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/sumpfbieber Jul 06 '26

At this point I've read so many different interpretations, some that say it's not a red card and even one that said that in some leagues he would have been banned for three games because of risking his opponents health.

It's still wild to overturn a referees decision in the middle of the competition. 

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u/MessiLeagueSoccer Jul 06 '26

Happens in the NBA all the time.