FIFA is facing criticism after it conditionally suspended a one-match ban for American forward Folarin Balogun on Sunday. The player received a red card in the round-of-16 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which the United States won 2:0, and left his team a man down from the 64th minute. SITA ↗
The decision means Balogun can play in the next match, even though he was originally supposed to serve a suspension for the sending-off. The Union of European Football Associations sharply criticized the verdict, calling it a crossing of a red line. The Belgian Football Association also expressed surprise, since the case affects the American team's further schedule at the tournament. teraz.sk ↗
According to published reports, the White House reportedly contacted FIFA president Gianni Infantino with a request to review Balogun's sending-off. US President Donald Trump is also said to have intervened in the case during a phone call with Infantino. FIFA is therefore facing accusations that the disciplinary decision may have been influenced by political pressure. sme.sk ↗
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter also spoke out critically, condemning the alleged political influence on the change of sentence. The reports also caused outrage for former Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp. The case thus extends beyond the disciplinary verdict itself and raises the question of the independence of football bodies in their decision-making during major tournaments. teraz.sk ↗
UEFA criticizes FIFA over pardoned sentence for Balogun
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Trump volal Infantinovi, aby zrušil trest pre dôležitého hráča. Suspendácia padla, Belgičania a Klopp hovoria o šialenstve
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| 10:10 06.07.
Blatter odsúdil údajný politický vplyv ohľadom trestu Baloguna
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| 15:08 06.07.
UEFA kritizuje FIFA za zrušenie dištancu pre Američana Baloguna
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| 13:25 06.07.
UEFA označila verdikt ohľadom Baloguna za prekročenie červenej čiary
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| 12:26 06.07.
Rozhodnutie FIFA odpustiť Balogunovi trest pobúrilo Európu. O prehodnotenie červenej karty mal žiadať sám Trump
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| 10:59 06.07.
Biely dom mal žiadať FIFA preskúmanie Balogunovej červenej karty
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| 07:31 06.07.
Trumpov telefonát a zrušená červená karta. FIFA čelí obvineniam z politického zásahu
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| 12:50 06.07.
Kam smeruješ FIFA? Do Infantina si neváhal kopnúť aj bývalý prezident Blatter
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