00:00All I did, I asked for a review because I didn't think it was a foul.
00:03The biggest controversy of the World Cup so far has sparked fury here in Belgium.
00:08Star striker Föllerin Balogun has been cleared to play in Team USA's upcoming match against Belgium
00:13after a personal appeal by Donald Trump.
00:16This made to his friend Gianni Infantino, asking for Balogun's suspension to be reversed.
00:22It's a highly unusual decision by football's governing body,
00:25and Belgians are lashing out, including politicians.
00:29Shame on you, said the opposition Socialist Party.
00:32They can take away all the red cards in the world,
00:34wrote a leader of a party in the governing coalition.
00:37Football is a rare unifier here in Belgium,
00:40a country known for its linguistic divides and fractious government.
00:44And this is one of the last chances for the country's so-called golden generation
00:48to lift a major trophy.
00:50Trump's envoy to Belgium, Bill White, said the president would never interfere in such issues,
00:55saying it was the right move from FIFA because the stakes are too high for a wrong decision.
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