Supporters nowadays are so creative

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Former France international and Manchester United legend Eric Cantona launched his singular type of blast at both Raymond Domenech and Thierry Henry after his national team reached the World Cup at the expense of Ireland, and, in the case of Henry, by foul means rather than fair.

"I think that Raymond Domenech is the worst coach in French football since Louis XVI," Cantona told reporters at a press conference ahead of a beach soccer tournament due to take place in his hometown of Marseille. French king Louis XVI was the monarch executed by French revolutionaries in 1793 after the revolution of 1789. He is commonly depicted as an indecisive, dithering monarch.

"If it was up to me, I'd put (Bordeaux coach) Laurent Blanc in charge of the France team," the former Manchester United hero continued. "He continues the season with Bordeaux, he wins the league with Bordeaux and he wins the World Cup! I'm not the only one who thinks that..."

Cantona, nowadays an actor of some acclaim and coach of France's beach soccer team, also criticised the attitude of Thierry Henry, whose handball set up France's winning goal in their 2-1 aggregate play-off victory over the Republic of Ireland.

"What shocked me most wasn't the handball, honestly," said Cantona. "What shocked me most was that at the end of the match, in front of the television cameras, this player (Henry) went and sat down next to an Irish player to console him, even though he'd screwed them three minutes earlier.

"If I'd been Irish, he wouldn't have lasted three seconds."

Thierry Henry has claimed that the vitriolic response to his handball against Republic of Ireland led him to consider his future at international level.

Henry was widely criticised last week when his clear handling of the ball allowed the striker to set up William Gallas for the goal that took France to the World Cup finals at the expense of Giovanni Trapattoni's side.

Unflattering comparisons were drawn between Henry and Diego Maradona, who famously produced his 'Hand of God' moment against England at the 1986 World Cup, while commentators speculated whether his legacy would be forever sullied.

Henry - who issued a statement on Friday saying a replay would be the fairest way to settle the row, after FIFA had ruled out such a scenario - feels that the French Football Federation (FFF) did not offer him enough support and considered exiling himself from the finals following outcry across Europe.

"Oh yes," Henry told L'Equipe. "Friday, when it all went too far, I was very worked up. It's not the first time (that I thought about retiring).

"After the 2006 World Cup, I thought about it, but it was too early. After Euro 2008, too, but it wasn't the right moment. There was a generation that needed me.

"Despite everything that has just happened and the fact that I felt let down, I will not let my country down.

"The day after the match, and the day after that, I felt alone, really alone. It was only after I issued my statement that the people from the French Federation got in touch."

Henry did, however, concede that he should not have celebrated the goal so wildly as Ireland's hopes of a famous result in the play-offs were dashed in such controversial fashion. He said: "I shouldn't have done that but, frankly, it was uncontrollable, after all we had been through."

After Henry admitted a replay would be the fairest way to settle the game, Ireland captain Robbie Keane praised the striker and called on the FFF to make their own representations to FIFA. However, they refused to do so and the result stands.

Henry insists that his support for a replay existed before he learnt that FIFA had ruled out the possibility of staging another game and denies that his statement was merely an exercise in PR.

The striker said: "We worked on this release with my lawyer without knowledge that the international federation would meet the same day on the subject."