@darrenrovell That jersey is not the same jersey he scored his two goals in. He 100% changed jerseys at 1/2 time (most players do). So Jude has his jersey where he scored the goals.
A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking:
BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind.
The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step.
When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did.
In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance.
This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination.
The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.
@L_A_D_J@TrollFootball You do realize the US is 40x larger than the UK. The entirety of the UK is about the same size as the US state of Oregon. In fact, 11 different US states are individually larger than the entire UK. It’s massive and a lot of bad shit happens, unfortunately.
@L_A_D_J@TrollFootball Yeah… 18 shot in Chicago and 2 killed just this weekend in gang related violence. Been like that for years and nobody in office will do anything about it. As long as you aren’t in the worst part of these cities in the wee hours of the morning you should be good.
@Mobyhaque1 Predominantly African American neighborhood at 4am about 3 miles from soccer complex in a super high crime area. Not surprising at all tbh. At least no one was killed.