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Usain Bolt defends Barcelona’s Henry over hand-ball

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 08:35

World sprint champ Usain Bolt has jumped to support of Barcelona striker Thierry Henry.

Bolt, a self-confessed Real Madrid fan who worked with Madrid's players earlier this season, says Henry's hand-ball for France against the Republic of Ireland was instinctive.

"What would I do? If I was in the same situation, I might have done the same.

"You can understand what happens in a player's head at times and I have no idea how I would react. I have an Irish manager who would want to say otherwise, but I cannot."

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Submitted by ali (not verified) on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 23:43.

Thanks MAURICE,good to see sensible people post for a change.

Submitted by Savi (not verified) on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 17:50.

thanks for commentin MAURICE MACDONALD ,really dont know where these fools come out from sumtimez

Submitted by MAURICE MACDONALD (not verified) on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 03:09.

Usain is entitled to his opinion like everyone else.You dont have to be a footballer to comment on the sport.Where do you retards come from anyway,you obviously never played competitive sports in your life.As for Usain being a cheat ,you know nothing about track and field you dimwitted moron.You should be more skeptical of a man who runs his BEST TIMES injured.

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