Thomas Tuchel jokingly agreed England could lobby U.S. President Donald Trump to have Jarell Quansah’s one-match ban suspended as part of a wider, more serious conversation about FIFA’s intervention that allows Folarin Balogun to play for the USMNT against Belgium.
Quansah was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Mexico’s Jesús Gallardo with 54 minutes of the match played. CBS News reported that Balogun’s ban becoming suspended came after Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino to speak about the red card and the suspension, while the New York Times suggested he specifically asked for the suspension to be reviewed.
