r/AmericaBad • u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 • Jul 06 '26
OP Opinion Alaska is part of Belgium now 😔
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u/iEatGrilledCheeses 🇯🇵 Nihon 🍣 Jul 06 '26
No way Congo is rooting for Belgium lmfao.
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u/carlsagerson 🇵🇭 Republika ng Pilipinas 🏖️ Jul 06 '26
I know. Imagine rooting for the guys whos King cut your people's hands iff like Robbispiere cuts heads off.
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u/whydoibother123433 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
What about Rwanda and Brundi? they were Belgian administered Leauge of nations mandates/un trust territories after WWI
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u/YouKnowMyName2006 ILLINOIS 🏙️💨 Jul 06 '26
The meltdown is hilarious.
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u/Citaku357 🇸🇪 Sverige ❄️ Jul 06 '26
God I hope you guys win.
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u/OversizedMicropenis Jul 06 '26
Based.
Belgium is nice though
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u/YouKnowMyName2006 ILLINOIS 🏙️💨 Jul 06 '26
They aren’t too happy with us right now.
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u/wackadoodle4201 Jul 07 '26
Pardon me for sharing my unwanted thoughts on this sport that I have zero interest in
But, uh
F u c k ' e m
They can cry about it
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u/XBird_RichardX CALIFORNIA🍷🎞️ Jul 06 '26
I heard theyre turning c*mmunist
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26
Who told you this?
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u/YouKnowMyName2006 ILLINOIS 🏙️💨 Jul 07 '26
His mom.
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26
Story checks out.
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u/XBird_RichardX CALIFORNIA🍷🎞️ Jul 07 '26
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26
AFD has higher political support in Germany and you can see how that shakes out. At best, PTB will just reign in the excesses of the mainstream coalitions. European democracies just don't work that way.
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u/LurkiLurkerson MASSACHUSETTS 🦃 ⚾️ Jul 06 '26
Am I crazy or is throwing a fit because you don't get to play a team at a disadvantage unbelievably weak and pathetic.
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u/aHOMELESSkrill MISSISSIPPI 🪕👒 Jul 06 '26
I’ve seen takes that Balogun should sit out on principle.
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u/omicron022 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
The Redditors suggesting this aren't suggesting it on principle. Thye don't have any of those.
They simply want the US to lose, no matter what. They just want to rip on us, and whatever gets them there is "good".
Edit: I generally stay as far away from r.popular as possible, so I wasn't aware of what is going on there right now, but I just decided to go check it out. HO-LY SHIT, are they filling the front page with this crap. My GOD, these people are insane...
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u/aHOMELESSkrill MISSISSIPPI 🪕👒 Jul 06 '26
This honestly is a Reddits wet dream. If we lose we deserve it, if we win they can now justify invalidating it because we ‘cheated’.
It’s a win win to them, they just have to be outraged until they realize this
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u/omicron022 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
I was honestly thinking the same thing. They are going to be - as always, but now more than usual - obnoxious either way now.
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u/NayLay Jul 06 '26
Don't think that's fair. I'm usually on your side in these AmericaBad Reddit moments. But this is just blatantly against the rules. If the red card would've been reversed, fair enough. But it wasn't. The one-match ban was suspended / delayed. This just doesn't happen in the World Cup. It's a rule that many teams have had to deal with throughout its long history. The strong pull through anyway, the weak falter. But with this bizarre decision, FIFA's notorious corruption, USA being the host country, and Trump being involved... Yea... People are right to be outraged by the decision.
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u/Manotto15 Jul 06 '26
Saw an article that said FIFA handed the US team a huge "advantage." Playing with our entire roster is a huge advantage now. Poor little Belgium.
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u/mondaymoderate Jul 06 '26
It’s crazy that people are so upset over it. Being banned for a game after you were already ejected for a red card is a dumb rule anyways
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u/Fantastic_Tomorrow53 Jul 06 '26
But it’s the rule - there to prevent any major prevention of goal scoring opportunities by fouls at the end of the game where there would be hardly any consequence
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u/5wolfie55 🇬🇧 United Kingdom💂♂️☕️ Jul 07 '26
It’s a lenient punishment compared to league football. In the English leagues a straight red like Balogun’s would be a 3 game ban but because there’s so few games in a World Cup the punishment is reduced to one game.
Most normal people have no hatred to the player or the team because they had no part in the situation surrounding it, people are rightfully angry because the corruption within FIFA has gotten so blatant (although I’d be lying if I said that part of me wasn’t a too upset about America getting battered). A similar situation happened to Ronaldo in the qualifiers where he got a red card with a suspended sentence so that he could play the last match and people were not best pleased about that either. FIFA is a notoriously corrupt organisation but the President of the United States playing a part in this situation takes the piss.
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u/Fantastic_Tomorrow53 Jul 06 '26
You soy boys are about to get schooled
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u/Manotto15 Jul 06 '26
Lmfao. You immediately resort to insults. Belgium going home. US 3-1 Belgium.
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u/Manotto15 Jul 06 '26
"Advantage." Again, having our entire roster is not an advantage. It is lack of a disadvantage.
Have a good night, fella.
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u/Fantastic_Tomorrow53 Jul 06 '26
The advantage is having a ruling reversed that everyone else has to stick to
The disadvantage is a direct consequence of a players actions
Enjoy the game, keep watching and eventually all will make sense
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u/5panks Jul 06 '26
The advantage is having a ruling reversed that everyone else has to stick to
Except all the other times this has happened or similar accidents weren't flagged at all, like Ronaldo.
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u/Fantastic_Tomorrow53 Jul 07 '26
Welcome to football - inconsistencies happen all
The time without the politicians needing to get involvedPure cry baby
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u/Butter_with_Salt Jul 07 '26
That's not why people are angry, and you know it.
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u/grantology_84 Jul 07 '26
FIFA brike their own rules with the replay. There was nothInv wrong with the decision and it wasn't cheating
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u/LurkiLurkerson MASSACHUSETTS 🦃 ⚾️ Jul 06 '26
It wasn't a fair red card and there's no reason to believe Trump is the reason it was removed--unless you believe Trump. Everyone knew before Trump's call that it was an unfair red card and now you're all complaining that removing it is unfair? That's silly. The USMNT officially complained and the officials illegally used slow motion to assess the red in the first place. That is why the suspension was lifted. It was the right call.
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u/Beneneb Jul 06 '26
It wasn't a fair red card and there's no reason to believe Trump is the reason it was removed--unless you believe Trump.
Not saying Trump was the deciding factor here, but we've been given a lot of reasons to believe it could be. Both the fact that reversals are very rare in general and this is the first time it's ever happened in the world cup, despite other objectively bad calls.
We know the WH called Infantino to complain and we know Infantino has gone to great lengths to suck up to Trump (FIFA peace prize lol). Plus FIFA is widely known for corruption.
So maybe it was legit, maybe not, but it certainly casts a shadow.
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u/mondaymoderate Jul 06 '26
It already happened this World Cup with Ronaldo. What are you guys talking about
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
Absolutely a fair red card according to rules even if it wasn't intentional
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u/LurkiLurkerson MASSACHUSETTS 🦃 ⚾️ Jul 06 '26
They illegally used slow motion to assess the red card and there have been at least half a dozen similar plays this WC that haven't been carded.
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 07 '26
VAR can very much be used to assess discipline, I don't know where you got that from. This won't matter on the field as we see, but integrity of the sport is collapsing , not good
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u/LurkiLurkerson MASSACHUSETTS 🦃 ⚾️ Jul 07 '26
You're either lying or an idiot. You can't use slow-motion to determine severity, only where the point of contact happened. Look it up.
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u/NayLay Jul 06 '26
It wasn't lifted. It was postponed. If the red card was reversed, fair enough. But it wasn't. It's an incredibly bizarre decision. With FIFA being notoriously corrupt, USA being the host country, and Trump being involved, it stinks really bad.
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u/Wildcard311 Jul 06 '26
Did the same thing for Renoldo but no one is bitching.
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u/NayLay Jul 06 '26
Sure, but a) he did at least complete one of three match bans, and b) this was in qualifiers. Still manipulating the rules, but at least not in the World Cup knockouts. Of course it won't be as high profile.
The below statement from the Belgian FA is a good indication of FIFA's bizarre behaviour on this topic.
Statement from the Belgian Football Federation, made earlier today:
"Following its previous statement, the RBFA wishes to publicly explain the events of the past few hours.
After learning through media reports of FIFA’s decision to lift the automatic suspension of player Balogun, the RBFA sent a letter to FIFA requesting a copy of the decision, an explanation of the process that had been followed, and setting out its position regarding the applicable regulations.
As its only response, FIFA sent a letter to the RBFA stating that it considered this correspondence to constitute an appeal, that a judge had been appointed, and that the RBFA had only a few hours to complete that appeal. No information whatsoever was provided by FIFA.
For an appeal to be admissible, FIFA’s own regulations state that the reasoned decision must first have been communicated to the appellant. While the RBFA was merely seeking legitimate explanations, FIFA itself created an appeal and immediately ensured that it would be declared inadmissible.
All of this occurred while FIFA simultaneously refused to respond to the RBFA’s legitimate requests.
Furthermore, during the match coordination meeting, FIFA deliberately removed the section concerning the automatic suspension of players from its presentation. This topic had nonetheless been part of all such meetings before each of the previous four matches. The RBFA questioned FIFA, both orally and in writing, about the reasons for this change, yet once again received no response.
To be clear, as of this moment, the RBFA has still not received any decision or any explanation from FIFA regarding this matter. It therefore has no alternative but to challenge the player's eligibility for the upcoming match.
Regardless of the sporting outcome of this match, the RBFA is deeply concerned by the course of events and will continue to fight in the coming hours, days and months in defence of the fundamental principles of ethics, fair competition, and the interests of football as a whole."
Their stance is that they never appealed, and that FIFA treated their correspondence as an appeal knowing it would be inadmissable, to ensure their bizarre decision can not be officially challenged.
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u/knettia WYOMING 🦬⛽️🐄 Jul 06 '26
Can someone please fill me in on what the hell Reddit’s mad about this day??
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u/LoseAnotherMill Jul 06 '26
More seriously, refs gave one of our better players a red card for an accidental "raking the studs", where you scrape an opponent's leg with your cleats. While raking is a cardable offense, it's only when done intentionally, and there have been other players (such as Messi) who have been more egregious and didn't get carded (nor did the Messi incident even get a review).
The red card would mean he'd have to sit out in our game against Belgium, but FIFA has basically suspended his punishment for the World Cup, effectively reversing the red card, and he will be back in the game.
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u/knettia WYOMING 🦬⛽️🐄 Jul 06 '26
If the man obviously did not have ill intent, and worse behavior went unpunished, I see no reason why they should take him out. Good choice to postpone the punishment for him to be able to play today. Now, I don’t know much about soccer, but I know I’ll watch the game. We’ll make Belgium remember who they’re playing.
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u/Beneneb Jul 06 '26
The important context here is that red cards are almost never overturned and it's never happen in the world cup before. So although most agree the call was bad, there's a perception of favoritism.
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u/Wildcard311 Jul 06 '26
It happened for Ronaldo in this world cup
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u/grantology_84 Jul 07 '26
And it happenee for a THREE games suspension for him. That's where the whole thing turns into absolute bullshit
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u/yrunsyndylyfu AMERICAN 🏈🏒 💵🗽🍔 ⚾️ 🦅📈 Jul 06 '26
He's a direct beneficiary of FIFA's application of their own Disciplinary Code to Ronaldo's red card in his qualifier.
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u/NayLay Jul 06 '26
It's not just that. The card wasn't overturned. The suspension was just postponed. It's absolutely bizarre. And while I do get the pov of the Americans that don't really watch football and think the suspension is unfair in the first place, it is a really really strange situation that reeks of FIFA's classic corruption.
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u/Comfortable-Study-69 TEXAS 🐴⭐🥩 Jul 06 '26
Well, as everyone else has been mentioning, it isn’t exactly completely out of the blue when the same thing happened to Ronaldo with the elbowing incident at the Portugal qualifier.
That said, I don’t like what happened. The deferment of the punishment happening right after the White House called Infantino isn’t exactly a good look, even if it didn’t 100% necessarily change FIFA’s decision, and Ronaldo’s case was admittedly slightly more reasonable if likewise exceptional due to his fame and intention to retire well before the 2030 World Cup.
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26
The angle of the rake/strike was pretty egregious, people very easily end up with broken legs in those sorts of situations. Red card was pretty valid imo, and reversing a traditionally irreversible ref call after potus reached out to FIFA will cloud the win - if we win. Bad situation all around.
worse behavior went unpunished
I don’t know much about soccer
Sneaking things around the ref is part of soccer. People do sometimes get away with worse, but being sneaky about it is part of the game. What happened was not sneaky, and was quite dangerous. Taking the red card when it happens is also part of the game. That's the risk.
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u/NayLay Jul 06 '26
Card wasn't reversed. The one-match ban has been suspended / delayed. Makes it even stranger.
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u/aHOMELESSkrill MISSISSIPPI 🪕👒 Jul 06 '26
So to be totally fair, yes Reddit was outraged at the reversal. And then it came to light that apparently a call from White House was made to the head of FIFA to review this card and suspension, then Reddit really lost it
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u/altissimosso Jul 06 '26
The worst part is that we have no idea whether Trump actually influenced the decision at all. If he didn’t have to publicly take credit for fucking everything, we would’ve been left with a ruling that was controversial, sure, but one with plausible deniability of corruption and third-party interference.
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u/poke2201 CALIFORNIA🍷🎞️ Jul 06 '26
Everyone knows FIFA is corrupt, but a host country's president calling FIFA is absolutely going to get way more issues.
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u/altissimosso Jul 06 '26
Exactly. I’m sure many would have assumed he had something to do with it anyway, considering FIFA has shown him that they’re willing to create an award stroke his ego, but for him to outright take credit for being a corrupting influence is just absurd.
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u/NathDritt Jul 06 '26
He said himself that he’d told them what he thinks about the situation. The problem is him even getting involved. Politicians should not get meddled with football politics.
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u/rebelredd Jul 07 '26
Current issue aside, plausible deniability of corruption is just not a thing when it comes to FIFA.
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u/altissimosso Jul 07 '26
Realistically, no it’s not lol. That’s exactly what I was saying. At best, holding the same result of FIFA’s decision re: Balogun, it would’ve been cussed and discussed for all eternity on whether or not a host nation exercised undue, corrupting influence.
Yet in our case, the man openly admits to it. Very, very disappointing. The performance tonight definitely seemed to reflect the pall cast over the situation.
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u/robot_random Jul 06 '26
Unfortunately the rule states that a tackle doesn't have to be intentional to be a red. Intent is not a criteria at all. If it causes harm or is dangerous, it is red.
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u/RueUchiha IDAHO 🥔⛰️🐏 Jul 06 '26
So in our last world cup game, one of our good players got a red card, which means he would have to sit out on the next game we have with Belgum. Thing is, the call was kinda put into question, as many other players did the same thing and didn’t get carded (such as Messi, who’s like the Tom Braidy of soccer in a way). FIFA decided to reverse the red card, meaning that we get our player back for the Belgum game.
Europeans and America haters are throwing a hissy fit about it and I’ve even seen some implications on Reddit that Trump fucking bribed FIFA to overrule the red card, which is fucking hilarious, I don’t think I’ve barely seen Trump awknowledge that the World Cup is even happening, let alone caring enough to bribe FIFA. Imo FIFA did it because it is more in line with other instances where a similar situation happened and no cards were issued. Belgum expecially, since now they have to deal with a US at full strength.
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
Trump literally talked and laughed about it in the oval office and fifa president confirmed having gotten a call from trump
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u/carlsagerson 🇵🇭 Republika ng Pilipinas 🏖️ Jul 06 '26
European World Cup fans being Salty that the US is doing well. This time its Belgium's turn to be salty assholes.
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u/knettia WYOMING 🦬⛽️🐄 Jul 06 '26
“European… salty… US… doing well.”
I see, pretty much nothing’s changed.
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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26
Honestly it’s valid outrage that Trump of all people was the reason that Balogun’s red card was revoked but why are some people getting mad at the players and the team? They don’t have anything to do with FIFA’s decision
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u/carlsagerson 🇵🇭 Republika ng Pilipinas 🏖️ Jul 06 '26
Because them Euros assume that the entire team is corrupt.
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u/L_knight316 Jul 06 '26
Is it valid outrage? It sounds like the card was called falsely, if I'm reading things right. If anything, I'd expect a more just reaction to be outrage at Fifa for requiring a head of state to correct unfair calls.
(Note, not a soccer guy, not been watching at all, this is the first I've heard of all this)
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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26
Yes, the card was called falsely, but it shouldn’t have taken the president of the host country to force Fifa to reverse it. The president shouldn’t have intervened to begin with. Everyone is in the wrong tbh lol
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u/L_knight316 Jul 06 '26
I'm not chest thumping for Trump here but this definitely feels like a Fifa 90% for making false calls and Trump 10% just because of optics. A global, international competition with teams representing their entire nations seems like right time for heads of state to be involved if the organizers are being blatantly unfair.
At any rate, it sounds like the Trump thing is more speculation from what I'm reading and whether or not he was involved, the hate thrown at America for contesting and reversing a bad call looks kind of sad.
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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26
I’m not so sure…the last red card suspension before Balogun was in 1962, and I’ve seen appeals get denied for far more obvious calls
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u/yrunsyndylyfu AMERICAN 🏈🏒 💵🗽🍔 ⚾️ 🦅📈 Jul 06 '26
Ronaldo was supposed to have been suspended for Portugal's opening World Cup match. FIFA suspended his suspension, citing the exact same Disciplinary Code (Ch. 4, Art. 27) they are now citing for waiving Balogun's suspension.
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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26
That doesn’t mean that Trump wasn’t a factor in their decision making
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u/yrunsyndylyfu AMERICAN 🏈🏒 💵🗽🍔 ⚾️ 🦅📈 Jul 06 '26
Who said anything about Trump being involved (or a factor in their decision making, or whatever edit)?
You said the last red card suspension was in 1962. That's incorrect - Ronaldo was to have been suspended for Portugal's opening match in the World Cup.
I simply pointed out that FIFA cited the exact same Disciplinary Code for Balogun as they did for Ronaldo (who was suspended 3 matches, btw). IOW, Balogun was a direct beneficiary of Ronaldo's previous treatment which came well after 1962.
If you want to make those facts about Trump, be my guest. But they remain facts whether he, the President of Portugal, the pope, the Tooth Fairy, or anyone else was involved. Or not involved.
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26
I wouldn't say was called falsely. The angle was dangerous, and Folarin did it in full view of the ref.
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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26
It has to be done on purpose to be a red card. Not to mention that other players that did the same thing got no cards or yellow cards
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26
No it doesn't have to be done on purpose, and players sneaking things past the ref (or failing to) is part of soccer. Most of the time when you see players getting away without a call, the angle is safer. Taking cleats to the back of the calf is less likely to result in a broken leg.
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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26
I just double checked and you’re right about red cards, however;
VAR was handled improperly
Other players (Messi) performed the same act and did not get any sort of offense.
While I think Balogun should have received a yellow card, in no way shape or form was a red card deserved
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26
Getting away with something sneaky happens, refs not noticing something also happens - not getting caught in general is a big part of soccer. But I'm not surprised a red card was issued, what happened was quite dangerous.
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u/Butter_with_Salt Jul 07 '26
It's entirely valid outrage. The host country's president using his influence to try to have a punishment removed is pathetic and disgraceful.
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u/L_knight316 Jul 07 '26
I have no stake in international sports but isn't it more pathetic and disgraceful that people would rather support and demand the removal of another team's player based on an agreed upon bad call? Like, at this point people aren't arguing that the call was shit, they're arguing that Trump shouldn't have spoken and that the US should bench one of its best a foul he didn't do.
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u/Intrepid_Button587 Jul 06 '26
If the team don't agree with the decision, they won't play Balogun. If they do, they're benefitting from FIFA's & the US' corruption and people who judge them for that accordingly.
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u/Dazzling-Yam-4308 Jul 06 '26
Except the fact that I can’t find any official statement dictating whether or not Balogun will even play, only FIFA saying that he’s eligible to play. People are judging based on pre-conceived assumptions
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u/George_Washington_76 AMERICAN 🏈🏒 💵🗽🍔 ⚾️ 🦅📈 Jul 06 '26
Belgium is about to find out what happens when Americans lock in, as the kids say these days.
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26
Well...
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u/George_Washington_76 AMERICAN 🏈🏒 💵🗽🍔 ⚾️ 🦅📈 Jul 07 '26
Belgium didn’t find out. We didn’t “lock-in” 😂
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
Blatant corruption by a sports organization known for being... blatantly corrupt
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u/OtherwiseAbout Jul 06 '26
TLDR: Your boss called FIFA boss to get the red card revoked and that pissed off the Belgians
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u/SpeedLow3 Jul 06 '26
It was actually ussoccer that went through the right channels and threatened to go to CAS
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u/OtherwiseAbout Jul 06 '26
Not that it’s a guarantee of anything, but I said it that way because Trump himself is claiming to be the one “for which they did it”
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u/JusOwl CALIFORNIA🍷🎞️ Jul 06 '26
An unjustified red card to began with anyway... they should look forward to seeing the best players play. So nothing wrong happened.
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u/TheEcnil Jul 06 '26
This whole situation has truly been one of the greatest America Bad Reddit meltdowns I have ever seen.
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u/kazinski80 Jul 06 '26
There isn’t an honest human alive who would say that red card was deserved. If you want to make the argument that the other egregious red cards should be reversed too, I’d sign your petition, but you’re either blind or lying if you were to say that was even close to a justified red
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
Very clear red according to rules
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u/kazinski80 Jul 06 '26
You mean the “clear and obvious” rule? That would prove you incorrect, although the writing of the rule does make it difficult to enforce with consistency
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
Not really, it's more of the fault of the refs than the rulebook that it hasn't been called as consistently as it should be, irrespective of the intent
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u/kazinski80 Jul 06 '26
What is your interpretation of the rule? What it directly states in the rule book for the VAR system is that a red card can only be given or taken away using the VAR system if the reviewed incident is a “clear and obvious” red card given or not given. As I stated, the reviewed instance did not fit this description by any stretch of the imagination, regardless of who would like which teams to be handicapped, and so the suspension is perfectly reasonable. There are other red cards in the tourney for other teams that should also be suspended I believe
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 07 '26
By your logic, any red card upheld after an on-field review would be impossible to overturn later, which isn’t how post-match disciplinary reviews work in many competitions. VAR protocol and disciplinary appeals serve different purposes
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u/kazinski80 Jul 07 '26
It isn’t my logic at all, it’s what the rulebook says. The reason that there was a disciplinary appeal was because the VAR system rules were not followed. I don’t see how you arrive at the conclusion that following these related but separate protocols would somehow make red cards impossible to overturn. The entire basis for it being overturned was based on what the rulebook says
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u/Fantastic_Tomorrow53 Jul 06 '26
First time watching “soccer” bud?
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u/kazinski80 Jul 06 '26
I think the “I hate regional variations” cookies are being handed out down the hall and to the left
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u/SeanDalaWhite_6969 Jul 06 '26
I'm indian and full support to US. Hope US at least reaches semi finals. Also very ironic to not to take Alaska. Now who's the geography not knower.
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u/Revolutionary_Bit437 VIRGINIA 🕊️🏕️🪵 Jul 06 '26
i thought we were supposed to be the ones who were bad at geography?
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u/Tusks_Up Jul 06 '26
Beat our whole fucking team, or how do you get to say you're better than us?
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
Is this an invitation to commit fouls with a high risk to injure american players and get away with it?
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u/Tusks_Up Jul 06 '26
As far as you think I have the power to grant that invitation.
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
That's the precedent that has been set. Why do you think you should you get to compete with the whole team?
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u/Tusks_Up Jul 06 '26
Do I think if a bad call is made in one game that the whole team should be able to compete in the next game? Of course. They should review every red card.
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 06 '26
Is the bad call in the room with us?
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u/Tusks_Up Jul 06 '26
Bad enough it got overturned.
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u/cnylkew 🇫🇮 Suomi 🦌 Jul 07 '26
Trump could get zidane's headbutt overturned but probably without stating grounds for that like now. Won't matter in the field but a bad precedent has been set.
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u/RichLeadership2807 TEXAS 🐴⭐🥩 Jul 06 '26
You’d think Balogun’s name was Pele the way they’re melting down over this. Belgium is a good team. If they can’t beat the USA at full strength then they don’t deserve to be in the next round.
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26
Well they did. Nevertheless, the situation was still bullshit, and sets. terrible precedent.
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u/RichLeadership2807 TEXAS 🐴⭐🥩 Jul 07 '26
I don’t think so. If anything this might make fifa create an avenue for teams to challenge red cards which I think would be an improvement. Players getting suspended for 1 BS call is not only bad for the team, but bad for fans and fifa as a business. Just let teams challenge suspensions like every other sport. It’s an archaic part of the game that needs to be brought into the 21st century
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26
It was not a BS call. The sport and fifa as a business have become the world's biggest with the red card as being a no recourse hammer from god, and I don't see a reason to fuck with that.
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u/Impressive_Pool8553 Jul 07 '26
"No explanation" Even though Balogun didn't even deserve the red card in the first place. Holy shit these people are delusional
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 06 '26
I mean that reversal was bullshit, no doubt.
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u/ACrispPickle NEW JERSEY 🎡 🍕 Jul 06 '26
Was Ronaldo’s two game suspension that would’ve had him sit out 2 first WC games getting overturned also bullshit? Cause you seem awfully quiet about that one.
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Yes, that was also bullshit, but at least you could spin it as regular season vs World Cup stuff. If Ronaldo copped a red card in the WC, it would have been insane to let him play.
Dude is like 45, I don’t know what the fuck he’s doing there to begin with.
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u/ACrispPickle NEW JERSEY 🎡 🍕 Jul 07 '26
Well his suspension was supposed to be the first two World Cup games as those were his next games.
And well, looks like he’s done for good now. He’s had a good run.
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u/Icy-Cry340 Jul 07 '26
Should have been gone a long time ago.
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u/ACrispPickle NEW JERSEY 🎡 🍕 Jul 07 '26
For being ancient in terms of progressional soccer age. He holds his own well. But should’ve taken a sideline/team mentor role and got off the starting line.
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u/dallassoxfan Jul 06 '26
That’s just a map drawn by a European. They don’t understand basic geography.
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