France drawn with Ireland in Euro rehearsal
Reuters - Saturday 06 February 2010, 17:22
WARSAW - UEFA president Michel Platini said
he would be delighted if his country France and Ireland were in
the same group in Sunday's draw for the Euro 2012 qualifiers
after they were paired together in Saturday's rehearsal.
"That gave us a laugh but certainly ... I would welcome it,
why not?," Platini joked after France, among the top seeds, and
Ireland, ranked in the third pot, were placed in the same group.
France defeated Ireland 2-1 on aggregate in a hugely
controversial World Cup play-off last November.
Thierry Henry handled the ball twice in the build-up to
France's second-leg goal scored by William Gallas - an incident
that led to renewed calls for video technology to be used in top
matches.