@huskersjames The media is full of it, and not just from Switzerland. Norway head coach even said it out loud at a press conference. I think this guy may have played a part.
@huskersjames@FuturisticNaija Balogun is aware, he is not blindsided. Shortly before the ball arrives, you can even see Balogun turn his head to the right 🤷♂️
At this point it sure looks like bot accounts working to drive a wedge between western, democratic allies.
This whole «American mentality and sportsmanship is superior» is getting boring…
Here's what I'm not interested in - Belgium crying they have to play us with a full roster. They really want to play us without one of our best players. Wow, what great sportsmanship. I get it if others are pissed, but Belgium thinking it's unfair to play our whole team is weak.
@USMNTCORNER And Paraguay didn’t get a single yellow vs. France where they should have had at least one red, and several yellows.
If you know as much about soccer as you claim, you will know why as well.
Stop with the whataboutism…
@ellencarmichael I find it amusing that you basically frame Swedes and Sicilians as the same thing: One brought us Alfred Nobel and Zlatan, the other birthed the Cosa Nostra. Culturally far apart, and they don’t even speak the same language.
@ellencarmichael What is indeed uniquely American is suing to make things right: The hot coffee-case, «see you in court» as a reflex and personal injury lawyers at every billboard.
@NoneMoreBlack81@blixberrie@ellencarmichael The reply didn’t frame corruption as a uniquely American concept. It was the original post that painted this as a cultural difference.
@ellencarmichael@Alicia_Smith19 Tris is not «the red card scandal», it’s the «political interference scandal», or «adapting the rules mid-tournament scandal».
This, coming from a country that whined about a suspension, using Daddy D to intervene on their behalf so they wouldn’t have to follow the rules like everyone else.
Imagine if this happened in one of America's major sports. The complaining team would be relentlessly ridiculed for its fear to square off against their opponent's best players. The coach wouldn't dare this appeal.
This European mentality is so foreign to the American spirit.
@MacAlgoTrader To totally redeem themselves, the USA should play without Balogun.
That would win them an everlasting aura of respect that no president can buy.
@aqshipley I could not care less who wins, Belgium or USA.
I do care that everyone is held to the same rules. If suspension rules don't apply to the USA, because Trump/Infantino corruption, the sportsmanlike action would be to bench Balogun.
That would give team USA *HUGE* respect.
@jasonrmcintyre Quite a lot of players have gotten a red card after a VAR review during the past 30 years. I have seen both no card -> Red, and yellow -> Red. Not in the world cup tho.
What we haven't seen before is a president interfering and FIFA removing a suspension. Straight up corruption.
@JGreenbergSez@alwoude And this is where your problem lies: "Unfair red card".
This was not the first red card in the tournament.
But no other nation has a president that will (or can!) make FIFA overturn a red card suspension, and that is why the rest of this world thinks this is unfair.