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The red card is so universally understood it has crossed into everyday language. It explains why the suspension of US striker Folarin Balogun's one-match ban is highly controversial. Footie fan and CGTN host Wang Guan says the FIFA's ruling "will be remembered as one of the darkest chapters in world football." On Trump's celebratory post thanking FIFA for "reversing a great injustice," Wang says: "We haven't seen a governemnt use such blunt political pressure" over sport and wonders which principle will be bent next.

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