Mike Halford

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Halford & Brough in the Morning · Hold Your Head High, Canada · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

striker Polarin Balogun to be eligible to play tonight against Belgium in their round of 16 match. matched

Now, Balogun, in case you missed it, was red carded in their round of 32 win over Bosnia. matched

With that red card comes an automatic minimum one match suspension. matched

Only yesterday, FIFA announced that the suspension had been suspended through Article 27 of the FIFA bylaws and guidelines for this tournament. matched

There is a I would call it an obscure ruling, which they have used in the past, to be fair, which allows the disciplinary committee to. matched

not to overturn a red card, but to suspend the suspension. matched

I think that's the important thing here is nobody is saying that we have rescinded the red. matched

What they're saying is they're going to kick the can down the road on the automatic suspension. matched

It may be served at a later date. matched

We don't know, but it won't hold Balogun out of tonight's match. matched

Now, as you can imagine, there's a lot of backstory to this. matched

Belgians are upset. matched

UEFA's upset. matched

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter took to Twitter this morning to express his dismay in the decision. matched

There are multiple reports from various outlets in the U.S. matched

with sources who claim that Donald Trump did make a call to Gianni Infantino. matched

Now, the nature of those calls... matched

It seems very ambiguous at this point. matched

There are some reports that on the advisement of his lawyers, he made the call to inquire more about what could be done and how the ruling works. matched

There are others that, of course, are suggesting that it played an influential role in Infantino, then making the call to the disciplinary committee to get the red card overturned. matched

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