Belgium aren’t really used to being at the centre of global political scandals.But when FIFA – shortly after a friendly conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump – suspended USMNT striker Folarin Balogun’s ban for their round-of-16 match, Belgium were absolutely livid.They had President Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio referencing them by name and, for a while, it must have felt to the country of around 11million people like the whole world was taking them on.Donald Trump with the head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, during the World Cup draw last year (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)Instead, the whole world was pretty much with them, with FIFA’s decision provoking mass sympathy for their plight and stoking anti-American sentiment for the feeling they and/or FIFA were bending the rules to the host nation’s advantage.In the Belgian camp there was anger, yes, but they also spotted an opportunity to pull off a daring, party-pooping victory, seemingly against the odds.Within the group, while furious about the Balogun decision, they were not short of belief off the back of their stunning comeback victory over Senegal (they were 2-0 down in the 86th minute and won 3-2 at the end of extra time). Plus, they had beaten the United States in a friendly back in March with Balogun in the team.While they strongly opposed FIFA’s decision and duly launched an appeal citing the process behind it, the message in the camp was to not rise to the bait, to take the moral high ground and let their football do the talking.It was only when Romelu Lukaku scored their fourth goal in Seattle that their true feelings on the matter were revealed, with the striker’s ‘we can’t hear you’ cupped-ear celebration followed by the team doing the Trump dance, both on the pitch and then later again in the dressing room.Then came the tweet.