@krassenstein Americans are excited one of our best players is eligible to play after wrongfully being shown a red card. It’s that simple. Portugal / Ronaldo got the same ruling in this World Cup. Cheer for Belgium and be miserable your whole life while we root on our boys 🇺🇸 🦅
To all the Europeans clutching their pearls over this after spending the last several days Eurosplaining the sport to us, let me explain it to you.
Even if Balogun deserved a red (he didn’t), the referee misused VAR under FIFA’s own rules. That resulted in a red card that couldn’t be appealed.
FIFA then correctly used Article 27 to review and suspend the ban because the initial VAR error led to an unappealable decision.
FIFA has cleared the way for U.S. men’s national team forward Folarin Balogun to play in the USA’s round of 16 match against Belgium in Seattle on Monday, multiple sources tell me and @MelissaMOrtiz . @FOXSoccer: https://t.co/Uaw9OE6mqQ