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@oli_dan_cryptoD @Footballtweet Oh I assumed Belgium hence the rubbing. Well hopefully you and my Welsh squad make it next time around 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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@PuckRMDR @Footballtweet I’m Danish, we did not even qualify 👍🙏🏻
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🇳🇴 Norway manager Stale Solbakken with a strong response to Folarin Balogun's red card being suspended:
🗣️ Solbakken: "It is a big mistake by FIFA. It is not a great conclusion. He got a red card and the VAR concluded that it was a red card. That means you are suspended for one game.
I think what is really bad about that situation is, if the USA beat Belgium, they will always have that extra thing about it.
The Belgians will be furious. What about the next red card? What happens there? Will some committee take it away? It’s a bad, bad, bad, bad decision that will hurt the World Cup and the United States."
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@oli_dan_cryptoD @Footballtweet lol okay good luck with rest of the tourney 🙏🏻
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@PuckRMDR @Footballtweet Got plenty more, but somehow stopped thinking about you🥱
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@oli_dan_cryptoD @Footballtweet Damn for a crypto guy that’s the best you got?? Smh lame lol
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🇧🇷🇳🇴 Haaland just went from strolling around the pitch to full cyborg mode.
One second walking. Next second, absolute rocket speed, and boom. Goal.
We're watching the real cyborg in action 😂
Writer: Sol
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@teenkimg2 @Unknownguys76 @Footballtweet Fair. I route for my home Coutry though heritage wise I wish Czech advanced and Wales unfortunately did not even make it :(
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@PuckRMDR @Unknownguys76 @Footballtweet As the matter of me being Kenyan. I'm a football fan , it's the world cup , I support the teams I prefer and I know the rules since I've watched the game for years .
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@teenkimg2 @Unknownguys76 @Footballtweet So was it worth acting like it was the end of the world the suspension was lifted? Lmao
We’re young and the lights were a little too bright, stage a bit too big. Also you’re Kenyan what’s your dog in this fight? Kinda odd?
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Guess what, my American friends.
Every other country in the world is now hoping Belgium beat the USA.
Thank you president for that.
#FIFA
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Europeans “astonished” we lobbied for our player is hilarious.
Article 27 is a written FIFA rule .
It would be utterly irresponsible NOT to fight an unjust red card for your guys.
We didn’t cheat .
We read the rules and used them to defend our player.
Implying we did something underhanded is insane.
We played by the book. Deal with it.
Let’s go USA ⚽🇺🇸
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“He played for his country is what he did. He was a brave American striker. And in this house, Folarin Balogun is a hero. End of story.”
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USA: “Hey FIFA, can you review that red card? We think it was really bad.”
FIFA: “Don’t worry, we already are. VAR was not used correctly and honestly should’ve cost you the game.”
USA: “Sweet. Thanks for trying go get this right.”
World: “YOUCANTDOTHATWHAT! THEBEAUTIFULGAME!”
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@lonaltizer It will affect the reputation of Americans in Soccer
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@lonaltizer Are you new to football? Genuinely not trying to be rude
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@lonaltizer He’s been all over the news taking credit for it, Lonnie. It’s a total disgrace
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@daeyoungchoi @markvalorian Yes. We don’t want to beat a team that has a solid excuse as to why they were penalized unfairly and had to play us handicapped. That’s a common factor/attitude amongst most American sports fans. We want to see the best compete even if it results in a loss for our favored team.
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@markvalorian If the exact same thing happened to the Belgian team, that their best scorer received a red card, incorrectly, but then was reinstated prior to the game with U.S. through some extraordinary means, would you defend that decision?
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Everyone is throwing blame around to countries, politicians, FIFA, specific rule book sections, etc…
Everywhere *except* the one place it is most deserved:
This guy.
If he simply executed his job competently and correctly interpreted the obvious overall context of the play, none of this happens.
You can certainly make arguments for how the reaction to this event could have been improved, but the fact of the matter is none of that would have ever been necessary *if the ref simply did his job.*
This entire debacle was generated due to this guy’s abject incompetence. Rather than attacking the natural reactions to the mess he made, let’s allow him to share the blame he rightfully deserves.
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A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking: BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind. The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step. When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did. In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance. This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination. The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.
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