Norway soccer chief complains over Trump's FIFA involvement after US star's red card: 'This was an error'
The World Cup may be over, but there are some still upset over the controversy surrounding USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban being suspended.Norwegian Football Federation (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’s ban as an error."We need our leader in FIFA to say that this was an error," Klaveness told The Times.
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The World Cup may be over, but there are some still upset over the controversy surrounding USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban being suspended.Norwegian Football Federation (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’s ban as an error."We need our leader in FIFA to say that this was an error," Klaveness told The Times. "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."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMKlaveness claimed that the proper process was not followed and that bending the rules could put the whole game at risk."First of all, it should not have happened.
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- The World Cup may be over, but there are some still upset over the controversy surrounding USMNT star Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban being suspended.Norwegian Football Federation (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’s ban as an error."We need our leader in FIFA to say that this was an error," Klaveness told The Times.
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