So what happens if the Folarin Balogun incident happens again, but with a different

[no_hypocrisy]

team, a different country? IOW, a player receives a red card for coming down on a defender's ankle, having the ref call a foul?

Will that player sit out a suspension of one game or will the leader of that country have to intervene with Mr. FIFA (Infantino)? And if s/he asks for a reconsideration and Mr. FIFA doesn't grant it after granting it to Trump and Balogun, how could the World Cup continue?

This incident (IMO) throws the whole World Cup into disarray with one standard for the U.S. team and another standard for the rest of the teams.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. In wake of FIFA's Folarin Balogun decision, member of British Parliament asks FIFA to apply the same ruling to Quansah

England's Jarell Quansah was sent off for a straight red card Sunday night for a tackle on Jesús Gallardo in the Three Lions' 3-2 win. Like Balogun's red card, Quansah wasn't called for a foul on the field, but the video replay officials called referee Alireza Faghani to the pitch side monitors. After a quick look at the replays, Faghani gave Quansah a red card.

Monday, Labour MP Noah Law wrote a public letter to Infantino asking for Quansah's one-match ban to be reviewed and directly cited the Balogun situation.

"Whilst I believe that it was right for Jarell Quansah to have received this red card and that refereeing rules must be applied consistently, I believe it would be right to delay his suspension until after the completion of the World Cup," the letter said.

"We know that a similar situation arose earlier in the competition when United States forward Folarin Balogun received a red card during the Round of 32."

https://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/breaking-news/article/in-wake-of-fifas-folarin-balogun-decision-member-of-british-parliament-asks-fifa-to-apply-the-same-ruling-to-jarell-quansah-185527704.html

[Tanuki]

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