Balogun ban suspended a year after red card against Bosnia

Folarin Balogun was sent off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the World Cup last 32, and FIFA has now suspended his one-game ban for an entire year (1). The timing means the U.S. striker will miss no competitive international football of consequence, while Bosnia and Herzegovina had to face him at full strength in a knockout match with everything on the line. Belgium head coach Rudi Garcia reacted with disbelief. "I didn't know that at the FIFA World Cup the fifth of July is now the first of April, and it's April Fool's Day," he said (1). For your team, already out, it lands as a bitter footnote to an exit that deserved a fairer fight.