Balogun eligible to play vs Belgium
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It's pretty crazy. I saw the replay, both live speed and slow motion. Granted, I don't watch a ton of soccer, but I've seen red cards and the fouls seem pretty egregious. The play in question seemed extremely mild for a red card. I can understand our fans finding it absurd. But obviously, if the shoe was on the other foot and it was a player for Belgium, we'd feel the same as the right now.
First off, he should DEFINITELY not been given a red call, it was an awful call, secondly (I am glad they did) I heard in World Cup play you can’t get this overturned??
Maybe a little phone call from DJT helped? Whatever it was wrong and it should have been overturned regardless. And Mark Kelly is a disgrace to this country. I hate to say that about a former astronaut but he is. Undermines America whenever he can.
Getting it right is what FIFA should be concerned about and having the best players on the field for both teams is the right call for a World Cup match if there was any doubt about the red card.
I could see that. Support the home team, have fun.
But you are also not a sitting US Senator.
It is not unprecedented but it feels kind of suspect.
Although I thought the red card was harsh, I want us to beat the snobby Europeans without any help!
Ultimately I hope we win big either way.
Yeah, there's no way to escape the optics with us being the host country and all. I'm not a soccer expert, but I thought red cards were supposed to egregious, intentional kind of fouls.
Not always intentional, it can be for a disregard of your opponents safety. That in itself is left to interpretation. If every disregard of safety or rules were red cards there would be no central or south American teams with more than 6 players left at the end of any game.
