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Balogun and Ronaldo red card overturns had nothing to do with "refereeing". It was clear corruption and favouritism.

Also the treatment of the Iranian team was comically awful.

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Oh boy, how could I forget about the Iranian team, and the other players/referees/staff that were rejected or stuck at the airport for hours ? It was worse than a sh-t show actually.
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> There’s no soccer competition without someone complaining about refereeing.

Yeah, but most of them go without president calling Infantino to change the referee verdict. All the while the president says "I dont even know the game".

> It was really well run. Not something you can call a “shit show”

I can. Oh and not allowing referee in due to his race and mistreating teams due to politics.

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> There’s no soccer competition

Ahhhh, you're American!

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Here to give you the occasional reminder that Irish people (sauf a few weirdos in Dublin) also call the sport soccer.
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I’m spanish living in the US
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