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President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to discuss the red card given to Team USA’s Folarin Balogun during Wednesday night’s game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, an person familiar with the conversation told The Hill. Trump later cheered the reversal, calling it an “injustice.”

FIFA said its independent panel overturned the red card suspension for Monday’s game.

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[-] moustachio@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

The tournament itself was a clown show to begin with. Europeans absolutely delusional about the integrity of FIFA.

The card itself was absurd, and the dictator’s “manipulation” was quite small. If Belgium loses its because they’ve been playing like shit the entire contest, not because US striker’s red card that shouldn’t have been given in the first place—was overturned.

You shouldn’t be watching the tournament all if you genuinely had any principles about the integrity of FIFA / the World Cup. But you do because you’re completely fine with looking away from all their shittiness because you’re too attached to a sport.

[-] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Exactly what you said. FIFA removed Ronaldo's 2 game suspension for no stated reason before the tournament, so this is not just Trump fixing it for the US. This is FIFA having no integrity from the beginning.

The red was very harsh. The VAR protocol was broken in giving the red. Belgium has been playing like shit.

And as incredibly sad as it has made me to miss the first World Cup in my country since I've been an adult, I'm boycotting it because I am not OK with looking away from their shittiness.

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