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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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[–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

There is no way on God's green earth are USA making it to the final without every ref being bought up. Even then, Mbappe and France will put 3 or 4 past USA even with a crooked ref. He'd have to disallow all of them and it he completely obvious.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yeah I mean you're probably right. I don't know much about the game to be able to tell who the clear favorites are. It just seems to be my luck that if I root against something the universe has a way of twisting that energy against me.

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