<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%" border="1">  <tbody></tbody></table>Former France captain Thierry Henry yesterday said he felt sidelined after playing only a cameo role in his country's disastrous World Cup campaign, but insisted the squad were right to show support for Nicolas Anelka.<br /><br />  <table style="width: 66px; height: 144px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="66" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/jun/thierry-henry.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Theirry Henry</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>"I felt sidelined. People didn't speak to me as they used to," Henry told Canal Plus television in his first interview since France crashed out following a miserable tournament, which ended with a humiliating defeat to hosts South Africa that left them bottom of their group.<br /><br />Henry, the only survivor of France's 1998 World Cup triumph, said he was 'no longer' the big brother figure that the squad's younger members looked up to.<br /><br />"Previously, people talked to me more, I was at the forefront," said the 32-year-old.<br /><br />But that changed when coach Domenech indicated before the tournament that Henry would be relegated to the substitutes' bench.<br /><br />"When you no longer have credibility in a group it becomes difficult," admitted the former Arsenal star, who appears set to wind down his career in Major League Soccer in the United States.<br /><br />"I felt snubbed and after a bit your pride takes a knock." 

Former France captain Thierry Henry yesterday said he felt sidelined after playing only a cameo role in his country's disastrous World Cup campaign, but insisted the squad were right to show support for Nicolas Anelka

I felt sidelined: Thierry Henry

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