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Damien Duff
Adidas sponsor the World Cup, they sponsor France. Michel Platini has a lot of influence as well. Maybe we'd have had a better chance of going to the World Cup if it was sponsored by Umbro.
It's reminiscent of Maradona in 1986. We feel so cheated.
Richard Dunne
There's nothing you can do, there is no way. They probably wouldn't even answer the phone to the FAI. What chance have you got with FIFA, the people who decide?
The referee was 100 per cent certain that he didn't handle the ball. Henry said he did. He said he didn't mean to. He admitted he cheated and told us we deserved to win. That makes me feel worse.
They're going to the World Cup, and we're not. It's not going to change.
It wasn't a difficult one to see. The linesman should have seen the offside and then there was the handball. Surely, one of them should have seen it. It doesn't take a TV replay, we saw it straight away.
Robbie Keane
They are all probably clapping hands, Michel Platini sitting up there on the phone to Sepp Blatter, probably texting each other, delighted with the result. France and Germany had a chance of being in the play-offs as well, two massive countries. There was no way in a million years it was going to be a fair draw and it wasn't.
We knew straight away. You could see by the reaction of the players, Shay especially. He was two yards away from it and you don't get a reaction like that unless he is sure it's a handball. He almost caught it and actually ran into the net with it, so obviously, we are all devastated.
Kevin Kilbane (left)
It's probably brought about all sorts of conspiracy theories the way it finished. It makes it so much harder. I won't get a chance to play at a World Cup again and it's really hard to take when we go out like that.
Liam Lawrence
It was scandalous. You could see Henry's face; the smirk. He knew what he had done. There is a lot of anger. We've had the better chances. We should have gone through. The first-leg was a deflection, the second was a handball.
John O'Shea
I try not to use too strong words because you'll only get yourself in trouble. They had two chances to get the decision right. I think they may have thought we were asking for something against Gallas, but you could see from the reaction of the players that they are actually saying handball. It was such a blatant handball.
Liam Brady (left)
A few years ago against Sheffield United in a FA Cup tie, Arsenal got an advantage from a throw in and scored a goal. Arsene Wenger said it was not right and the match was replayed. So I would ask FIFA 'do you want to play the match again?' Ask Mr Blatter 'Do you want to play the match again?' We would go to Paris and play the match again. We'd willing to play it again in Paris on their home ground and have a fair winner.
The Republic of Ireland team have been venting their disappointment and anger after Thierry Henry's controversial hand ball ended their World Cup dream.
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