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@JacobsBen I don’t think either should be a red tbh, unintentional and bad timing. The problem is the consistency, either give reds to everyone or nine straight up

Two relatively similar incidents... Flo Balogun: red card. Lionel Messi: unpunished.

@ScottHanson Not a red, yellow at most. The var system makes it look worse than it actually is, makes it a lot harder for us against Belgium now missing our top scorer

Please help me out, soccer folks. Correct call to go red? And how punitive to USA? Is that a realistic wrap to the tourney? (Either tonight or Monday) ??

@W_B_Rick Yep the var system is rhe worst thing to happen to this sport. Has ruined so many games bc a fingernail is offside or something like that

You plant your foot the wrong way and they break it down frame-by-frame then kick you out of the game. Very cool sport!

@markgoldbridge Yep screw var get it out of our sport

Have that VAR!!!! What a free kick by Tilman

@hitchariide I was surprised var didn’t call it back lmao

RAHHHHH FUCK YOU REF AMERICA BITCH

@YahooSports Mark clattenburg knows what he’s talking about, var is broken and rigged

Fox Soccer Rules Analyst and former FIFA referee, Mark Clattenburg, on Folarin Balogun's red card.

@TouchlineX So the difference is var and fifa are rigged that’s the answer

🚨🇺🇸 𝗡𝗘𝗪: American fans are FURIOUS on social media after Balogun’s red card against Bosnia. Many believe that if Balogun was sent off for that challenge, then Lionel Messi should have also received a red card against Algeria in Argentina’s first World Cup game. USA fans don’t understand the difference in criteria and feel both challenges were almost identical. American fans are now demanding answers from FIFA over what they see as inconsistent refereeing criteria.

@AKinkhabwala Gotta love var and fifa, rigged

That is NOT a red card.

@Derek4Denver @PFTCommenter They can appeal it which they should bc it’s not a red

@PFTCommenter Is he suspended if we win?? That was weak as fuck. Could not be less intentional. He didn’t even fucking see the guy

Fuck this ref. FIFA rigged

@FOXSports @FOXSoccer Var, the refs all are inconsistent. Ruined this game and the sport. What an embarrassment

More angles of the red card shown to Balogun and the US 🟥

@hitchariide Yep yellow at most, var makes it hard to watch soccer nowadays. Premier league games, champions league games have been ruined by that system

i’m still in shock. VAR has ruined the game.

@timthetatman @FIFAWorldCup Investigate var and fifa, extremely corrupt and rigged

YA FUCKING RIGHT BUDDY INVESTIGATE THIS REFEREE @FIFAWorldCup

@MLFootball Yellow card at most, var makes it seem way worse than what actually happened. The system is rigged and has ruined the sport

THIS IS F*CKING BULLSHIT. THE US TEAM GETS SCREWED AGAIN BY THE REFS. UNBELIEVABLE.

@NAMELESS It’s called var, it’s a corrupt system that has literally ruined the sport

First time watching the World Cup. We’re playing down a man for the rest of the game? What type of bullshit rule is this? Might never watch again

@TaylorTwellman That’s var for you, has ruined many games and costs many games. It’s an awful and corrupt system

Red card for that means you’ve lost the plot. Completely lost the plot. #USMNT

@Underdog Var and fifa are the most corrupt things to this sport

BREAKING: Folarin Balogun has received a red card vs Bosnia & Herzegovina. He is out the remainder of this game and will be suspended for the Round of 16 if the USMNT advances.

@LakeShowYo That’s the var system for you, ruined the sport

They gave him a red card for this? 😭

@heis_fede Yellow at most

As a football fan, is this a red card challenge?

@USMNT First Senegal robbed and now us gettin screwed over, fifa and var are awful

64' - Folarin Balogun has been given a red card. We will play the remainder of the match with 10 men.

@joshhart Yellow at most, var is atrocious

Bro that’s a red card?!