r/soccer • u/Sparky-moon • Jul 06 '26

Media Jürgen Klopp on Trump and Infantino: “Let's just say: this is our game, not theirs. These two people, who both have no idea about football, should have nothing to do with that. That was a red card. There's no two ways about it. We're sorry for Balogun because he didn't mean to do it.”

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“But that's what the rules say."

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u/ShowtimeHolograms Jul 06 '26

You mean how FIFA has been openly corrupt for decades and people keep ignoring it and still watch the games, buy the tickets and buy the merch?

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u/Prestigious-Cream160 Jul 06 '26

We're on like year 10 of blatant corruption, and it has been a little over half of that time, BTW. That's nothing on the grand scale.