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The World Cup<\/a> may be over, but there are some still upset over the controversy surrounding USMNT star Folarin Balogun\u2019s red-card ban being suspended.<\/p>\n

Norwegian Football Federation<\/a> (NFF) President Lise Klaveness said she is going to ask her board to pursue a formal ethics complaint over the incident. She called on FIFA to acknowledge the decision to suspend Balogun\u2019s ban as an error.<\/p>\n

“We need our leader in FIFA to say that this was an error,” Klaveness told The Times.<\/a> “If you start to adapt in such a way towards state leaders and state politics, you will move your behavior and the organization’s behavior, and also the red line of what states’ leaders should interfere with. And that happened.”<\/p>\n

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Klaveness claimed that the proper process was not followed and that bending the rules could put the whole game at risk.<\/p>\n

“First of all, it should not have happened. It is very important now to have honest communication around it. We all know that this verdict was influenced from external forces and did not have the proper process,” Klaveness said. “When you bend a rule like this, you’re on a slippery slope that will put the whole game at risk. It is a worry for the game when you compromise fundamental rules of the game.”<\/p>\n

Klaveness called the case of FIFA suspending Balogun\u2019s red card ban both “serious” and “worrying.”<\/p>\n

“This case was so serious and so worrying that I hope that it might contribute to bring people out a little bit and don’t fear to bring up cases,” she said. “I will bring it to a board meeting and discuss with my board, and then we do it. To me, it should be in the same sphere of ethical complaint.”<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump<\/a> reached out to FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ask the organization to review the decision to give U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun a red card. The red card meant Balogun would have been suspended for the team\u2019s knockout match against Belgium on Monday, but FIFA decided to suspend the one-game ban after Trump\u2019s call.<\/p>\n

Trump addressed the controversy earlier this month.<\/p>\n

“All I did was, I asked for a review, because I didn\u2019t think it was a foul,” the president said. “And again, I\u2019m good at this stuff. I didn\u2019t think it was a foul. I thought it was two great athletes who crashed into each other and got entangled. That was not a guy punching somebody in the face or anything that would be different.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s a terrible\u2026 if they wouldn\u2019t allow a top player, maybe the best, maybe among the best on the team, to play, I think it would have had a big stain. I relayed it. I didn\u2019t tell him what to do. I don\u2019t believe he made the decision. I think it was a committee that made the decision, and they made the right decision because, No. 1, it wasn\u2019t a foul, and you want to see a game with your best players.”<\/p>\n

Trump said he took issue with the initial red card that was assessed to Balogun in the first place.<\/p>\n

“If you would have taken him out, I think it would have really stained this incredible championship,” Trump continued. “We gotta have our best players and Belgium, Belgium\u2019s got a great team by the way. We have our best players and they have to have their best. If we win or we lose, it\u2019s fair. Otherwise, let\u2019s say we lost to them, then we lost the game. It would be a terrible thing. I think they made a really brilliant decision.<\/p>\n

“I think the referee\u2019s call was horrible and nobody talks about that. They talk about the red card like it\u2019s fine. The referee\u2019s decision to red card, I didn\u2019t know what the hell a red card was and when I found out I said, \u2018You gotta be kidding.\u2019\u2026 I said, \u2018Wow, that\u2019s a lot of power, that\u2019s terrible.\u2019 And then I looked at his past and it wasn\u2019t so great.”<\/p>\n

While Balogun was able to play, the USMNT lost 4-1 to Belgium<\/a> on Monday night, ending their World Cup run in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to FIFA for comment but did not immediately receive a response.<\/p>\n

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