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President Donald Trump said on Monday that he \u201crelayed\u201d to FIFA President Gianni Infantino that there would have been \u201ca big stain\u201d on the World Cup if U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun was forced to sit out of the team\u2019s game on Monday.<\/p>\n

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During a gaggle with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump went into more detail about his phone call with Infantino, which took place just before FIFA announced that Balogun could suit up for Team USA\u2019s Monday night round of 16 match against Belgium.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t tell [Infantino] what to do,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI can\u2019t tell him what to do, and I don\u2019t believe he made the decision. I believe it was a committee that made the decision, and they made the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a foul. I thought it was two great athletes that crashed into each other and got entangled,\u201d Trump said of the on-field incident last week that resulted in Balogun\u2019s red card, which was only handed out after a video review.<\/p>\n

Balogun was handed a red card and one-game suspension after he made contact with a defender for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the U.S. star\u2019s cleat scraped the back of the defender\u2019s ankle. \u201cThat was not a guy punching somebody in the face or anything that would be different,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the referee\u2019s call was horrible,\u201d the president continued. \u201cNobody talks about that. They talk about the red card like it\u2019s fine. The referee\u2019s decision to red card \u2014 I didn\u2019t know what the hell a red card was \u2014 when I found out I said you\u2019ve gotta be kidding. \u2026 Okay, your best player is not going to play next game. I said, wow that\u2019s a lot of power. That\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FIFA\u2019s decision on Sunday to overturn Balogun\u2019s suspension caused outrage among European soccer elites, including from Belgium. The country\u2019s soccer officials said they were \u201castonished\u201d by the reversal, and Belgium\u2019s coach Rudi Garcia blasted FIFA. Belgium also reportedly \u201clawyered up\u201d to fight FIFA\u2019s decision to overturn Balogun\u2019s suspension, and on Monday, Belgium was granted the right to appeal FIFA\u2019s decision to allow the U.S. star to play.<\/p>\n

A decision on Belgium\u2019s appeal could be handed down before the game between the United States and Belgium starts at 7:00 p.m. ET, but Belgium was not guaranteed that a ruling would come from FIFA before the game, The Athletic reported.<\/p>\n

FIFA reversed Balogun\u2019s suspension after the White House put together a team of elite lawyers to look into challenging soccer officials\u2019 use of replay review in determining Balogun\u2019s red card last week, Outkick founder Clay Travis reported.<\/p>\n

The United States is looking for just its second berth into the World Cup quarterfinals in its history with a win against Belgium.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump said on Monday that he \u201crelayed\u201d to FIFA President Gianni Infantino that there would have been \u201ca big stain\u201d on the World Cup if U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun was forced to sit out of the team\u2019s game on Monday.During a gaggle with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump went into more detail about his phone call with Infantino, which took place just before FIFA announced that Balogun could suit up for Team USA\u2019s Monday night round of 16 match against Belgium.\u201cI didn\u2019t tell [Infantino] what to do,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI can\u2019t tell him what to do, and I don\u2019t believe he made the decision. I believe it was a committee that made the decision, and they made the right decision.\u201d\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a foul. I thought it was two great athletes that crashed into each other and got entangled,\u201d Trump said of the on-field incident last week that resulted in Balogun\u2019s red card, which was only handed out after a video review.Balogun was handed a red card and one-game suspension after he made contact with a defender for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the U.S. star\u2019s cleat scraped the back of the defender\u2019s ankle. \u201cThat was not a guy punching somebody in the face or anything that would be different,\u201d Trump added.\u201cI think the referee\u2019s call was horrible,\u201d the president continued. \u201cNobody talks about that. They talk about the red card like it\u2019s fine. The referee\u2019s decision to red card \u2014 I didn\u2019t know what the hell a red card was \u2014 when I found out I said you\u2019ve gotta be kidding. \u2026 Okay, your best player is not going to play next game. I said, wow that\u2019s a lot of power. That\u2019s terrible.\u201dFIFA\u2019s decision on Sunday to overturn Balogun\u2019s suspension caused outrage among European soccer elites, including from Belgium. The country\u2019s soccer officials said they were \u201castonished\u201d by the reversal, and Belgium\u2019s coach Rudi Garcia blasted FIFA. Belgium also reportedly \u201clawyered up\u201d to fight FIFA\u2019s decision to overturn Balogun\u2019s suspension, and on Monday, Belgium was granted the right to appeal FIFA\u2019s decision to allow the U.S. star to play.A decision on Belgium\u2019s appeal could be handed down before the game between the United States and Belgium starts at 7:00 p.m. ET, but Belgium was not guaranteed that a ruling would come from FIFA before the game, The Athletic reported.FIFA reversed Balogun\u2019s suspension after the White House put together a team of elite lawyers to look into challenging soccer officials\u2019 use of replay review in determining Balogun\u2019s red card last week, Outkick founder Clay Travis reported.The United States is looking for just its second berth into the World Cup quarterfinals in its history with a win against Belgium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Describes His Call With FIFA President Before Last-Minute Decision On U.S. Suspension - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=981\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Describes His Call With FIFA President Before Last-Minute Decision On U.S. Suspension - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump said on Monday that he \u201crelayed\u201d to FIFA President Gianni Infantino that there would have been \u201ca big stain\u201d on the World Cup if U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun was forced to sit out of the team\u2019s game on Monday.During a gaggle with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump went into more detail about his phone call with Infantino, which took place just before FIFA announced that Balogun could suit up for Team USA\u2019s Monday night round of 16 match against Belgium.\u201cI didn\u2019t tell [Infantino] what to do,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI can\u2019t tell him what to do, and I don\u2019t believe he made the decision. 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