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USA striker Folarin Balogun insisted the challenge that cost him a red card against Bosnia was unintentional
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00:00I'm extremely surprised, you know, I initially thought the ref was actually going to give a call for me because,
00:06you know, there was a shove in the back. But, you know, this is the nature of the sport as
00:12well, you know.
00:12It's important for me to say, obviously, first and foremost, you know, it was totally unintentional, which I'm sure a
00:17lot of people know. But, you know, I think the choice of the referee was, of course, his choice. But
00:24I don't think it was the correct call. I think a yellow card would have been fair.
00:28Just due to it not being intentional. And also, you know, there's not many places I can place my foot
00:35in such a scenario. But, you know, I think it's happened and it's something I have to accept and just
00:41move forward from.
00:41Yeah, just a ton of emotion, you know, it's difficult, you know, to see red at any time, but especially
00:48now, you know, in such a high pressure tournament, such a high pressure situation.
00:53And, you know, there was there was many emotions. But for me, the most important thing was just trying to
00:59stay calm.
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