The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has said it is “astonished” by FIFA’s decision to suspend the straight red card awarded to USA player, Folarin Balogun, so that he can be eligible to play in today’s Last 16 fixture.
The 25-year-old striker with Nigerian ancestry was shown a straight red card for a foul on Bosnia-Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemovic as the co-hosts won their last-32 tie 2-0.
However, FIFA announced yesterday that the automatic one-match ban on Folarin will be suspended for a year.
But the Belgian football authorities insisting yesterday that it was “investigating all potential options” in response to the FIFA announcement.
FIFA said in the statement that ; “In line with article 27 of the FIFA disciplinary code, the implementation of the match suspension is suspended for a probationary period of one year.”
