Norway soccer chief complains over Trump's FIFA involvement after US star's red card: 'This was an error'

The World Cup whitethorn beryllium over, but determination are immoderate inactive upset implicit the contention surrounding USMNT prima Folarin Balogun’s red-card prohibition being suspended.

Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) President Lise Klaveness said she is going to inquire her committee to prosecute a ceremonial morals ailment implicit the incident. She called connected FIFA to admit the determination to suspend Balogun’s prohibition arsenic an error.

"We request our person successful FIFA to accidental that this was an error," Klaveness told The Times. "If you commencement to accommodate successful specified a mode towards authorities leaders and authorities politics, you volition determination your behaviour and the organization's behavior, and besides the reddish enactment of what states' leaders should interfere with. And that happened."

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Norwegian Football Federation President Lisa Klaveness attends the European Football Women's Gala 2023 astatine Antiga Fabrica D'Estrella Damm successful Barcelona, Spain, connected Nov. 6, 2023. (Cesc Maymo/WireImage)

Klaveness claimed that the due process was not followed and that bending the rules could enactment the full crippled astatine risk.

"First of all, it should not person happened. It is precise important present to person honorable connection astir it. We each cognize that this verdict was influenced from outer forces and did not person the due process," Klaveness said. "When you crook a regularisation similar this, you're connected a slippery slope that volition enactment the full crippled astatine risk. It is simply a interest for the crippled erstwhile you compromise cardinal rules of the game."

Klaveness called the lawsuit of FIFA suspending Balogun’s reddish paper prohibition some "serious" and "worrying."

"This lawsuit was truthful superior and truthful worrying that I anticipation that it mightiness lend to bring radical retired a small spot and don't fearfulness to bring up cases," she said. "I volition bring it to a committee gathering and sermon with my board, and past we bash it. To me, it should beryllium successful the aforesaid sphere of ethical complaint."

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U.S. President Donald Trump look connected earlier presenting the FIFA World Cup Winner's Trophy to Spain aft the Final - FIFA World Cup 2026 lucifer betwixt Spain and Argentina astatine New York New Jersey Stadium connected July 19, 2026 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump reached retired to FIFA President Gianni Infantino to inquire the enactment to reappraisal the determination to springiness U.S. shot prima Folarin Balogun a reddish card. The reddish paper meant Balogun would person been suspended for the team’s knockout lucifer against Belgium connected Monday, but FIFA decided to suspend the one-game prohibition aft Trump’s call.

Trump addressed the contention earlier this month.

"All I did was, I asked for a review, due to the fact that I didn’t deliberation it was a foul," the president said. "And again, I’m bully astatine this stuff. I didn’t deliberation it was a foul. I thought it was 2 large athletes who crashed into each different and got entangled. That was not a feline punching idiosyncratic successful the look oregon thing that would beryllium different.

"I deliberation it’s a terrible… if they wouldn’t let a apical player, possibly the best, possibly among the champion connected the team, to play, I deliberation it would person had a large stain. I relayed it. I didn’t archer him what to do. I don’t judge helium made the decision. I deliberation it was a committee that made the decision, and they made the close determination because, No. 1, it wasn’t a foul, and you privation to spot a crippled with your champion players."

Trump said helium took contented with the archetypal reddish paper that was assessed to Balogun successful the archetypal place.

"If you would person taken him out, I deliberation it would person truly stained this unthinkable championship," Trump continued. "We gotta person our champion players and Belgium, Belgium’s got a large squad by the way. We person our champion players and they person to person their best. If we triumph oregon we lose, it’s fair. Otherwise, let’s accidental we mislaid to them, past we mislaid the game. It would beryllium a unspeakable thing. I deliberation they made a truly superb decision.

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The United States' Folarin Balogun (20) walks disconnected the transportation aft losing to Belgium during their World Cup circular of 16 shot lucifer successful Seattle, Washington. Monday, July 6, 2026. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)

"I deliberation the referee’s telephone was horrible and cipher talks astir that. They speech astir the reddish paper similar it’s fine. The referee’s determination to reddish card, I didn’t cognize what the hellhole a reddish paper was and erstwhile I recovered retired I said, ‘You gotta beryllium kidding.’… I said, ‘Wow, that’s a batch of power, that’s terrible.’ And past I looked astatine his past and it wasn’t truthful great."

While Balogun was capable to play, the USMNT mislaid 4-1 to Belgium connected Monday night, ending their World Cup tally successful the Round of 16.

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