that a 3–0 score line is a “blowout” in soccer.
Scotto then ad libs and starts talking about the “horns” (i.e. vuvuzelas).
It’s obvious that Scotto and Kelly didn’t do their home work before interviewing Henry. To have one of the biggest soccer stars in the world on your show but then not even give him the courtesy of asking intelligent questions is a travesty. Yes, the TV show is a morning program, which is typically the bottom of the barrel when it comes to television shows. But still, you would have expected Henry to be treated with a little more dignity and respect than this horrible interview.
Fair play to Henry for remaining calm during the interview and answering the ques tions with a humility that a lot of other sports stars wouldn’t have been able to carry.
No wonder soccer gets a bad rap in US especially when you have morons like Scotto and Kelly on the show, or when you have TV news programs that can’t tell the difference between South Africa and South America.
(via ontd_football)
(Edit note: It’s the show producer’s responsibility to make sure anchors don’t pull this kind of crap. SMH. - Colin)
July 6, 2010
Luis Suarez commits a blatant handball, denying Ghana the match-winning goal with almost no time left to play. The subsequent penalty is missed, and then Uruguay defeats Ghana in a shootout. Ghana’s World Cup ends.
Thierry Henry commits a blatant handball, directs the ball down, gets it to William Gallas who scores, and Ireland are eliminated from being able to go to the World Cup.
Suarez misses a match. Henry missed one.
Ireland and Ghana are left empty-handed.
FIFA shrugs its shoulders. It’s “the human element”.
So I ask you, whether you are a fan of Uruguay or France, or Ghana or Ireland, or Germany or Japan. Is this fair? Is it fair in terms of the sporting community to continue to allow these egregious displays affect tournaments the way that these two plays have?
As it stands, Henry’s handball was completely missed, so the question there is that should replay be used directly after goals are scored to determine if they are over the line (such as the missed Frank Lampard goal) or possibly handled such as the Hand of Henry?
The Suarez situation has been exacerbated by his reveling in having “gotten away with it” as it were. It’s been shameful, to be honest. He cheated and his country ultimately benefited from it to a great extent. Yes, Ghana still had a chance to win and did not. Suarez’s subsequent flouting of the play as some sort of act of God has been pathetic. There have been calls to allow the match referee to allow a goal to be tallied in case of a play like Suarez’s, in other words, the ball absolutely was going in and was handled to prevent the goal. The goal would then count.
The point here is, do you believe that the game is fine the way it is and that it shouldn’t matter in cases like Henry’s and Suarez’s, or does the game need reform and need it now?
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