This whole artcle talks about how Ireland was basically cheated out of a world cup appearance by France. Apparently a France player used his hand to bat the ball out of the air just before going out of bounds, which then led to a pass out front and a header goal. Not to mention this all happened in stoppage time. For anyone not aware of stoppage time in soccer its the last few minutes after the regulation playing time. The amount is decided by several aspects whether it will be 2 minutes, maybe 3, give or take a minute. The FAl (Irish Football Association) sent a game replay request to FIFA to atleast get a rematch. FIFA's reponse was no, they stated a game couldnt be replayed because of a mistake made by a referee.
It's hard to say which way im leaning in this controversy and I no many others feel the same. Soccer being the most popular world sport, I can imagine millions of people are going to be upset either way it goes. I somewhat agree with FIFA, just because a referee makes a mistake does not mean the game should be replayed. This happens all the time in other sports, but those game are not made up so why should this. On the other hand it is a lot of littles kids dream to grow up someday and play in the World Cup and for the players who may not succeed with that dream I feel greatly sorrowed. However you don't always get what you want. Some players may sit and complain, however the good ones will use this as a drive to push themselves even harder to make it to the following world cup. After some thought im going to have to agree with FIFA. They stood there ground and as long as they stay consistent with their decisions I have no complaints.
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