🇧🇪🗣️ | Thibaut Courtois :
« (sur tout ce qui s’est passé autour de Folarin Balogun) J’ai lu des choses et j’ai ri. J'étais plus sûr de gagner contre les USA que contre le Sénégal, parce que le Sénégal est une meilleure équipe de football que les États-Unis. »
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@JeremyDoku they say you’re all dribbles no end product, lukaku big boots, @tieleman word on the street is you’re washed, ser @KevinDeBruyne all I’m asking from yall is one more day, do it for footy, just one more day then you guys can go back to stinking as usual
FIFA President Gianni Infantino:
“I have seen the public comments regarding the decision of the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee related to the suspension of Folarin Balogun, and I would like to reiterate a fundamental principle of FIFA’s governance.
“FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent. They operate autonomously, apply the FIFA Disciplinary Code, and decide cases based on the applicable regulations and the specific facts before them. Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.
“Yes, I regularly discuss matters related to the FIFA World Cup with the President of the United States, and on this matter, I did receive a call from President Donald Trump, just as I receive calls from heads of state, government officials, football stakeholders and business executives from around the world on many different issues. During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies. That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold.
“I read the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee when they are issued. Sometimes I am surprised by them. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I disagree.
“What I always do, however, is respect those decisions and the autonomy of the bodies that make them. Whether we personally like a decision or not is irrelevant. Respect for independent institutions and the rule of law is what protects the integrity of our competitions and the credibility of FIFA at all times.”
He didn’t even know most of the rules mehn, this is very disgusting, boldly saying “ I didn’t even know what a red card is” someone who doesn’t understand the game dictating how the game should be played. Very pathetic by @FIFAcom
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
Finniest shit about this p is that balogun isn’t even all that for this uproar 😭, but the precedent it sets is very very dangerous and it stinks. @FIFAcom@FIFAWorldCup are basically showing they’re cucks
Jürgen Klopp on Donald Trump reportedly having called Gianni Infantino to request a review of Folarin Balogun's red card: "If that really was the case, then that's crazy. Let's just say: this is our game, not theirs. These two people, who both have no idea about football, should have nothing to do with that. That was a red card. There's no two ways about it. We're sorry for Balogun because he didn't mean to do it. But that's what the rules say." [@MagentaTV]