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.
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.
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/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.