Given their current pre-eminence, Henry could be forgiven for wishing away the next 12 months until his side kick-off the next global jamboree in front of their home fans against Tonga on 9 September.
If not, the other team gets great field position as they would if they had recovered an on-side kick.
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Replays suggested the midfielder had gone over Warnock's challenge rather theatrically, but Adebayor showed no mercy as he side-footed home the spot-kick with aplomb.
We've never really been a great one-day side so hopefully we can kick-start that now.
After Wales rode a tricky start, James Collins found space on the back post to side-foot home a Gareth Bale free-kick.
The home side won a free-kick in a dangerous position in the third minute of injury-time but the hitherto impressive Stuart King completely overhit his delivery - much to Newry's relief.
Josh Hannay followed him over straight from kick-off but Lennon missed the kick and the Welsh side were just two points away from extra-time.
George McCartney soon wasted a good opportunity for the Hammers, lashing into the side-netting, before Etherington fired a free-kick well wide.
He claimed that while Arsenal can afford to rest players in their Premier League game against Portsmouth on Saturday, he must pick a strong side for the early kick-off against Middlesbrough as United look to maintain their lead in the title race.
An injury-time free-kick for handball saw the whole Aston Villa side - including James - dash into the Chelsea area.
Alexander Geynrikh fired against the post for the visitors, while Brazilian-born Cesar curled a left-footed free-kick onto the post for the home side seven minutes before half-time.
Edwin De Graaf bulleted a drive over from 25 yards and Derek Riordan sent a free-kick into the side-netting.
The home side lost Stephen Jones before kick-off with a back spasm and they ended the campaign with zero points.
The home side were appealing for a goal-kick after Tommy Smith looked to have run the ball out of play but it was George Elokobi's block that deflected the ball out.
Cousin then almost rescued a point for his side when he won a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area in the dying moments of the game but could only rifle the resulting shot over the bar.
Spurs had let a 2-0 lead slip in their opening Champions League group game at Werder Bremen and allowed Twente hope of a comeback as Chadli poked in a shot after the home side failed to clear a free-kick.
For the home side, Harte curled a free-kick narrowly wide, and after Jobi McAnuff created space on the left, Hunt sent in a powerful header from 10 yards that was brilliantly saved by Boaz Myhill, recalled in place of Scott Carson.
When Porical was sin-binned Jones took the chance to kick the home side level, before the Scarlets let rip with two high-quality tries.
Kranjcar then secured Pompey's win when he powered in a 25-yard free-kick from the right side of Birmingham's area.
Brown then drilled a powerful strike into the side-netting after skipping by a couple of challenges when a quick free-kick had caught the Macedonians napping.
In the space of 13 minutes, the Asian side had doubled the number of free-kick goals we had witnessed in the previous 42 matches at this tournament in South Africa.
But the match had degenerated to the extent that Alonso opted to shoot with a free-kick on the wrong side of 40 yards instead of a seeking out a team-mate.
Wardlaw's afternoon grew more frustrating when he was booked by referee John McKendrick after being caught by a dangerous high challenge from Liam Craig, with the free-kick going the home side's way.
South Korea enjoyed the best of the second half and went close when Koo Ja-cheol hit the side-netting with a low shot before Lee Yong-rae's free kick flashed narrowly wide of the target.
City had similar comebacks against Cardiff and Millwall, with Russell Martin scoring a 90th minute goal to earn a draw against the Welsh side and Henri Lansbury netting a last-kick winner against the Lions.
Nine years ago Beckham won the main award, voted for by the public, after an outstanding display for England against Greece in which his late free-kick earned the national side a place in the 2002 World Cup finals.
As the match began to peter out, Grainger's curling back-post free-kick was headed into the side netting by Parkin.
There was little initial reward for the home side other than a long-range free-kick from Shunsuke Nakamura as Hearts settled.
Graham Carey's spectacular free-kick had given the home side the lead as Hearts battled to secure a place in the Scottish Premier League top six.
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