2026 FIFA World Cup

[Camer the Dragon]

Red card debacle? I don't understand

One of the USA players (Balogun) got a red card, this usually means you're not allowed to play in the next game but it got suspended (so Balogun could play in the match against Belgium)
This is extremely abnormal and has only ever happened once before in 1962 (and I don't think cards were formal back then)
People say about Ronaldo at the start of this tournament, but that was both something from qualifying spilling over into the world cup being suspended and that was also controversial anyway
Trump was the one to ask the FIFA president to look at the red card ban and the FIFA president gave Trump some peace prize: "Prior to the draw, FIFA head Gianni Infantino presented the very first FIFA Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump. FIFA stated that the award recognised his "involvement in ceasefire efforts and diplomatic engagements in several conflicts"." so he deffo has a positive relationship with Trump and a lot of people say this red card situation is favouritism

(Note a lot of people didn't agree with Balogun getting a red card, but to overturn it in such a way is seen as even worse, given other players from other countries have to deal with those kinda red cards)