The unofficial World Cup Thread,

[Louis VI the Fat]

What 100 years an I still wont be able to eat a french baguette

Eat this instead:

The same Irish team, the same qualification campaign, shamefully robbing a smaller football nation of their victory.




What matters is not the ref making a bad call. No, the problem here is the Irish captain reflexively raising his hand to call for a penalty. He knows very well it isn't anywhere near a handsball. There was every opportunity to admit he tricked the referee. He didn't, no apology was issued afterwards, no campaign for a replay. The points were happily collected, and with collective amnesia the greens all cried murder when three months later karma got its sweet revenge with the Hand of Gaul.