What a Streisand effect here. I was totally uninterested in that tournament, but the picture of one American player's foot firmly twisting down another country's player's ankle is hard to unsee, and kind of a defining moment for the year.
Whatever gets more people interested in soccer, talking about it, and out playing it.
FIFA shortened a red card for Ronaldo that was supposed to be 3 games out. 0
One live view for USA game showed the other player run from behind Balogun but that was not in the replays. Both players went for the ball and one fell on the other.
Ronaldo was getting his red card in the qualifying match. They overturned it in order for him to play the first match of the World Cup, but they didn't remove the penalty.
Qualifiers and World Cups themselves are completely individual tournaments with their own structure. So not everything from the qualifier carries over.
Balogun, on the other hand, is the first player since 1962 that doesn’t have to sit one out after a red card in the running tournament. Interestingly, the red card that was overturned in 1962 was also under public and presidential pressure.
The World Cup regulations themselves say on page 18/10.5.
If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team’s subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed.
There is no way in the ruleset to overturn this after the ref made his decision.
The rules are the rules, but the peasant rules don’t count for the King of the free world apparently.
He did what he always does. He grabbed Infantino by the pussy and made a deal.
What is even more concerning is that he damaged the whole US Soccer team with this.
They could have won without Balogun. The team is perfectly capable of doing that.
If the players or coach had any spine and self-respect, they would bench Balogun for the game nonetheless. What message does it deliver to the world if he plays?
If they win, the whole world will look at them like, “Yeah, whatever. The US president won that game for them, and however far they might go is not because they worked hard for years to get to that point but because the president had to involve himself.”
How do you expect any soccer fan to have respect for America or the national soccer team ever again after this?
The sad thing is, this president has a track record to ruin sports for the average Joe for a living.
Let’s not forget how he was responsible for thousands of fans not being able to enjoy the NBA outside Madison Square Garden because the King rolled into town and all public viewing within a huge security perimeter around the venue was cancelled on short notice, so the King could have a nap behind bullet proof glass.
Imagine this was the NFL quarterfinals or so and Trump would get the NFL to revert a foul on his favorite team. No matter the foul: what happens in the game is the game.
The fact that this got overturned should worry everyone that loves sports.
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FIFA shortened a red card for Ronaldo that was supposed to be 3 games out. 0
One live view for USA game showed the other player run from behind Balogun but that was not in the replays. Both players went for the ball and one fell on the other.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cvgj9e1782xo
Ronaldo was getting his red card in the qualifying match. They overturned it in order for him to play the first match of the World Cup, but they didn't remove the penalty.
Qualifiers and World Cups themselves are completely individual tournaments with their own structure. So not everything from the qualifier carries over.
Balogun, on the other hand, is the first player since 1962 that doesn’t have to sit one out after a red card in the running tournament. Interestingly, the red card that was overturned in 1962 was also under public and presidential pressure.
The World Cup regulations themselves say on page 18/10.5.
If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team’s subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed.
There is no way in the ruleset to overturn this after the ref made his decision.
https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/636f5c9c6f29771f/original/FWC2...
The rules are the rules, but the peasant rules don’t count for the King of the free world apparently.
He did what he always does. He grabbed Infantino by the pussy and made a deal. What is even more concerning is that he damaged the whole US Soccer team with this.
They could have won without Balogun. The team is perfectly capable of doing that.
If the players or coach had any spine and self-respect, they would bench Balogun for the game nonetheless. What message does it deliver to the world if he plays?
If they win, the whole world will look at them like, “Yeah, whatever. The US president won that game for them, and however far they might go is not because they worked hard for years to get to that point but because the president had to involve himself.”
How do you expect any soccer fan to have respect for America or the national soccer team ever again after this?
The sad thing is, this president has a track record to ruin sports for the average Joe for a living.
Let’s not forget how he was responsible for thousands of fans not being able to enjoy the NBA outside Madison Square Garden because the King rolled into town and all public viewing within a huge security perimeter around the venue was cancelled on short notice, so the King could have a nap behind bullet proof glass.
The fact that this got overturned should worry everyone that loves sports.