The FIFA World Cup 2026 has been filled with Red Cards but the most controversial Red Card was handed to Florarin Balogun of the United States of America. In the round of 32 against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Goal scorer that day and stand out player of the US team committed a very very risky challenge against Bosnian player Muharemovic, after VAR review it was determined that this was a Red Card for Balogun and he would get a one game suspension and not be able to play against Belgium in the round of 16. BUT on July 5th US president Donald Trump called up FIFA and asked them to lift the suspension on Balogun and allow him to play against Belgium. And guess what? They did lift the suspension. People have called this blatant corruption from FIFA and to be honest I don’t blame them as we have never seen something like this before but you can’t blame the people saying it’s the right call either as to be honest it was a 50/50 decision between a yellow card and a red card. Belgium has protested against this decision and will protest after the game. But take your pick is this very blatant corruption between FIFA and the USA? Or was this decision the right one? (Pls don’t be biased)
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