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Three Phone Calls, One Reversal: FIFA Clears Balogun After Trump Personally Presses Infantino
A red card that should have ended his World Cup is gone. Europe's soccer body says FIFA "crossed a red line." The question now is whether the rules still mean what they say.
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- Balogun received a red card against Bosnia-Herzegovina that carried an automatic one-match ban, and FIFA lifted that ban so he can face Belgium.
- Trump personally called Infantino to request a review and publicly confirmed doing so on Monday.
- UEFA publicly objected that the decision "crossed a red line" and questioned the integrity of the tournament.
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- The exact FIFA disciplinary provision used to lift the ban — probation, committee discretion, or another mechanism — is not identified in the sources provided.
- The referee's identity, the precise minute, and the full VAR sequence described in the broadcast caption.
- Whether the United States' next opponent, Belgium, will file a formal protest or escalate the dispute beyond UEFA's statement.
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- The Belgium match on Monday, where Balogun is expected to start, will be the first on-field test of whether the controversy follows the team onto the pitch.
- Any further statement from FIFA's judicial bodies explaining the legal basis for the reversal.
- Whether UEFA escalates from a public objection to a formal challenge.
