Folarin Balogun underlined his position as a pawn and bystander in the saga that dominated the World Cup in recent days, admitting he just “accepted” whatever he was told as the decision to allow him to play for the USMNT against Belgium was controversially made by FIFA above his head.
After FIFA, whose earlier position was that reds cards in the World Cup are not open to appeal, surprisingly suspended the one-match ban issued to Balogun using special powers outlined in Article 27 of the disciplinary code, U.S. President Donald Trump openly confirmed that he had personally requested that FIFA chief Gianni Infantino intervene.
