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I think the linesman was on the far corner from Henry, so it is entirely possible that he didn't see it - there were at least the goalie and Gallas between Henry and him, as well as Hanry using his far hand and raising his leg at the same time.

The one thing I would like to see come out of this is the long overdue ability to judge based on real-time video footage. There's been a 4th referee off the pitch for, what, 15 years now? Time for FIFA to change the rules of the game to allow the use of video to make calls.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 19th, 2009 at 04:54:37 AM EST
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Irish TV replays showed a graphically enhanced slo-mo which appeared to indicate the far linesman had a clear line of sight with Henry facing him and Gallas only arriving a split second later.  However when these things happen in real time 30 Metres away, it may be altogether less clear.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Thu Nov 19th, 2009 at 05:25:07 AM EST
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