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Decision is ‘incomprehensible and unjustifiable’
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Football associations and politicians also speak out
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Trump confirms that he asked Fifa for a review
Fifa’s willingness to bow to the wishes of Donald Trump by lifting the suspension of the USA striker Folarin Balogun for the host side’s World Cup last-16 game against Belgium was criticised strongly on Monday, with European politicians, football associations and the governing body Uefa condemning the decision.
In an unprecedented intervention in the middle of a tournament, Uefa accused Fifa of crossing “a red line” by making an “incomprehensible and unjustifiable” decision to rescind Balogun’s automatic one-match ban, which it claimed undermined “the integrity of the game and the credibility of the competition”.
