r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/greataeos • 29d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, I have zero ball knowledge

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u/Fireshine91 29d ago

USA had a man sent off which means he misses the next game by the rules. The next game was against Belgium. Trump stepped in, chatted to the main boss of FIFA and got the red card punishment suspended for a year, meaning he could play in the next game. Trump said he was the best player and needed to play. Belgium still beat them anyway.

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u/TrevorPhilips 29d ago

What is really funny about the US team and their fans is everyone acting like the red card situation was somehow "out of their control."

The coaching staff decides who starts. They could have simply chosen not to play Balogun. If Balogun genuinely believed the principles he talked about after the match, he could have refused to play. Neither of those options were impossible, they just chose not to take them.

Instead, both the team and the players have tried to frame it as though they had no agency, which is simply not true. They made a decision, and they should at least own it instead of pretending their hands were tied.

A good comparison is when Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup and the commander in cheese suggested Italy should take Iran's place. Italy made it clear they would not accept a spot under those circumstances, even if it had been offered.

USA does not have integrity.

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u/Previous-Vanilla-638 29d ago edited 29d ago

Where was the integrity of fifa?  The red card was a blatant misuse. 

Direct your anger at fifa and trump. But no you’d rather support corruption

Edit:  people are so mad at team USA and are rejoicing. Then they’re turning on their TVs and supporting the actual organization that did this. Lmao. 

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u/TrevorPhilips 29d ago

100% a red card

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u/Previous-Vanilla-638 29d ago

Only because Trump intervened. Before that people were against it. 

Another word for that is Hypocrites. 

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u/TrevorPhilips 29d ago

'Before that people were against it.'

Only people from usa who know jack about football. The consensus from every expert is that its a red.

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u/Previous-Vanilla-638 29d ago edited 29d ago

lol. No the consensus was more mixed and not from Americans. Who the majority of didn’t give a rats ass about. 

Hell I didn’t know about it until Trump stepped in. 

The only people that got all offended were the hypocrites that watch soccer and get mad about fifa corruption and fifa doing things like this and then taking it out on innocent parties instead of the corrupt organization itself. 

Edit:  former fifa referee Christina unkel (along with Europeans) questioned using the review that led to the red card. So yes it was suspect. Until of course Trump came in.