You're right Phil, there was nothing friendly about that match at all. Muscat reckons he was spat upon by Pires, and that was the cause for the ugly tackle on Dugarry. No doubt the French will be up for revenge in the next 'friendly' (maybe 'deadly' is a more suitable term :)(posted 8443 days ago)Congrats Alex on Ireland making the World Cup. I'm glad they beat Iran to do it. Australia lost to Iran in late '97 in the qualifier for France '98 after being 2-0 up for most of the match!