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Waiting for the Brazil vs. Norway match!

TheSuperNerd:
Folarin Balogun red overturned...

FIFA is such a corrupt organization. When I saw the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio advocating for the suspension of Balogun to be revoked, I knew some business deals and money had exchanged hands and Balogun's suspension would be revoked. Some of the officiating in this tournament—you can clearly see how unfair and unpredictable it has been. If Folarin Balogun were playing for an African team, I am confident that this suspension would not have been revoked.

That penalty that the referee awarded to Belgium against Senegal was incredibly harsh considering how soft the contact was and the time in the game that incident happened. Nowhere on earth would that penalty be given to an African or Asian team to knock out any of the big nations in this World Cup. They are not even doing a good job hiding this corruption anymore. FIFA is a corporation, and like most corporations, decisions and business models are designed to produce profits, and these are the reasons why we are all witnessing all these shady decisions we are getting at this World Cup.

There are clearly different rules for Ronaldo and Messi. To eliminate Ronaldo and Messi from this World Cup, you have to play a clean game, and you cannot afford to do anything that will bring VAR into consideration because it will definitely not be in your favor. That penalty they awarded Portugal against Croatia was soft, some people will say, but the defender was holding Veiga from getting to the ball, which is correct, but anybody that watches football knows that holding happens all the time inside the box, and if penalties are to be awarded anytime it occurs, we will be having at least 5 penalties every game.

Lionel Messi should have been sent off against Algeria, but I dare any referee born of a woman to send him off in a World Cup; that would be the end of his career participating as a referee in any FIFA competition. You see, people need to understand how these things work. These referees are paid and rewarded based on the number of games they officiate, and that particular referee and the VAR crew knew that a red card to Lionel Messi would have resulted in all of them being blacklisted from officiating any game in a FIFA competition.

BascoVanVeli:
That's a good point but hear me out.

97% of people already know the score before getting on YouTube. Plus the knowing of the score also brings curiousity about how it went down. If u see Argentina vs Cabo Verde [3-2] u will definitely want to see how the heck Cape Verde scored 2 goals.

Good point, bro

EElopa:
FIFA is such a corrupt organization. When I saw the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio advocating for the suspension of Balogun to be revoked, I knew some business deals and money had exchanged hands and Balogun's suspension would be revoked. Some of the officiating in this tournament—you can clearly see how unfair and unpredictable it has been. If Folarin Balogun were playing for an African team, I am confident that this suspension would not have been revoked.

That penalty that the referee awarded to Belgium against Senegal was incredibly harsh considering how soft the contact was and the time in the game that incident happened. Nowhere on earth would that penalty be given to an African or Asian team to knock out any of the big nations in this World Cup. They are not even doing a good job hiding this corruption anymore. FIFA is a corporation, and like most corporations, decisions and business models are designed to produce profits, and these are the reasons why we are all witnessing all these shady decisions we are getting at this World Cup.

There are clearly different rules for Ronaldo and Messi. To eliminate Ronaldo and Messi from this World Cup, you have to play a clean game, and you cannot afford to do anything that will bring VAR into consideration because it will definitely not be in your favor. That penalty they awarded Portugal against Croatia was soft, some people will say, but the defender was holding Veiga from getting to the ball, which is correct, but anybody that watches football knows that holding happens all the time inside the box, and if penalties are to be awarded anytime it occurs, we will be having at least 5 penalties every game.

Lionel Messi should have been sent off against Algeria, but I dare any referee born of a woman to send him off in a World Cup; that would be the end of his career participating as a referee in any FIFA competition. You see, people need to understand how these things work. These referees are paid and rewarded based on the number of games they officiate, and that particular referee and the VAR crew knew that a red card to Lionel Messi would have resulted in all of them being blacklisted from officiating any game in a FIFA competition.

Sadly CAF is gradually bringing same script to the continent. I pity Nigeria if our influence does not increase than what it is currently we may have it rough and tough going forward

Aso Rock for call CAF to remove that ref at our semi-final

Damioduso1:
🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card.

FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

FIFA sources insist White House influence could not affect the decision due to the powers contained in Article 27 and the independent nature of the disciplinary panel.

oloriooko:
They were ruthless and lawless confidently throwing jabs in a match under the countless cameras on the pitch yet not one of their players got a yellow card meanwhile France got a couple.

If FIFA fails to suspend that ref and the VAR team then football is a farce

I'm hearing this your testimony all over tiktok and twitter

All football influences are saying the same thing

Nothing will happen. FOFA under Infantino is more of a political and business body - nothing more

Odunayaw:
Aso Rock for call CAF to remove that ref at our semi-final

Na so 😂

Damioduso1:
🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card.

FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

FIFA sources insist White House influence could not affect the decision due to the powers contained in Article 27 and the independent nature of the disciplinary panel.

Someone woulda been sanctioned 😁

Amedino99:
Thinking of Cheering for Belgium against the USA but those ones dont look like they are good enough.
they didn't even rescind the card, just suspended the punishment. Since Marco Rubio made the statement on the red card I suspected they were up to something.

I’m not a fan of double standards

But I won’t lie, sometimes you just can’t resist the temptation of using what you have to get what you want.

Odunayaw:
But dem don meet his $100k demand na

True.

9JAMac10:
Anyone else feeling the profound withdrawal of their NOT being 4 World Cup games a day anymore?

I dey with you. In spirit bro.

Odunayaw:
But dem don meet his $100k demand na

Not sure if the contract has been signed yet.

If someone paying higher comes i wont be surprised if he leaves. He is not a nigerian in the first place so you cant even hope patriotism will make him stay.

Odunayaw:
But dem don meet his $100k demand na

Infantino will ruin football if care is not taken.

TheSuperNerd:
Yes, he did. I even forgot to share that.

Who be the devilish person o?

Lol... who else? Who denied Uche chances at Palace despite him doing well on the few occasions he played? Glasner naa. A man who left Palace only to end up at Nottingham Forrest. AC Milan chose Amorim over him.

AndSunGorilla:
Who be the devilish person o?

Mujtahida:
Now that Morocco has made Q8 back to back, I think it's high time we stopped looking at our 94 stint. It's a record that is now in the dust. It can no longer inspire us. We need to look forward

Agreed. 2014 run.

Africans is just a work around from being cancelled if they call them blacks. The problem is not the place of origin, its the skin color. When people post up list of "african" players in european teams, the light skin ones are conveniently absent. They dont have an issue with Benzema, Zidane or Cherki but pogba playing in the french national team becomes a topic of discussion.

Goke7:
Chilavert is a goat, looks like making racist comments these days has become mainstream! The France 98 team including zidane and djorkaeff are all Africans!

TheSuperNerd:
Folarin Balogun red overturned...

I hope and pray he doesn't spoil ball for them on Monday o. I feel Haji Wright and Pepi should be able to get the job done.

TheSuperNerd:
Lol... who else? Who denied Uche chances at Palace despite him doing well on the few occasions he played? Glasner naa. A man who left Palace only to end up at Nottingham Forrest. AC Milan chose Amorim over him.

I think Uche should be professional about his utterances against any coach though.

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/2073850633703068004?s=46

Now the Belgian federation has released this statement.
I wonder what precedence it will set.

Amedino99:
Africans is just a work around from being cancelled if they call them blacks. The problem is not the place of origin, its the skin color. When people post up list of "african" players in european teams, the light skin ones are conveniently absent. They dont have an issue with Benzema, Zidane or Cherki but pogba playing in the french national team becomes a topic of discussion.

That's why they are indeed goats, real idiots

CAF president + morroco = Infantino + Trump

Serious scare for the samba boys

Amedino99:
If someone paying higher comes i wont be surprised if he leaves. He is not a nigerian in the first place so you cant even hope patriotism will make him stay.

Serious crash out loading then because I don't have strength to any other person.

Make those people chase Gonçalves (the former Angola coach) na

Yeah, but you and I have no full picture idea what that talented lad went through. It's not like he was bad.

AndSunGorilla:
I think Uche should be professional about his utterances against any coach though.

Mehn, Brazil... Watch these Vikings well ooo. That first goal was clearly offside anyway.

Haaland must have warned others about Gabriel. Norway are sending long balls to Sorloth on the wing

Norway coming out flying!

They found the net in less than 3 minutes, but the goal was ruled out due to offside. What a breathtaking start against Brazil! This game is going to be a phenomenal.

Clear penalty call for Brazil.

All the shalaye the refs do when they come from the VAR screen is unnecessary Jare. Just point to the spot

Dem don save penalty ke