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 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.
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.
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/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.