This all actually sucks for Balogun and the rest of the players who have been nothing but accepting of their situation and handled it with grace from the moment they went down a man last Wednesday
italy won the world cup as hosts in 1938 under mussolini, argentina did the same in 74 while under a fascist military junta, south korea made the semis in 2002. all three at least partly due to ridiculous reffing and bribery. host privilege has always existed, game’s the game.