Encore: Le Main de Dieu

Here’s the video of Thierry Henry’s “Le Main de Dieu,” as some are calling it, although I have to beg to differ on the nomenclature here. Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” resulted directly in a goal; Henry’s hand ball simply allowed him to control the ball so he could pass it to William Gallas, who then scored a goal.



So perhaps it’s not a “Hand of God” so much as it is the hand of some saint. Who’s the patron saint of hand balls?

To his credit, Henry admits it was a hand ball, but he promptly passes the buck to referee Martin Hansson:

“I will be honest, it was a hand ball. But I’m not the ref,” Henry said. “I played it. The ref allowed it. That’s a question you should ask him.”

And while we’re goofing on Les Bleus, here’s a classic “Family Guy” riff on Zinedine Zidane: