FIFA proposes changing the regulations to justify the ‘Balogun case’

He ‘Balogun case’ continues to give something to talk about. The forward of the Monaco was the center of a scandalous decision by FIFA during the 2026 World Cup, which at the request of donald trump He left his sanction suspended after being sent off with a direct red card in the 1/16 final against Bosnia and Herzegovina, so that he could play in the hosts’ next round of 16 match United States against Switzerland.

Three and a half months after that match, which the Swiss won 1-4, the FIFA Council, at its meeting tomorrow, plans to modify the regulations to justify its controversial decision to suspend Balogun’s sanction.

A decision with political interference

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, from now on an automatic penalty match for an expulsion cannot be suspended, which is why FIFA implicitly admits that during the World Cup it did happen with Balogun due to the ambiguity of the regulations.

This is a desperate attempt to, by creating the legal basis, justify a decision that they engineered Trump and Gianni Infantinopresident of FIFA, after a call from the American leader to the Swiss.

30 hours before the meeting

This information details that on Tuesday night. Thirty hours before the meeting, a document was sent to Council members. It contains a proposed amendment to Article 27 of the FIFA Regulations, which allows the suspension of certain decisions of the Disciplinary Committee, specifying situations in which suspension is not possible, including the ‘Balogun case’ which, however, is never mentioned.

In practice, FIFA maintains that a match can never be automatically suspended, implicitly admitting that this happened previously due to the ambiguity of the regulations. Therefore, Balogun’s suspension from the match was permissible.

This attempt completely contradicts FIFA 2026 Circular 16 regarding the World Cup, which clearly specifies that the suspension is “automatic.” But it also contradicts several other circulars from 2002 to 2005, which Zurich evidently pretended to forget.

It remains to be seen if the Council approves the proposal today or even withdraws it after the controversy it will cause.