Sunderland chairman Quinn: Henry shattered everything good in sport
Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has blasted fellow Arsenal icon Thierry Henry over the Frenchman's handball on Wednesday night.
Quinn's emotions were palpable as he described the disputed goal as a huge injustice - echoing the thoughts of many in the footballing world, both in his native Ireland and beyond.
There were no holds barred as the Sunderland chairman delivered his damning assessment to safc.com: "I was at the first leg and it was disappointing because France were lucky on the night. We hoped it would be us who got the breaks in France but it wasn't to be.
"People talk about Maradona's Hand of God goal but I'd say that [Henry's goal] was the biggest injustice I've ever seen in sport. Maybe I feel it more because I'm Irish.
"All that I believe in and all that I love about sport was shattered when I saw something like that. It's possibly the lowest I've felt at any sporting moment in my life."
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Comments (12)
HENRY IS NOT A CHEAT! Idiots are using him as a scapegoat! If there's anyone that are to be blame, it's FIFA for reluctantly dismissing the idea of video technology! WE NEED VIDEO TECHNOLOGY! If we had that, then we won't face this type of problems.
HENRY IS NOT A CHEAT! Idiots are using him as a scapegoat! If there's anyone that are to be blame, it's FIFA for reluctantly dismissing the idea of video technology! WE NEED VIDEO TECHNOLOGY! If we had that, then we won't face this type of problems.
Btw, Henry did not admit to cheating or anything like that, he admitted to the ball hitting his hand. He didn't admit to the fact that after the ball hit his forearm he lifted his hand up and, literally, pulled the ball in as it was going out for a goalkick.
Watch the replays again, there's 2 motions. The first could be argued as a natural reaction as it hit his forearm but the second one was where he realised the ball was going out of play so he curled his hand around the ball to prevent it from going out. That's not instinct, that's just downright cheating or unsporting behaviour.
Why the hell should we not complain about Henry? If there were no cheating ***** like him (or Anelka who tried to gain a penalty with a dive) then we wouldn't be having these conversations and there'd be no such thing as the Hand of God.
Can't expect the refs and linesmen to get everything right, but at some point you need the players to help them out.
Remember Robbie Fowler won that penalty after a bit of a dive and he then told the referee that it wasn't a penalty? The ref chose to give him the penalty regardless, but if Henry did that against Ireland instead of sprinting to celebrate, THEN I would have some sympathy for the amount of abuse he's receiving now. But he didn't.... he ran around celebrating with his teammates as if he'd done something heroic... well to some, he probably did do something heroic.
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