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.
He will call Infantino about those four unfair goals against the American team, too.
So once again the world proves yet again whatever Trump touches turns to shit as the US loses 4 to fucking 1.
He’s gonna ask for a recount and accuse math of being communism
I wouldn’t be surprised for a second if he announced %100 tariffs for Belgian beer and chocolate now.
and, as expected, trumps meddling cost them
Well fuck. I was pulling for USA but with this special treatment I’m not sure I can anymore.
He probably doesn’t even watch the soccer. We should really start handing out “Playing Victim” cards to trump every time he whines
He admitted that he didn’t know exactly what a red card meant. Even worse, he thought it was unfair that you could be penalized for a game that hadn’t happened yet.
lol… We don’t even watch much soccer in Australia, and even the biggest dumbass knows what a red card is
I was at the Club World Cup Final outside NYC last year. Don Cheeto was there making a scene with Mr FIFA. I’m pretty sure that was the first soccer game he had ever been to. I’m guessing he didn’t attend any of his kids’ games before molesting them.
Reminder of the sponsors of this tournament:
Edit: Budweiser and Hisense are also sponsorsAramco, Saudi Arabia’s state owned oil company. One of the big reasons why Iraq and Iran were attacked.
What’s between McDonald’s and Unilever?
https://www.mengniuir.com/ China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
Well, this is the last time I buy any of their dairy products!
I have get rid of my Lenovo laptop
Don’t throw it away. Give it away for free to someone who was going to buy one.
valvoline…that god for that lube.
USA - Unscrupulous Scam Alliance
Really funny seeing people sob over the integrity of the sport as if FIFA isn’t actively buying votes to line their pockets and hosting tournaments to sports-wash theocratic slave states (USA included).
The card system never made sense for international knockout play anyway because one ref with a grudge can, more or less, unilaterally eject a team from the tournament. Almost nobody has the depth to deal with a red card.
THAT’S CORRUPTION!
🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
Funny. The American ambassador in Belgium has claimed trump didn’t and wouldn’t ever do something like that
This time excepted, of course
To be fair, Trump probably didn’t even make the call himself. He just likes taking credit for things.
orange card
You can keep playing, but as punishment you have to have dinner with the presidents (USA & FIFA).
Whether the red card was bullshit or not it irrelevant. Sports fans everywhere know that shit calls get made. The issue is that a sitting president called up his buddy who happens to be the president of FIFA and had it overturned. That is fucking insane.
I dont even like soccer and this is fucking bullshit
I mean that red card was actually total bullshit.
Not what experts say and more importantly not relevant.
This is know about corruption. The only honorable thing for the US to do now is forfait.
Most experts say it was very harsh and probably should not have been a Red.
I guess that’s the American fan experts then - but again, that’s irrelevant , this is not a excuse for corruption. US should forfait
Now show the Messi boot in someone’s calf during this tournament, and the half dozen other worse infringements that didn’t even result in a yellow card
Read my earlier response in this thread that already agrees that Messi should have also been shown a red card for his challenge. It was more intentional than this one.
Ok, but Messi didn’t get a red card. So we just get some players with different rules than others? Seems like refs are just making it up as they go, not a good look for the sport.
100%. I suspect there was “guidance” on protecting Messi given the marketing $$ and this intervention by Trump for the host country was unacceptable for an arguable valid red card.
Lol I doubt anybody reffing for FIFA needs “guidance” on that.
It’s all bullshit. Some Academy award level acting on those fields.
Well, the 2026 world cup is officially as enshittified as Don’s diaper. I had a bad feeling at “hydration breaks”.
To be fair, they are the perfect time to take a piss, let the sponsors waste their money with an empty living room.
the last world cup worth a shit was back in 2014, i havent watched a single game of international soccer since and have zero regrets
If you’ve not watched any games since 2014 how do you know they’re all bad?
Spain V Portugal was a masterful show of sportsmanship
