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.
As if the peace prize wasn’t bad enough, they now need to bring their corruption to the game itself.
If this doesn’t alienate all member organisations, I don’t know what will. They should pull the plug and start a new international federation with better accountability.