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I didn't see all the match, but France were (almost) total rubbish from what I saw. Ireland deserved to win, and it probably is down to one of those last-minute favour-the-big-side (and home country last night) refereeing decisions.

It's no consolation for the Irish, but winning is a poisoned chalice for France. I'd have preferred to see them eliminated, Raymond Domenech at last ejected, and a new French team built with a real coach instead of a con man.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Nov 19th, 2009 at 01:53:08 AM EST

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France seemed to get it together in the extra time and were finally playing like a team that was trying to win. I would have preferred to see penalty kicks. Also, where was Benzema???

by paving on Thu Nov 19th, 2009 at 07:21:38 PM EST
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