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United States President Donald Trump has confirmed he personally asked FIFA president Gianni Infantino to “review” USA striker Folarin Balogun’s red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was controversially overturned on Sunday.

Balogun was sent off after VAR reviewed a challenge he made in the last-32 match against Bosnia, with the dismissal thought to have meant an automatic ban for Monday night’s last-16 tie against Belgium.

President Trump has now confirmed he personally lobbied Infantino at an event on Monday, telling the FIFA president that Balogun’s challenge “was not a foul” and adding that the referee “is a little bit suspect”.

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00:00Red card. I didn't know what the hell a red card was. When I found out, I said, you've
00:03got to be kidding. This guy just hands up, okay, your best player's not going to play
00:07next week or in the next game. I said, wow, that's a lot of power. That's terrible. I
00:12understand sports really well, really well. And that wasn't a foul. That wasn't even an
00:20infraction. That was two guys running full speed that happened to crash into each other.
00:24You can't take your foot and properly place it on somebody else's foot when you're going,
00:29no, these were two great athletes that got tangled up. And this referee who is a little
00:40bit suspect if you check his, if you check his past, I don't want to say that because
00:46I don't like to create controversy. I spoke to Johnny, who's highly respected, who's produced
00:52the most successful World Cup in history by, they say, four times. This isn't just a success.
00:58I actually
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