FIFA's decision regarding the US national team player was called a disgrace to world football.

A major scandal is brewing in world football surrounding the FIFA Disciplinary Commission's decision on the red card given to US national team player Folarin Balogun. He was sent off for foul play in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32 and was expected to miss the next match. However, as it turns out, Donald Trump called FIFA and "requested that the unfair decision be overturned." Ultimately, the arbitration panel made a completely bizarre decision: it upheld the red card but lifted the suspension for the next match, against Belgium. Balogun was given a "probationary period" until he commits another similar offense.

UEFA called this decision unprecedented and unjustified. The European Football Association (UEFA) points out that football's rules are certainly open to interpretation, but certainly not in the case of Folarin Balogun and his actions on the field.

Uefa:

The automatic disqualification of a player who receives a red card for at least one subsequent match cannot be questioned, especially in the midst of a World Cup.

It added that several other players were serving suspensions after receiving red cards.

Balogun himself, who the entire world, with the possible exception of the United States, expects to miss the round of 16, responded positively to the situation, stating that "FIFA's decision was the right one."

Gary Neville, former England captain:

The World Cup has seen all sorts of things, but this decision definitely stinks. It's a disgrace to football.

Thierry Henry (former French national team player):

Perhaps this decision was the right one. But then why did it take so long to make it? It will certainly have an impact on the emotional state of Team USA's opponents, the Belgians.

The coach of the United States team naturally supported the decision.

Now, the professional community is saying that a precedent has essentially been set—for politics to blatantly interfere where it shouldn't. And as blatantly as one can imagine. Accordingly, any player who receives a red card has the right to demand that FIFA lift the suspension.

Comments

[Zaurbek]

Who else wrote something nasty about Comrade Kadyrov? When Akhmat was playing...

[Major Yurik]

Doni has a big ass and he never stops wiping it with all the books on international law... He finally got to the FIFA regulations, found some soft paper, and wiped his ass with it...

[Clear]

The rules are certainly open to interpretation, but certainly not in the case of Folarin Balogun and his actions on the field.

Oh, how can little children fail to understand that the other side of the "correct" decision is the opportunity to hold all sorts of football games and championships in the US, with huge American audiences and multi-billion dollar profits for FIFA (or whatever other football governing body). So, they couldn't care less about any scandals that won't make them any better.

[Leontrotsky]

Soccer isn't all that popular in America. If the World Cup had been held in Italy or Germany, the viewership would certainly have been no smaller. And there wouldn't have been live broadcasts at 4 a.m. They might not have cared about the scandals. But FIFA got screwed. They showed the whole world what "independent" organizations are worth and how free they are when making decisions.

[Terenin]

Quote: Major Yurik

Doni has a big ass and he never stops wiping it with all the books on international law... He finally got to the FIFA regulations, found some soft paper, and wiped his ass with it...

He (Donya) is capable of doing even more, ignoring international law, if the American electorate happily applauds him for such antics.

[Reserve officer]

It's shallow. A law should have been passed requiring any football match involving the US team to begin with a score of 3-0 in favor of the Americans. And FIFA would have happily agreed.

[Grigory b]

Quote: Terenin

He (Donya) is not yet capable of doing anything, ignoring international law.

It's not a royal matter to call FIFA. The US Soccer Federation made a request to FIFA, and they were accommodating. We had exactly the same situation with Arshavin, and FIFA also granted our federation's request, and Arshavin played exactly the same way in the next match. I just can't remember the year.

[OlegEKB]

you are wrong,
Arshavin was then given a three-match disqualification, and after missing two matches, the third was suspended.
It was in 2008, he went out to play against the Dutch

[Evgeny64]

But Trump himself disagrees with you. He said that he personally called FIFA President Gianni Infantino. I don’t even know who to believe. I’ll probably have to believe you. I don’t know Trump, so he could have lied.

[Grigory b]

Quote: Evgeny64

But Trump himself disagrees with you.н

Well, that means he's not a king, but an assistant to the head of the US Soccer Federation.

[knn54]

What doping is for a Russian is a cure for a runny nose for a Norwegian (and not only).
It's high time to stop paying large contributions to pseudo-sports organizations.
And the red-haired rascal, despite his age, was always on time.

[Murmur 55]

knn54 Of course it's time, but don't expect them to refuse. The Russian track and field team refused to compete without the national anthem and flag, which some Romanian mayor banned. Kudos to them for that. WELL DONE. But the figure skaters will happily go as neutrals, and you know, they have a huge "army" of people who support THIS decision.

[baltiksi]

These are the kind of figure skaters who are traitors to Russia, and that's all there is to it. If you're screwed and you agree, then why should you be respected? And if the Russian authorities even support this humiliation of the national spirit, then they themselves are traitors. Why the hell do some kind of people decide who can perform under the national flag and anthem? If Putin doesn't understand this, he's just as much of a traitor to Russia.

[vitaliy20091959]

Listen to Rodnina's statements and everything will become clear.

[Grigory b]

Quote: Murmur 55

,The Russian national track and field team refused to compete without the country's anthem and flag.

That's right, but only in rhythmic gymnastics, not track and field. There won't be any breakthrough in track and field with the Englishman at the helm for now. And the gymnasts, well done, have already refused for the second time.

[Evgeny64]

Only the gymnastics team But this does not change the essence.
Although what can I say, the gymnasts know that today they are not “one of the best,” but the very best, and without them the competition is worthless, just like the synchronized swimmers.
By the way, figure skaters are always in the front row, too, but they are the moral disciples of the Rodnins, with their mentality of "we trained, time is running out," people of the world, they don't care about the country, they change flags like gloves.
Showing character is the destiny of the strong, not the greedy, and that is why people are respected for their strength, not for their money. But this is for those around them, and in their circle, the main thing is money in their pocket.

[Grigory b]

Quote: Zaurbek

Who else wrote something nasty about Comrade Kadyrov? When Akhmat played.

They wrote about Kadyrov that, to restore order to refereeing in Russia, Kadyrov should be appointed head of the refereeing committee. Many football fans supported this.

[Free Island]

Did Trump call there too? 😂😂😂

[isv000]

The shame isn't FIFA's decision, but the fact that all teams didn't raise a fuss against it. Everyone won't be disqualified, but the referee might get sent packing.

[sergey4791]

The shame is not FIFA's decision, but the fact that all the teams didn't raise a fuss against it.

Why bother? The teams get bonuses, but if you make a fuss, you'll be left without money.

[isv000]

Quote: sergey4791

The shame is not FIFA's decision, but the fact that all the teams didn't raise a fuss against it.

Why bother? The teams get bonuses, but if you make a fuss, you'll be left without money.

No-o-o, we don't need that kind of football. Thank God we're not participating in this disgrace; we have enough of our own...

[Evgeny64]

Well, why? Belgium is disputing it, UEFA supported them, a serious scandal is brewing.

[isv000]

Quote: Evgeny64

Well, why? Belgium is disputing it, UEFA supported them, a serious scandal is brewing.

I respect the Belgian team. They responded to the chaos by crushing the fake Cowboys 4-1. They responded to the arrogant team with a comeback victory, sending the team of mattresses out into the street!

[APASUS]

Who still believes Donnie? In his impartiality, in his fairness.

[Volunteer Marek]

...any player who receives a red card has the right to demand that FIFA lift the disqualification... Oh, no! Not just any player! But from the team of the most democratic country. And the most honest. And the most fair.

[sergey4791]

No, he has the right to demand it from any source. But he will receive it according to his demands only from the most democratic one.

[cat Rusich]

Quote: sergey4791

No, he has the right to demand it from any source. But he will receive it according to his demands only from the most democratic one.

Recall ...
2016 Olympics, US female relay runners dropped the baton during the baton handover...
Some committee there gave permission to the Americans run the baton - The American women ran the relay alone, and according to the results they received, they received gold medal...

[vitaliy20091959]

Well, yes, like those two sisters who look like heavy draft horses and are taking some kind of medication prescribed by a doctor.

[Roman_vh]

As my colleague said, they will soon only broadcast on call from Washington.

[NICK111]

Who doesn't remember how the American lawyers gave the Romanian gymnast a run for her money, and the American "deservedly" became champion? I hope the experienced legal team "leads" the US team to the World Cup championship! At worst, a medal. It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry.

[Il'nur]

Who doesn't remember how the American lawyers gave us a run for our money?

Yes, I remember how these same lawyers gave our skaters a hard time at the Olympics in Canada...

[Volunteer Marek]

Yes, yes. And sporting events will soon be held in courtrooms. Lawyers and other legal professionals will compete. Well, there will be quotas for race, sexual orientation, gender, religion, political beliefs, and so on. Athletes will eventually become unnecessary.

[sergey4791]

So what? They'll make some noise, and then they'll wipe it off...

[Roman_vh]

They've already wiped themselves off.
Velikiy Ozerov used to say on a similar occasion: No, we don’t need that kind of hockey.
In general, why do we need this Anglicized sport?
We will play our traditional football.
We could hold a world soccer championship like the Americans do!!! :)))

PS Ha-ha-ha VO blocks the word pindosы. It leaves only the letter ы. Operation Ы mutter их

[Gunther]

Quote: Roman_VH

...to hold a universal football championship!!!

Why not?
After all, a helicopter, a steamship, a nuclear-powered ship, a vacuum cleaner, etc. don't bother anyone and there is content...

[Asper_Daffy]

Quote: Roman_VH

We will play our traditional football.

The Germans, for example, play exactly that. They use the German word, Fußball, and that's okay.

[nepunamemuk]

PS Ha-ha-ha VO blocks the word pindosы. It leaves only the letter ы. Operation Ы mutter их

It's because the VO board is full of Yankees😪

[matwey]

If the Americans score at least one goal, victory will be in the bag even if they lose 2-1. A phone call to a friend won't protect all the goals.

[sergey4791]

They will win even without scoring a single goal - according to additional indicators of democracy

[Rostislav Prokopenko]

until the next violation of this kind

So if he just punches his opponent in the face, nothing will happen to him? It's not like that, here he almost broke his leg, and here he'll break his nose.

[Boycott]

Donald will write him a certificate: “What the bearer of this did was done on my orders and for the good of the state.”

[oldzek]

Well, that's different. And in general, this guy seems to want to become the founder of a new sport, karate football, and Trump and FIFA understood and forgave it. And you, politics... politics.

[Evgeny64]

Why a new look? They'll just be playing American football with everyone at the World Cup, wearing armor and being able to handle the ball with their hands.

[Mekey Iptyshev]

FIFA: Who cares who wins the final? We'll still give the cup to Trump.

[Asper_Daffy]

So Infantino already presented one cup to Trump, have you forgotten?

[Roman Efremov]

Since two of the three host countries of the Championship have already been eliminated, I propose placing the remaining team, the USA, in first place, and starting from second place, we play……

[Grancer81]

Yeah, just today the angry Belgians took out the USA.

[Maximum.1]

I soliti ombrogli e le solite truffe americane e anche questa volta tutti stanno zitti.Una sola parola: schifo!

[HAM]

To the circus - have you noticed that politics is interfering with sports... and you didn't notice it before!!
And the flag, the anthem, and the athletes are banned "purely for sporting reasons"??
All this only came to light because Trump called, his enemies need to kick him somehow...otherwise everything would have gone quietly and peacefully, even if it had been Biden.

[commander]

This news on military review demonstrates how much the world has become an appendage of the United States. And since the United States is a state of thieves in law, we're all under their thumb. Any objections? If so, to the prison yard.

[commander]

When we were taking the two ka tests, we had to ask, now wipe your face and sing

[VSZMK]

What is this news doing on the military review?

In the early 1970s, Michels introduced the world to so-called "Total Football"—a revolutionary concept in which players weren't limited to their regular duties and, depending on the situation, could be anywhere on the field. It was then that the coach famously uttered his phrase: "Football is war."

[VSZMK]

What is this news doing on the military review?

Football is a war. Sometimes not between fans, but between countries.

In the summer of 1969, the pretext for war was... football. Honduras lost 3-2 to El Salvador in extra time in a decisive World Cup qualifying match. The on-field fiasco was the final straw in the complicated relationship between the two neighboring countries, which had been at odds over disputed territory and migration issues.

On June 27, 1969, immediately after the final whistle sealed their team's defeat, Honduras severed diplomatic relations with El Salvador. In response, the Salvadorans began firing on Honduran civilian aircraft operating in their airspace, and then invaded their territory, where fierce fighting ensued.

[salawat1980]

The Honduras team lost to the Salvadoran team in extra time...

It looks like the correct country was named Honduras.

[VSZMK]

What is this news doing on the military review?

"For Russians, football is war. You either win or die," Leonid Slutsky once said. And although he was addressing the players of the Dutch team Vitesse, whom he coached ("For you guys, football is a holiday. But for Russians, it's war..."), the first sentence about someone else's holiday quickly faded from the memory of Russian fans. Now, this phrase is considered to be the perfect reflection of our national character, and its roots go back centuries, not to 2018.

[alexoff]

We've been better at war than we are at football. And for the last 10 years, we've been doing just fine with war; we don't need substitutes.

[commander]

He who calls the tune gets to dance. FIFA is just another international prostitute. It's a good thing we're not there.

[sergey4791]

Unfortunately, we're there. As a FIFA member. If they'd left that organization, even in protest at our exclusion from the qualifying rounds, that would be something to be proud of.

[phrases]

They don't touch the ball, even the goalkeepers try to kick it... disgusting play. Give them some first place and stop showing this nightmare on blessed American TV.

[Sebenza]

And how does this action relate to sports? I remembered a conversation with a friend twenty years ago. If he told me you want sports, don't watch the broadcasts. Go to the winter stadium for the city championship; there's boxing there.

[Irek]

Shaggy agreed that they would play the next match...

[Arigin]

I think the US national team coach still has a chance to save his reputation by not fielding the player in the match against Belgium.

Win or lose, it will be fair and the fans will have no complaints about the US Soccer Federation, the coach, or the players.

[Viktor Sergeev]

The Americans' reputation? They don't give a damn about anyone.

[Normal]

Rubber, Putin, did you believe him?????????????

[Lynx2000]

Let them give him the World Cup Cup already.

[Viktor Sergeev]

This championship will be won for the first time by a team from Africa: France.

[Pachvara]

And Haaland is all over their faces (the Danish "Høylund" would sound better in this context, but Denmark is a no-no). Let them try the normal Africans first – from Morocco. The guys there are no slouchs.

[Pachvara]

What's surprising, then, when the national teams of Uzbekistan and, if I'm not mistaken, Syria, were practically subjected to rectal searches at the airport, and then repeated at the stadium before training. The best referee in Africa, appointed by FIFA for the World Cup matches, was denied entry.
I remember how one of the White House officials with Italian roots tried to push Italy through to the World Cup instead of Iran, but they didn’t dare take such a step, there was too much shouting from the media.
And so on and so forth. There's even more to come at this World Cup. The mass watering of the team pisses me off; they've split it into quarters, like in basketball. There have been so many matches where the team's attacking momentum was interrupted by "watering," and the game would decline, or even turn around. Infantino is a rare example of "God forbid." He's already caused so much crap in football at the helm of that murky institution called FIFA, so many absurd rules that even VAR and the like won't be able to figure it out. I even feel a little sorry for the referees; there are ten possible interpretations to be made in any situation. "The hand of God" is better than the absurdity that sometimes happens.

[tank_killer156]

Finally, it's revealed in all its glory. Here's the USA and sport for you. I'll expose those who need to be tested for doping, and those who are more recalcitrant won't have an anthem or flag, or even be allowed to do so altogether. It's high time to create our own clean, international sports organization, with our own competitions and tournaments, and make the prizes better, and people will come and participate.

[senima56]

That's because he's from Team USA! "All are equal, but some are more equal!"

[Grancer81]

Is anyone surprised? Maybe we should remember how the Greek court ruled in favor of American Alexei Nemtsov? And how our gymnasts were stripped of their Olympic gold medal in favor of the US team?
But this did not concern the Europeans.
And now they too have been dipped into a basin of Trump's waste products.

[Roman Efremov]

Nemova, not Nemtsova! And their women's team ran the relay for the second time after they dropped the baton in the first race... Nothing surprising anymore, especially under Trump, when there's no decency at all.

[Grancer81]

I agree, there was a typo, I overlooked it.

[isv000]

И ведь ни стыда ни совести в этих глазах напротив. Ни тени смущения у нигера. Мне кажется, если он коснулся бы меня я бы с хлоркой мылся...

[carpenter]

Now, the professional community is saying that, in essence, a precedent has been created – where politics is openly interfering where it shouldn’t.

What is this "community" yelling about when Russians were banned from performing under their own flag? These "ladies with reduced social responsibility" were silent and even approved, and now they're playing at being heroes.
"Aljuertasshesternevas".

[andrey martov]

I hope the next World Cup will be held in North Korea. Un will not allow unfair refereeing.

[_simply]

They'll swallow it all and continue living, accepting this fact... I wish they'd give them a clean handkerchief.

[Andrey Khramov]

Football is the most primitive team game of all team games with a ball... What's surprising?..??.. Everything is played according to the rules of "primates".

[Grancer81]

The most intellectual game is Chapaev.

[Andrey Khramov]

Dear Grencer81
(Vladislav Yazhikov)!


On April 15, 1898, 96 people died in a crush of fans at a stadium in Sheffield…

On October 20, 1982, a stampede at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium killed 66 fans, according to official reports. Unofficial estimates put the death toll at over 300.

On May 24, 1964, 328 people died in a crush of fans at the Estadio Nacional in Lima…

And so on ...

In 1991, 40 people died in a brawl between fans of the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates teams in the UK…

In March 1997, in Holland, one person was killed in a fight between Feyenoord and Ajax fans...

On April 6, 2000, two British fans were stabbed to death in Istanbul…

On April 15, 2000, in St. Petersburg, a 15-year-old teenager was killed in a fight between football fans of the Zenit and Dynamo Moscow teams.

And so on ...

What other team ball sport causes MASSIVE deaths?...?

[Roman Efremov]

The sport that attracts hundreds of thousands of fans is what makes it great! Football attracts people, and people care about it—hence the crush in confined spaces with huge crowds, and the fights when passions run high. Chess won't be crowded—there are only a handful of people, and there's no passion.
I myself am not a football fan or a fan, by the way.

[unhappy]

You're right, we just have to remember how football began. A crowd of tipsy, sweaty slackers kicked a bull's bladder or a wad of rags around the pitch on a weekend, and the advent of "football referees" caused many quarrels. A parody of the judicial system.

[Misza1963]

Oh, dziewice zostały obrażone. Przeczysci i kryształowi wręcz futboliści doznali szoku.
Jakże to poniżające dla człowieka doświadczonego i myślącego. Co, to pierwszy raz coś takiego? Lub innego, różnie wstrętnego.
To dzieje się stale i ciągle.
A uznaniowość przepisów dotyczy wszystkiego. Od faulu po zawieszenia. I polityka w tym śmierdzi aż po orbitę stacjonarna.
To jedna rzecz.
Ale druga jest ważniejsza.
To jest piłka nożna!!! Sport.
Coś na dobrą sprawę, co ma znaczenie, ale tylko, gdy grają na podwórku lub drużyny złożone z amatorów, kolegów, zwykłych ludzi, bo wtedy to ma sens i cel. Poza tim to gra. Rozrywka. Granie hymnów możnaby zastąpić Marszem weselnym Mendelsohna. Powinno się wręcz. A herby godłem coca coli. Powinno się.
Indie, Chiny, Indonesia, cała Azja południowo-wschodnia...nie grają lub tylko tak sobie. Nie mają w ogóle piłki nożnej za coś istotnego.
Za to amerykańskie bomby, rakiety, szantaże i bezczelność tak, mają. Lecz nie w odnjesienju do piłki nożnej!
To jest hańba, że ​​Gaza była tylko epizodem, a byle piłkarz i jego prezydent psychopata są tacy ważni. Iran, bzdury o Ukraine, Maduro...gdzież wtedy był ten moralny wstrząs?
To jest tylko piłka nożna. Owszem, biznes, owszem, wielki. Ale bez niej można, a nawet trzeba, żyć.
A z USA nie da się.
Lecz nie z powodu moral insinity ich prezydenta. Z powodu tego morał ego schorzenia większości Jankesów.
Niech gra lub nie gra a Belgowie skoro tacy psychicznie delikatni, to niech grają w warcaby. To be sure.
Sportu już dawno nie ma.
I lepiej zdac sobie z tego sprawę.

[Grigory b]

Why go so far? For example, Kukuyan was also suspended from refereeing in our country, but in the next round, he's refereeing a fateful match for Krasnodar, where Rostov plays Zenit, and at his direction, a ridiculous penalty is awarded against Rostov. And how is Trump's call to the head of FIFA any different from Miller's call to the head of Russia's refereeing committee?

[Roman 11]

a disgrace to world football
Why waste time on trifles? Just remove the gates from the US team right away, and the matter of a new world champion is almost decided.

[unhappy]

Sports outside of politics...how long ago was that?

[APASUS]

Here's American democracy in all its glory! Imagine what would happen if Putin called. There would be ringing on every corner, but with Trump, it's practically normal. Now they're introducing a new rule in football – CALL Trump!

[lukash66]

God marks the rogue, the Belgians took them out well. Has Donny challenged the result of the match in FIFA yet? Upstarts, let these half-baked guys and the Canadians play their own soccer and keep their pig snouts out of the Kalashnikovs' ranks. It's a shame about the Mexicans; it's really sad that the English won.

[Rockerman]

Quote: knn54

...
And the red-haired rascal, despite his age, was always on time.

This is because a year of living in Russia is equivalent to two (if not more) in the States :))

[acetophenone]

Quote: Zaurbek

Who else wrote something nasty about Comrade Kadyrov? When Akhmat was playing...

If you add more shit to one piece of shit, the first piece of shit doesn't stop being shit.
According to the rules of formal logic.
But God knows what's going on in your head...