President Donald Trump said Monday he asked FIFA to review the decision to give U.S.men’s soccer team star Folarin Balogun a red card during last week’s win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the World Cup knockout stage.Balogun was given a red card after a VAR review to look at a play in which Balogun stepped on the ankle of a defender.
He would have been suspended for the team’s match against Belgium but FIFA decided to suspend the one-game ban.A source told Fox News that Trump asked FIFA President Gianni Infantino to have the organization review it.ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!President Donald Trump holds up a red card during a meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug.28, 2018, in Washington.
(Evan Vucci / AP)Trump addressed the controversy in the Oval Office."All I did was, I asked for a review, because I didn’t think it was a foul," the president said."And again, I’m good at this stuff.
I didn’t think it was a foul.I thought it was two great athletes who crashed into each other and got entangled.
That was not a guy punching somebody in the face or anything that would be different."I think it’s a terrible … if they wouldn’t allow a top player, maybe the best, maybe among the best on the team, to play, I think it would have had a big stain.I relayed it.
I didn’t tell him what to do.I don’t believe he made the decision.
I think it was a committee that made the decision and they made the right decision because, No.1, it wasn’t a foul and you want to see a game with your best players."Trump said the feeling would be the same if Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Harry Kane would have been given a red card in a similar way.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMFolarin Balogun of the United States celebrates after scoring the USMNT's third goal in the first half of Group Stage, Group D match against Paraguay on June 12, 2026 in...