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Thursday, November 19, 2009

France advance to World Cup finals

France qualified for the World Cup finals after a controversial 1-1 draw in a playoff second-leg match with Ireland on Wednesday.

In the European zone match, France qualified for their fourth straight World Cup finals after collecting a 2-1 aggregate playoff win.

Captain Thierry Henry appeared to handle the ball twice before feeding Wiliam Gallas, who scored from close range on 103 minutes to give France a 1-1 draw in the return leg at Stade de France.

Ireland captain Robbie Keane had put the visitors in the 32nd minute and leveled the tie at 1-1 on aggregate.

France won the first leg 1-0 at Croke Park on Saturday.

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