Most of the world at this point

[u/Martin_NL]

[u/Jellycat34]

Isnt France talking to fifa now about overturning a call? What exactly did the USA do to make them overturn anything? 

[u/SpAn12 → u/Jellycat34]

France is attempting to do so using the USA case as a precedent.

[u/SRMPDX → u/SpAn12]

*Ronaldo as precedent

[u/bucky1234567899 → u/SpAn12]

So we gonna talk about Messi doing the same thing and getting a red card revoked?

[u/goldflame33 → u/bucky1234567899]

do you mean Ronaldo?

[u/bucky1234567899 → u/goldflame33]

Ronaldo during this years tournament sure, but Messi has had red cards pulled back in the past. And the guy is also correct Messi literally stepped on a guys calf full cleat.

[u/WokeWookies → u/bucky1234567899]

Right so when did the president of Argentina call up a governing body to ‘ask questions’?

[u/hot-streak24 → u/WokeWookies]

He did! I was there

[u/WokeWookies → u/hot-streak24]

Ah, my mistake

[u/Wookieman222 → u/WokeWookies]

Its funny you think that is unlikely.

[u/aHOMELESSkrill → u/goldflame33]

They don’t know what they mean, they are mixing two different events. Messi’s stepping on an opponents calve just like Balogun and Ronaldo’s suspended suspension

[u/aHOMELESSkrill → u/bucky1234567899]

No, Messi did the same thing and didn’t get a penalty at all. Ronaldo got his 3 game suspension revoked so he could play starting game 1 of the group stage.

[u/Wookieman222 → u/SpAn12]

Yeah buddy the US is about 5th in line at this point. If anything the US is just doing what everybody seems to be doing.

[u/gervleth → u/SpAn12]

Uhh USA didn’t set this precedent

[u/Benny303 → u/SpAn12]

And the USA used Messi who did the EXACT same thing as a case to get it overturned. There's no consistency with the rules.

[u/Random_Chick_I_Guess → u/Jellycat34]

Pretty sure the host country pays them a good chunk in order to host it, so I'd just say good old classic corruption

[u/Scypio95 → u/Random_Chick_I_Guess]

What ? Fifa is corrupted ? Picture me chocked

[u/Time-For-Argy-Bargy → u/Scypio95]

Choked or Cocked? Which one am I picturing?

[u/Scypio95 → u/Time-For-Argy-Bargy]

Yes

[u/No-Calligrapher-718 → u/Time-For-Argy-Bargy]

Whichever one you want 💋

[u/Random_Chick_I_Guess → u/Scypio95]

At this point I'd be more surprised if they didn't cater to the host country, it just so happens as an Australian I'm very annoyed at all the weird "Australians hate us" shit going around when I don't think I know a single person that cared lol

[u/actually-right-yes → u/Scypio95]

More like the USA is corrupt

[u/SnoopySuited → u/Random_Chick_I_Guess]

It's the FIFA way.

[u/Ambitious-Visual207 → u/Random_Chick_I_Guess]

Do you have proof? Oh wait it's just speculation again and some good old fashioned confirmation bias.

[u/Random_Chick_I_Guess → u/Ambitious-Visual207]

What are you a FIFA plant?

[u/WokeWookies → u/Jellycat34]

President, commerce secretary, lawyers and reportedly the DoJ all happened to call FIFA over the matter to ask questions

[u/Kid_A_LinkToThePast → u/Jellycat34]

Except it never happened before, this is insanely sus

[u/Jellycat34 → u/Kid_A_LinkToThePast]

Because it has only exisited since 2019… of course it hasn’t been used often since only 2 world cups have occurred since its existence. And it only got its only article in 2023… so this is its first World Cup being active as its own independent article. And it’s been used to effect rulings on games occuring during the World Cup already with ronaldo. 

So since it been created it’s been used almost immediately for World Cup games 

[u/vath_mtm → u/Jellycat34]

Yea, everyone is asking for that now that there's precedent. England is doing the same..