‘Overturn this’: victorious Belgium throw barb after Balogun red-card controversy

According to The Guardian World, Belgium's four-one win over the United States on Monday sent the Red Devils into the World Cup quarter-finals — and settled a grudge. The buildup had been overshadowed after Fifa suspended the red card given to US striker Folarin Balogun in the last-thirty-two match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, which freed him to play against Belgium rather than serve a one-match ban. Belgium and other nations were incensed when it emerged that Donald Trump had lobbied for the card to be overturned, with Uefa calling the decision incomprehensible and unjustifiable. After the final whistle, the Belgians threw the controversy back with a pointed jab of their own: overturn this.

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