Let me get this straight. Balogun gets a red card against bosnia on the softest of calls, faces a one game ban, then FIFA suddenly suspend the suspension so he can play the knockout. Belgium furious, their appeal thrown out as 'inadmissible', uefa saying it crossed a red line. All that circus... And the US still lose 4-1 in the round of 16. De ketelaere ran riot. You genuinely cannot make it up.
They moved mountains to get this man on the pitch and he still couldn't save them ๐ poetic.
still can't believe a red card got quietly overturned mid tournament. imagine being belgium and getting told your appeal is 'inadmissible' ๐ญ
the precedent that sets is mad. every team is going to be lobbying over calls now
And to think balogun was eligible for nigeria. We dodged all this drama honestly ๐ณ๐ฌ
The red card was soft, I'll give them that. But overturning it like that made a mockery of the whole thing. Belgium had every right to be livid.
'suspending a suspension for a probation period' is the most made up sentence I've read all week lol. Anyway, 4-1.