Gianni Infantino never expected Donald Trump and the USA to take credit for the suspension of Folarin Balogun’s red card. That’s where they messed up, because the USA is always about taking credit!
Power is the most important thing to them, and they don’t understand the culture and rules of football. They don’t!
Infantino seriously underestimated how power hungry the USA is. He seriously played himself!
This isn’t about the red card being suspended for the USA. It’s about them saying, “We can control FIFA,” just like they brag about controlling the world.
This is why politics has no place in football.
1) Le sacan tarjeta roja al mejor jugador de la selección USA.
2) La Casa Blanca llama a la FIFA.
3) La FIFA retira la tarjeta roja y el jugador queda habilitado para el partido con Bélgica.
4) Trump saca un “tuit” agradeciendo a la FIFA por “hacer justicia”.
Gracias Trump y gracias FIFA por arruinar el principio de igualdad de competencia del Mundial de fútbol.
@TouchmineX@AlertaNews24 Infantino should have been ousted since that joke of an award he gave to trump "peace award". That already set a tone for what eventually happened. He is a disgrace!
@PolitlcsGlobal I hope Infantino and his independently corrupt system like this new era.
Well, since FIFA has chosen this route of foolishness, I hope more countries follow suit and lobby for appeals.
Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?
Football must never become a playground for political power. #FIFA #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump
This is a masterclass in saying absolutely nothing with as many corporate words as humanly possible 😂😂
He literally tried to wash his hands of the entire scandal by treating a presidential phone call like a casual chat about the weather. Nobody is buying a single sentence of this script 😂💔
@SteveHowrie@Wizarab10 Deliberate.. yet giving stupid speeches and feigning consideration.
The guy is corrupt and a sycophant (he goes where the money is). It seems his case will be worse than Blatter's.