It looks as though France will be the team to go to South Africa.  The match ended in a tie after extra time.  Due to the fact that France has already won against Ireland in earlier qualifying matches they will be going through to the finals.  Commentators from the Stade De France say that, “Thierry Henry’s handball has almost certainly cost Ireland a place in the World Cup.”   Earlier in the game Ireland was leading until Henry’s hand ball which tied the game.  Officials don’t believe it was intentional but still it was the factor that got in the way of Ireland making their way to the finals. 

In other places in the world: Slovenia beat Russia 1-0 to qualify for the World Cup finals. Also Portugal beat Bosnia by the same score as France to go through 2-0 on aggregate. Earlier Greece beat Ukraine 1-0 to qualify as well.

Well that’s it for today, just thought I’d get the score up quick since it just happened.