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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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[-] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

We will see.

Edit: welp, they looked like shit. Belgium played better than they have all tournament. Belgium came out with the chip square on their shoulder and USA shit the bed. I was wrong, oh well.

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