It's embarrassing to continue reading about Ireland being such sore losers against France. Granted, it should not have been allowed and the referee was at fault in a massive way for allowing such a blatant act of cheating to stand.
It didn't stop there though and asking for the French to be noble and agree to a replay was ridiculous enough. Would we have agreed to such a request? I don't think I need to answer that.
Secondly asking for an extra place to be made for our little country was daring and also pushing thins too far. Of course if we were allocated a place, then of course another country would also have to be given a place to make the numbers even meaning that there could have been a battle on to decide which other poor country lost in the most unjust manner.
I am disappointed that I can't cheer on my country in the next World Cup and even my adopted country will not be there - probably a good thing considering that the hooligans will have no reason to kill if they lose as if they need this anyway - but I think that all of this is a farce. The performance was great and I felt that everything was given. Can we not be proud of that rather than continue clutching at straws and behaving like really sore losers when you consider that had the goal not been given it still didn't guarantee Ireland qualification at 1-1 on aggregate?
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