Trapattoni confronted the Swedish referee, Martin Hansson, on the pitch at full-time. I tell the young children that it's so important in life. I have been to schools many times to talk about fair play. It wouldn't have been out of place to ask. It wouldn't be the first time that a referee asks a player whether it was or it wasn't. He should have done that and I am sure Henry would have confirmed that he had handled. "I prefer that we'd have gone out on penalties and I am sad because the referee had time to ask the linesman and also to ask Henry. I want to make it clear that it's not Henry's fault. For sure, in these two games, we deserved to go to South Africa but the result is different. "I don't wish to speak these words," he said. Trapattoni was asked whether he felt cheated.
Henry handled twice after appearing to be in an offside position at the free-kick that led to the incident from which he squared for William Gallas to score France's extra-time goal, which gave them a 2-1 aggregate win and safe passage to the finals in South Africa next summer. When it comes to the crunch, the big teams always seem to go through." "You saw the goal and that's enough said. "With the draw Fifa wanted France and Portugal to go through and that's what happened," Liam Brady, the assistant manager, said.