Dirty Handball Goal by France !!

French footballer Thierry Henry has admitted handling a ball before a crucial goal that sent his team to the World Cup at the expense of Ireland.

The goal drew the tournament qualifier in Saint Denis, outside Paris, 1-1.

Before the goal, Ireland had been leading 1-0 and the match was level on aggregate.

But in the first period of extra time, Henry twice handled the ball - stopping it going out of play, then controlling it - to set up his teammate William Gallas.

After the match, Barcelona striker Henry said Swedish referee Martin Hansson was the main culprit for not spotting the infringement.

The player said: "I will be honest, it was a handball. But I'm not the ref. I played it. The ref allowed it."

Sweden vs Iceland Funny GOAL ....

This is what really happens.

The Icelandic player thinks it's penalty cause the referee points to his arm and then he passes to a Swedish attacker, but what the referee really meant was that the arm was next to his body so it wasn't penalty, and they scored ...

football players need to learn to play till the whistle is blown instead of this hand in the air crap.

Wonderful and very funny indeed !

Allback is still laughing!

What a big match it was , 5-0!!!

Messidona - Hand Of God 2

At 9 June 2007, Barcelona player Lionel Messi scored 2 goals in a match with Espanyol.

Messi's first goal appeared to be a legally headed ball and was allowed by the referee.
However, TV replays showed that Messi had steered the ball into the net with his hand.

We all saw immediately that it is similar to Maradona's legendary "Hand of God" goal at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
When asked about the goal, Messi refused to say directly whether he had handled the ball, saying only, "My first goal does not matter now."

Hand Of God - Maradona

Former Argentina soccer star Diego Maradona has acknowledged on Argentine television in 2005 , that he struck the ball with his hand in the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals.

He said he was unable to reach the ball for a header because England's goalkeeper Peter Shilton "was very tall".

Maradona, who was Argentina's captain, said he quickly realized the referee allowed the goal but none of his teammates rushed to celebrate with him - themselves disbelieving.

Replays clearly showed the foul, but the goal helped propel Argentina to a 2-1 victory. Maradona also scored the second goal, which has been dubbed the "Feet of a God" goal, and which FIFA declared to be the greatest ever in World Cup competition.