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Folarin Balogun’s reddish paper was nan only damper connected nan United States’ 2-1 win complete Bosnia and Herzegovina connected Wednesday nighttime to scope nan World Cup past 16.
The determination by referee Raphael Claus to springiness nan US guardant a consecutive reddish successful nan 64th infinitesimal aft a VAR cheque connected a tackle to nan ankle of Tarik Muharemović intends that Balogun will not beryllium capable to play against Belgium connected Monday.
Is location immoderate chance nan reddish paper could beryllium struck off, making nan US’s starring scorer astatine this World Cup eligible for their biggest crippled successful modern memory? The reply is no.
The automatic one-game suspension for a consecutive reddish paper cannot beryllium appealed, a US Soccer spokesperson confirmed to nan Guardian. The US tin only entreaty Balogun’s reddish if nan Fifa disciplinary committee were to adhd an further crippled to his suspension. Even then, nan US would only beryllium capable to entreaty that further suspension – they tin inquire for a simplification from a two-game prohibition to one, but not from 2 games to zero aliases 1 crippled to zero.
Balogun will beryllium capable to be Monday’s crippled successful Seattle, but will person to watch from nan stands alternatively of nan US bench.
The Fifa disciplinary committee chose not to summation nan one-game suspension fixed to Paraguay’s Miguel Almirón for covering his rima successful a confrontational business during nan group stage. Qatar’s Assim Madibo did person an accrued suspension though. He initially received an automatic one-game prohibition for his red-card tackle connected Canada’s Ismaël Koné, who suffered a surgery limb connected nan play, but nan Fifa committee accrued nan reward to a five-game suspension.
