Donald Trump welcomed FIFA’s decision to cancel the red card awarded to an American player. American Folarin Balogun received a red card on Thursday during the match between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina. American President Donald Trump thanks FIFA, after the red card awarded to an American player was cancelled, according to Le Figaro. American forward Folarin Balogun is finally available for the World Cup Round of 16 match between the United States and Belgium. You may also be interested: FIFA has decided to lift the American’s suspension. He received a red card for the round of 16 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-0). Minutes after opening the scoring, Monaco’s forward booted Tarik Muharemovic in the second half. Initially lenient, the referee consulted with VAR assistants. Later, he showed the red card for this unintentional but dangerous intervention, according to the source. Donald Trump thanked FIFA for canceling the suspension of the USA team striker. «Thank you FIFA for doing the right thing and reversing a great injustice!» said the US president on Sunday. The United States could not appeal the decision. However, FIFA decided to convene its independent disciplinary committee to review the sanction. «In accordance with Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, the application of the match suspension is suspended for a trial period of one year,» FIFA said. The disciplinary body has the power to suspend the execution of a disciplinary sanction, in whole or in part. If Folarin Balogun «commits another offense of a similar nature and gravity within a year, the suspension will be revoked and the sanction will be applied,» clarified the governing body. «We accept the decision of the Disciplinary Committee. We are pleased that Folarin Balogun will be cleared to play tomorrow,» the American federation said in a statement. The suspension of the attacker even caused a reaction from the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He appealed the decision. «They (the Americans) were fooled with that red card. There should be an appeal procedure for that. It’s probably too late for that, isn’t it?» the secretary of state said, according to the quoted source.
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