@bbcnews: Fifa said US striker Folarin Balogun's automatic one-match ban would be suspended for a year, after a call with US President Donald Trump. #WorldCup #Balogun #USMNT #Trump #BBCNews

Mila :

The way they defend it is unreal

dalaucrew :

Most of America didn’t even know they had a national team 2 weeks ago…

RooDot :

Orange card 😳

Hispanic-slumdogboi :

well....

szymon hydraulik :

Mỳ Tôm :

Who’s here after the match 😂😂 ——>

steve_sg56 :

Well USA still lost haha

hussiii31 :

You still lost 4-1 😂😂

Phantom :

It's shameful

LaLee :

Messi did same n no card 😅 good job Trump

Sid 🇩🇪🇳🇬 :

When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. List of players to have their red cards overturned (or suspended) at the World Cup, since the card was introduced in 1970: 🇺🇸 Florian Balogun End of list.

jimmytwofeathers :

USA will advance whether we win or lose tonight 😂

David Huff :

this has no honor.

paramedicalexander :

9 minutes in and already 0-1 in favor of Belgium 😂

rum :

Just to lose 4-1

Apek Pew Pew Pew :

orange card? rightt......

deegee607 :

Who is here after 4:1😂😂😂

Bsimpl3000 :

Whether you agree with the decision or not, the situation with FIFA overturning the red card for the U.S. player was enough to motivate any team the U.S. faced afterward. The debate keeps revolving around whether the red card was deserved, but that's missing the bigger picture. The issue isn't the card itself, it's the perception that decisions can be changed after the fact in ways that appear inconsistent or influenced by those in power. Whether that perception is fair or not, it fuels frustration and gives opponents extra motivation because they feel they're not just competing against another team, but against an organization whose leadership is increasingly drawing criticism. That's why this became a much bigger story than a single red card. It added to the growing conversation about how FIFA's president is handling the game and whether the organization is applying its rules consistently to everyone.

Rare :

Does that mean they can issue red cards after games once committee has watched the VAR 🤔

jmckay5 :

Not on sports world leaders do not intervene on asking any other world leader I’ll tell you the same thing

Fafafoohi9 :

The call was wrong but the phone call was wrong

StarrGal :

IT WAS WRONG !!!!!! PERIODT !!!!!

D 🐝 :

Just because something "happens all the time" doesn't make it Right