Belgium's Raskin says FIFA's controversial Balogun ban suspension fueled team for World Cup clash
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Joe Rindl
Summary
Belgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said his team felt a "sense of injustice" after FIFA controversially suspended US striker Folarin Balogun's one-match red card ban, allowing him to play in their World Cup last-16 match. The decision by FIFA to suspend the automatic ban for 12 months drew widespread criticism from Uefa, Belgium, and England manager Thomas Tuchel. Raskin indicated the controversy fired up the Belgian team for the Seattle match.
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· 1 pulledBelgium midfielder Nicolas Raskin said his team felt a 'sense of injustice' over United States striker Folarin Balogun's one-match ban being suspended by Fifa shortly before their World Cup last-16 match.
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