President Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to discuss the red card given to Team USA’s Folarin Balogun during Wednesday night’s game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, an person familiar with the conversation told The Hill. Trump later cheered the reversal, calling it an “injustice.”

FIFA said its independent panel overturned the red card suspension for Monday’s game.

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    15 days ago

    Ok. Now show it in video instead. It was an accident. The still frame looks bad, and it probably should have been called a yellow, but it didn’t meet the criteria for a red card.

    If you think it still should be a red after all that, please explain why Messi doing the same thing on purpose wasn’t.

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      15 days ago

      I agree. Messi should also have received a red. The fact that he did not even get a yellow was a terrible call.

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      it dose not matter if it was an accident… he could have injured the player… either they are in control or they are just flailing out there like any one of us could

      the usa is a fucking joke… fifa is a fucking joke… soccer is a great sport and these two loser entities are just making everything they touch worthless…

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        15 days ago

        Except it does matter. Reckless unintentional fouls are still a yellow card.

        I’m not going to disagree about either the US (government) in general or FIFA in specific though.