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Thu 11 Nov 2009Deceived, deflated, disappointed but magnificently defiant, Ireland depart
REACTION:A COOL NIGHT in Paris that warmed the travelling support to its core, as big and brave a performance by an Irish side as most of them would even have dreamt of witnessing. But it is the French who will go to the World Cup, their progress sealed by their extra-time equaliser, courtesy of some ball-juggling from Thierry Henry – not, it should be stressed, with his foot, but with his hand.
It was a deception that both the referee and his assistants failed to spot.
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