4 ms·

Balogun and Ronaldo red card overturns had nothing to do with "refereeing". It was clear corruption and favouritism. Also the treatment of the Iranian team was

by Jtarii 3mo ago

Balogun and Ronaldo red card overturns had nothing to do with "refereeing". It was clear corruption and favouritism. Also the treatment of the Iranian team was comically awful.

nkg 3mo ago
Oh boy, how could I forget about the Iranian team, and the other players/referees/staff that were rejected or stuck at the airport for hours ? It was worse than a sh-t show actually.
- decimalenough 3mo ago
  Blame the US for that one, not FIFA.
  - rimeice 3mo ago
    Blame FIFA for giving the contest to the US to host
    - kaladin-jasnah 2mo ago
      Did this not happen before the current administration?
      - probably_wrong 2mo ago
        The bid was accepted in 2018, during Trump's first presidency. So both yes and no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bids
      - rimeice 2mo ago
        Rabid commercialisation of the beautiful game in the US would be administration agnostic.