00:00The United States World Cup dream came to a disappointing end after a heavy 4-1 defeat to Belgium in
00:09the last 16, with Florian Balogun unable to inspire Maurizio Pochettino's side despite his controversial return to the starting line
00:19-up.
00:20Balogun, who had initially been suspended following his red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, was cleared to play after FIFA
00:30unexpectedly suspended his one-match ban.
00:34It comes after Trump seemingly admitted to calling FIFA boss Gianna Infantino to overturn the red card.
00:42FIFA have declined that that phone call had anything to do with a red card suspension.
00:51Nevertheless, speculation has formed since the decision.
00:56He didn't do anything wrong, and he's our best player or one of our best players.
01:00A very vital player. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant. I didn't think
01:03it meant much.
01:04Then I started hearing that that means he can't play in the next game, at least in the next game.
01:11I said, boy, that's a big, you know, if it happened to another player, it would have been unfair.
01:17But when they take your best player or just about, they have some great players, but, and they say you
01:23can't play.
01:24That's very unfair. That's, you know, it's one thing to penalize somebody for the game.
01:30But how do you penalize them for a game that hasn't been played yet? It's very unfair. You can't do
01:34that.
01:34So, yes, I asked for a review by FIFA, but all I did, all I did, I asked for a
01:43review because I didn't think it was a foul.
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