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US president Trump defends FIFA's Balogun red card reversal
US President Donald Trump defended FIFA’s decision to overturn Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension, saying the striker’s dismissal was unfair and describing the referee as ‘suspect.’ FIFA suspended the one-match ban after a call from Trump, allowing the striker to face Belgium in the World Cup last 16.
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"Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls," Blatter said on X.
"We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision," Uefa said in a statement on Monday (6 July).
