🚨⚠️ Belgium coach Rudi Garcia: “I didn’t know that at the World Cup as at FIFA the 5th of July is actually the first of April. It’s April Fools”.
“We’re not defending the national team or federation, we are defending football and integrity”.
🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: The Royal Belgian Football Association has released a statement in regard to Folarin Balogun being able to play against them.
"The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play in the USA–Belgium match on Monday, 6 July at 5:00 p.m. (Seattle time)."
"FIFA bases its decision on Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. This provision states that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may decide to suspend the enforcement of a previously imposed disciplinary sanction."
"However, Article 66.4 of the same FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup."
"Furthermore, and irrespective of the above, the decision is in direct contradiction with the provisions of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Competition Regulations, as set out in Article 10.5:
"If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team's subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed."
"The automatic nature of such a suspension was also explicitly reaffirmed in FIFA World Cup 2026 Circular No. 16, which was distributed to all participating member associations on 12 May 2026."
"The same rule is reiterated at every FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Coordination Meeting prior to each match and is included in all FIFA World Cup 2026 workshop presentations.
"In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options."
FIFA just effectively cancelled a US player's Red Card because Donald Trump asked them to.
It's time for an end to the corrupt FIFA they are now fixing the games and disgracing the sport.
It totally makes sense that, after 2 weeks, the only crowd that showed up for trump in DC was a bunch of white Supremacist scumbags.
Because of course they did. 🤨
There is nothing the US touches today that is not immediately corrupted to the core: crypto, global trade, AI, tariffs, the international legal system, humanitarian aid, chips and even football
FIFA won’t intervene when Iran is forced to relocate to Mexico and banned from training in the U.S., but they’ll break their own rules to reinstate a U.S. player.
If I’m Belgium I’m refusing to play the game. You can’t change the rules because a fat orange paedophile tells you it’s his tournament and he decides who plays. Utterly fucking ridiculous
FIFA's own rules dictate that if a government tries to intervene in a disciplinary matter - that team is disqualified. Not happening to the USA though, despite trump making that phone call. Wonder why. 🤔
Fuck Trump. Fuck Infantino.
One phone call from President Trump to his buddy Gianni Infantino and — boom — FIFA overturns a World Cup red card suspension for the first time in tournament history so U.S. star Folarin Balogun can play Belgium tomorrow.
Belgium is already furious and “astonished.” They should be. Contest this rigged nonsense publicly all day today and all day tomorrow.
The World Cup on American soil just became a Trump family business. So much for credibility, fairness, or rules. This stinks of corruption. ⚽📞🇺🇸
AI is crashing because everyone has realized all it does is remix things that people have already done and there is no way to make it better because it doesn't actually do anything.
FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE LITERALLY DEPEND ON TREES, CLEAN WATER, HEALTHY SOIL, AND STABLE ECOSYSTEMS TO EXIST. THAT'S NOT AN OPINION, IT IS HOW LIFE WORKS. STOP TREATING OUR FORESTS, RIVERS, OCEANS, AND WILDLIFE LIKE THEY'RE REPLACEABLE
Capitalism ruined people's outlook on the world and made people think it's okay to be extremely selfish and greedy when it isn't.
It's not normal to think human beings should go without shelter, food, and healthcare if they have no money. it's so dystopian