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To: jonrick46

“Enzo Fernandez’s red card was the result of stepping on the Spain player’s foot and causing him to fall. This is the same cause of Balogun’s red card during the USA against Belguim game.”


What nonsense. Each case must be evaluated on the details of the case.

Fernandez acted with deliberate bad intent, Balogun wasn’t looking/aware of where his foot was landing as he fell to the ground.

Details matter.

I hear the same nonsense about self-defense. Karmelo Anthony and Kyle Rittenhouse are not the same just because they both claimed self-defense. Details of each case matter.


93 posted on 07/20/2026 5:13:18 AM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: ChronicMA

I only saw the slow motion close up replay of Enzo Fernandez’s red card foul. I thought I saw Fernandez step on the foot of Spain’s Pau Cubarsí who just cleared the ball. The below video shows I was wrong. The shoes did meet and was the fulcrum of the spin that sent Cubarsi flying. The foul justifiably gave Fernandez a yellow card. With two yellow cards, the second one become a red. Here is a good video of the foul:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/why-two-yellow-cards-equals-red-card-enzo-fernandez-be-down-10-men-argentina/af9ff4aa0263cb1943f9b8f2


128 posted on 07/20/2026 4:49:20 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The DemonKKKrat Marxists ride Unicorns on their fantasy farms.)
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