11th March 2010

No Sanctions For Henry

Posted by Admin on January-19-2010 Add Comments

French striker Thierry Henry to escape from sanctions for handball which he did in the play-off 2010 World Cup against Ireland. Violations were not considered a serious matter.Decisions taken in the FIFA Discipline Committee meeting on Monday (18.1.2010) is mentioned, can not take action against Henry because there is no strong legal basis of the violation. In the FIFA rules, touching the ball with his hands is considered not as a serious breach resulted despite Henry handball by William Gallas goal and get rid Ireland of the World Cup match.”On January 18, 2010 meeting, the Commission reached the conclusion that the discipline it is not no legal basis for the committee to assess the case because it touched the ball with his hands can not be regarded as a serious offense as defined in Article 77a) in the FIFA disciplinary code,” the statement mentioned FIFA.”There is no other legal texts which allow the committee to impose sanctions due to negligence of the match officials,” continued the statement.Previously, Henry admitted that he had touched the ball before feeding it to Gallas. However, FIFA refused a request to repeat duel Ireland play-off second leg against “Les Bleus”. (FIFA)

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