Regarding Henry, France Shoves Spain Aside, 3-1

Another World Cup, another heartbreaking exit for Spain. With the luck of the easiest group draw of the Cup, their qualification for the second round was never in doubt. Of course, they did carry a ton of baggage when they took the pitch against the Ukraine to start their tournament. After the 4-0 drubbing, the baggage was thought to a little lighter. The wunderkinds, Torres and Villa. The veteran stalwarts in Raul and Puyol. A young but experienced keeper in Casillas. Maybe this was finally Spain's year was a refrain heard from Madrid to Milwaukee.

Then they lost again.

In the time it took Thierry Henry to feign being elbowed in the face, the early success against the Ukraine was merely a memory, one that would make today's loss all the more difficult. And make no mistake, Henry did dive. The replay clearly shows him taking an elbow to the chest, yet he collapsed in a heap, hands on face. Luis Aragones must be loving the fact that the man he once called a "black shit" found a way to exact the ultimate revenge. It's poetry.