It's a great chance to play the populist "man of the people" card.  Cowen has nothing else going for him right now.  There have been instances of matches being replayed where both parties agree and I think the ideal outcome - for all sides - would be a replay with France winning fair and square, plus a commitment to lock at having a video referee for goal/penalty decisions for this world cup only on  a trial basis.  I doubt the French Federation would take the risk as the financial implications are huge.  If they had a decent manager France would win 9 times out of 10, but with Domenech, who knows?

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You mean like Argentina-England in 1986 (Maradona's original God's hand), OM-Benfica in 1990 or France-Germany in 1982...

AFAIK those games were not granted a rematch. Ref mistakes happen, always have, always will.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.