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‘I made them do it’ – Donald Trump takes credit for FIFA decision to overturn Folarin Balogun ban (sports.yahoo.com)

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++Sky News++ captured his words, as he explained: “”Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man [Infantino] who is highly respected. I’m the one who got them to do it, not Biden. Biden was asleep.”

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You have the right of it otherwise, but one player usually can't carry a whole team on his own. Not even a phenomenon like Haaland.

Granted, they have a few other good players like Ødegaard too, but that's still not necessarily enough to beat a well-managed team and Pochettino managed a few of the biggest clubs in the world before taking the US gig.

Still, even if nothing else looks suspicious, the first withdrawn red card since 1962 at the request of the despot in charge of a host country is in itself enough to warrant an asterisk.