football and france a bad week

you begin to wonder if sport is worth the hassel .this week france has suffered doubly because of the beautiful game. algeria wins in the world cup which leads to celebration then chaos, old divisions are opened up rioting ensues in marseille and paris .is any game worth this. then thiery henri does a handball to win over the irish be sure they'll never let it rest, worse still it brought franco phobia out like an plague of of boils. sport is supposed to unite in the uk it also divides the nations ,so whats point the other than exercise, maybe we should all take up thai chi or ballroom dancing