FIFA turn down a request from FAI ( FAI ) to replay their deciding the World Cup play-off game against France . FIFA : `` The result of the match can not be changed and the match can not be replayed '' Irish president Roy Keane said : `` I was sorry for [ Ireland ] but do not ask me to stand in for the referee of the game '' NEW : Former Ireland captain Roy Keane accuses FIFA of hyprocrisy in their appeal to FIFA .
FIFA turn down a request from the Irish Football Association ( FAI ) to replay their deciding World Cup play-off game against France . FIFA : `` The result of the match can not be changed and the match can not be replayed '' French president Nicolas Sarkozy said : `` I was sorry for [ Ireland ] but do not ask me to stand in for the referee of the game '' NEW : Former Ireland captain Roy Keane accuses FAI of hyprocrisy in their appeal to FIFA .