William Gallas: Our country and football federation did not protect Thierry Henry after handball

The French defender scored the extra-time winner on that faithful night in Paris in 2009.

THAT MOMENT: William Gallas and Thierry Henry at World Cup 2010 qualifying football match France versus Ireland Republic of Ireland at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis in Paris, France on November 18th , 2009. (Photo by Laurent ZABULON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

William Gallas may have been the man that scored the extra-time winner but it was his compatriot Thierry Henry that truly broke Irish hearts on that infamous night in 2009.

Everyone knows the story. Henry stuck out his arm, controlled the ball, and squared it to Gallas, who slotted home the winner at the Stade de France to send France to the 2010 World Cup at the expense of Ireland.