By Ollie Irish
Robbie Keane’s wife Claudine on France’s highly amusing exit from the World Cup: “Maybe it was just bad karma and maybe it was [Thierry] Henry’s handball that came back around and bit them on the bum.”
Maybe? Definitely, not maybe. You know the entire population of Ireland was loving it when France pressed the self-destruct button, though no doubt that feeling was tempered by the thought: “Hang on a minute, our lads could give South Africa, Mexico and Uruguay more than a decent game.”