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So.. after the ridiculous peace prize trump is now even forcing FIFA to manipulate the game in their favour.

If Europe had any balls we would just go home and start a new organisation to replace the corrupt FIFA. We should have never even accepted to play in trumpistan

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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

No.

Edit: yes with Trump's help

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I think this is what I was really asking.

How can Trump actually help? he can't put balls in the goal.

Yes I get that he can bend FIFA to his will in so far as red cards, but surely that can only really help to an extent.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 48 minutes ago

He can't really help. I don't even think he was necessarily the one who got Balogun's suspension suspended. All he really managed to do was taint things so Balogun's suspension suspension is super suspicious.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Referees can call penalty kicks, which are usually an almost guaranteed goal. They can also kick players out of the game, putting the non-american team at a player disadvantage.

Bribe the referee from the start. That can easily make or break the game.