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UEFA says FIFA 'crossed a red line' with Balogun red card U-turn at World Cup
July 6 : European soccer body UEFA lashed out on Monday at FIFA's decision to suspend a U.S. striker's World Cup red-card ban, saying world soccer's governing body had "crossed a red line" after President Donald Trump personally intervened in the case.The decision sent shockwaves through the World Cup and thrust FIFA's disciplinary process into the spotlight, prompting an angry response led by Belgium, who play the U.S. on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals.It also ensured that one of the tournament's biggest talking points will centre not on tactics or team selection, but on the relationship between the sport's governing body and political power.FIFA cleared U.S. striker Folarin Balogun to play after Trump personally urged FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the case. "We expr
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