Thierry Henry Reveals the Untold Agony Behind His Heartbreaking 2006 Double Defeat
The ability of football to put players, supporters and anyone else connected with the sport through the emotional mixer is unrivalled in any other pursuit.
Life-affirming highs can often be followed by crushing lows, often within weeks or indeed days of each other, no matter how talented a player is.
Thierry Henry is a classic example of this, as the Frenchman’s mid-2000s pomp brought about perhaps the most emotionally complex summer of his career.
Henry on his 2006 near-misses
The climax of the 2005/06 season, which saw Arsenal preparing to say farewell to Highbury, saw the club focusing their efforts on a first-ever European Cup.
A fourth-place Premier League finish was below the standards set by the Gunners in recent seasons, but after edging past Villarreal in the Champions League semi-finals, Arsene Wenger’s side had the chance to end the season on a high when they took on Barcelona at the Stade de France.
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