UEFA Rips FIFA’s Decision To Suspend USMNT’s Folarin Balogun Red Card As “Unprecedented, Incomprehensible And Unjustifiable”

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European soccer body UEFA is the latest to weigh in on FIFA‘s controversial decision to overturn U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension.

In a remarkable message just posted to its site, UEFA tore into world soccer body FIFA, saying it had ‘crossed a red line’ and described the move as “unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable.” You can read the full statement below.

Balogun received a straight red card for a tackle during the U.S.’s World Cup last 32 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following reported White House lobbying for a review into the suspension, FIFA took the unprecedented

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