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 location are immoderate still upset complete nan 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 general morals title complete nan incident. She called connected FIFA to admit nan determination to suspend Balogun’s prohibition arsenic an error.

"We request our leader successful FIFA to opportunity that this was an error," Klaveness told The Times. "If you commencement to accommodate successful specified a measurement towards authorities leaders and authorities politics, you will move your behaviour and nan organization's behavior, and besides nan reddish statement of what states' leaders should interfere with. And that happened."

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Norwegian Football Federation President Lisa Klaveness attends nan 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 nan due process was not followed and that bending nan rules could put nan full crippled astatine risk.

"First of all, it should not person happened. It is very important now to person honorable connection astir it. We each cognize that this verdict was influenced from outer forces and did not person nan due process," Klaveness said. "When you crook a norm for illustration this, you're connected a slippery slope that will put nan full crippled astatine risk. It is simply a interest for nan crippled erstwhile you discuss basal rules of nan game."

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

"This lawsuit was truthful superior and truthful worrying that I dream that it mightiness lend to bring group retired a small spot and don't fearfulness to bring up cases," she said. "I will bring it to a committee gathering and talk pinch my board, and past we do it. To me, it should beryllium successful nan aforesaid sphere of ethical complaint."

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U.S. President Donald Trump look connected earlier presenting nan FIFA World Cup Winner's Trophy to Spain aft nan 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 nan statement to reappraisal nan determination to springiness U.S. shot prima Folarin Balogun a reddish card. The reddish paper meant Balogun would person been suspended for nan team’s knockout lucifer against Belgium connected Monday, but FIFA decided to suspend nan one-game prohibition aft Trump’s call.

Trump addressed nan contention earlier this month.

"All I did was, I asked for a review, because I didn’t deliberation it was a foul," nan president said. "And again, I’m bully astatine this stuff. I didn’t deliberation it was a foul. I thought it was 2 awesome athletes who collapsed into each different and sewage entangled. That was not a feline punching personification successful nan look aliases thing that would beryllium different.

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

Trump said he took rumor pinch nan first reddish paper that was assessed to Balogun successful nan first place.

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

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

"I deliberation nan referee’s telephone was horrible and cipher talks astir that. They talk astir nan reddish paper for illustration it’s fine. The referee’s determination to reddish card, I didn’t cognize what nan 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, nan USMNT lost 4-1 to Belgium connected Monday night, ending their World Cup tally successful nan Round of 16.

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