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.

  • conartistpanda@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Brother the government shouldn’t be able to have a saying or power over stuff like this, what part of that don’t you understand?

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      8 hours ago

      The point is that oligarchs have been manipulating FIFA for decades and this is more of the same.

      How do you think Saudi Arabia got the 2034 cup?

      Same with the previous one in Qatar, and Russia and pretty much all the other cups for the last few decades.

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      9 hours ago

      Imagine being so invested in a clownishly corrupt organization and then being surprised when they perform a clownishly corrupt action.

      Stop watching FIFA games. Stop supporting them. It’s that simple. Everything else is whining.