I had heard some initial reports that it was suspended due to the way it being reviewed was against the rules. Something about using slow-mo before calling for the review or something. I had hoped that was the case, because this was the alternative. My already extreme disgust for FIFA somehow got way worse.
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I really hope this will be a nail in the coffin of FIFA
The real irony, which I'm sure is lost on Trump, is that Balogun is only able to play for the US due to his birthright citizenship, something the Trump administration is actively trying to get rid of.
Balogun played for England until 2023.
ok so who in the white house or who amongst trumps friends had a bet and calls had to be made to assist with said bet. I mean the guy literally just openly admitted to insider trading soooooo yeah this wouldn't surprise me.
What a shitty thing to do to the U.S. team. Now, there's no way that they can have a clean victory, if they win. It's tainted with the smell of corruption.
A concept completely lost on Trump.
The US should have no path to victory.
That they made it this far has everything to do with biased picks for the initial rounds.
Canada, US and Mexico were all all but guaranteed to get into the round of 32, the US was functionally guaranteed to get into the round of 16.
As someone who has know knowledge of such things what so ever, do they have any chance at winning the cup?
No, they should not.
In the initial phase of the tournament, only Canada wasn't the top seed in their group of 4(behind the Swiss)
The US barely topped their group and in doing so guaranteed that their round of 32 match was against the third seed in Canada's group, Bosnia which isn't in the top 60.
Canada's round of 32 game was against either a similarly ranked South Korea(~28 as I recall), or against the near-60th ranked South Africa. So Canada wasn't guaranteed to get out of R32, but always had a good shot. Canada was never going to get out of R16 short of an actual miracle, the matchup was Netherlands or Morocco.
For the US, their 2nd R16 match v Belgium will be their first game against a peer-or-better opponent of the tournament where statistically they can lose.
I get and agree with what you're saying here but
The US barely topped their group
Is disingenuous. They won their first two games convincingly, winning the group in only two games. The third game therefore meant nothing, so they didn't play to win and still almost came away with a draw. They could have very likely won that game if the first string played, sweeping the group.
No.
Edit: yes with Trump's help
That’s a good point actually. I guess they could still do the honorable thing and not use that player
They won’t though.
They won't because the US Soccer Federation would not dare humiliate Trump after he's so publicly stated about the red card being overturned.
This is what happens when you give in to dictators.
Bends the knee? Hell, they'd open wide enough for him to go balls deep if he just asked. They'd give the rustiest of trombones...the reachiest of reach arounds. We haven't even talked about the mahogany canoes...
FIFA, one of the most corrupt groups on the planet? I am shocked!
We all know that, but I think this must be the most public and simple corruption ever
According to reports, the White House made a direct call to FIFA asking president Gianni Infantino to review Balogun’s red card before the United States’ Round of 16 match against Belgium. FIFA later suspended Balogun’s automatic one-match ban under Article 27, making him eligible to play.
Article 66.4 of the same disciplinary code: “A sending-off automatically incurs suspension from the subsequent match. The FIFA judicial bodies may impose additional match suspensions and other disciplinary measures.”
They already ratfucked Iran by making them travel 12 hours by bus from Tijuana to Seattle and back on match day, and by cancelling a winning goal for a supposed offside. Dallas police attacked the Egyptian coach in the airport. This tournament has been the nail in the coffin of FIFA. This is just blatant hyper corruption, sort of a US style UFC-isation of football that the rest of the world will have a difficult time to digest.
It does come across like someone had a bet going and pulled some strings to have it in their favour.
There is only one possible path we can take now, however terrible it may seem to some : we have to root for Belgium to win that match.
I mean, that criminal investigation didn’t go away just for the made up FIFA peace prize. This was inevitable.
I remember being pleased when we got rid of Blatter
I guess I thought he was the bottom of the barrel
Guess this barrel is all bottom.
As if FIFA couldn't get any more disgusting...