Thierry Henry's Handball: Why FIFA Paid Ireland

Thierry Henry handled the ball, France scored, and Ireland were out of the 2010 World Cup. Two months later FIFA sent Ireland's football association five million euros. FIFA called it a loan, the FAI's chief called it a payment not to go to court, and the signed agreement names only one thing: Henry's hand. Chapters 0:00 The hand and the money 0:27 Paris, 18 November 2009 1:25 The night after 2:18 Team 33 3:08 The draw 3:24 The deal 4:26 Five years of silence 6:30 After Sources: the FIFA and FAI agreement of 15 January 2010, the FAI's bank statements and FIFA's letter of 13 June 2014 (released by the FAI on 5 June 2015), FIFA and FAI statements of June 2015, FIFA official match reports, FIFA.com (29 September 2009), UEFA.com, The Guardian, The Irish Times, RTÉ, The42.ie, Irish Examiner, BBC, Associated Press, Reuters, Sky Sports, ABC News, CBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, NBC News, NPR, Euronews, Europe 1, World Soccer, FourFourTwo, Get French Football News, Goal, and The Robbie Fowler Podcast (2021). Narration voice generated with ElevenLabs. Pictures are hand-drawn cartoon illustrations made with Google Flow, not archive footage or real photographs. The Untold Pitch tells the football stories nobody told you. Subscribe for the next one. #football #footballstories #theuntoldpitch