Está es la tarjeta roja que la FIFA ha anulado después de que Trump llamara a Infantino.
Si le dio un premio a la paz a un tipo que financió y apoyo el genocidio en Gaza y que asesinó a cientos de niñas en Irán por qué no iba a perdonar está salvajada. https://t.co/mvckn2kxVi
We saw it with Messi's Inter Miami and the Club World Cup, then Cristiano escaping long ban v Ireland and now Balogun.
FIFA basically saying "it's our competition so we can make up the rules as we go along"
A FIFA de Gianni Infantino:
• Haiti tem que retirar um desenho na camisa, desenho que representava a independência do país.. para evitar “mensagens políticas”
• Estados Unidos tem um jogador expulso, a Casa Branca dos EUA liga, e a FIFA retira a suspensão.
O problema é mesmo “mensagens políticas”? Não é o que parece..
Just to be clear, then. FIFA:
1) can't possibly intervene when Iran are forced to move, a referee is denied a visa, or fans are barred from the USA
2) can absolutely intervene when a decision goes against the USA that Donald Trump doesn't like
Smashing. All know where we stand
Recently, FIFA suspended Nepal’s football federation over government interference. Several federations have faced sanctions for the same reason.
Now we learn the White House made a direct call to FIFA asking Infantino to review Balogun’s red card.
FIFA insists the decision was handled by an independent disciplinary panel and could not be influenced externally.
But how is a direct call from a government to FIFA over a player’s suspension not, at the very least, political interference?
First Cristiano Ronaldo, now Folarin Balogun. But when a Somali referee can't get in the country it's "unfortunate" but we should "chill and relax". No qualms with the Iranian team being ferried across the border as soon as possible.
Brazen and shameful
Matías Galarza.
Hijo, nieto, sobrino nieto y hermano de futbolistas.
Su madre fue tenista y tiene una academia de tenis.
Terminó el secundario en la Trinity School, un reconocido colegio privado y bilingüe.
A scandalous decision, FIFA placing its thumb on the scales of the tournament without even feeling compelled to offer a fig leaf of justification. Borderline red cards happen all the time and plenty of teams with more at stake than the USMNT have to just deal with it.