[Texas Eagle]

Dumbass. Maybe next time try to not nearly break another player’s ankle.

[Sarah Barracuda]

What he’s basically saying is that the team wasn’t up to the pressure..good teams can play regardless of what is being said behind the scenes. This team wasn’t good enough

[Sicon]

Have you actually watched the play? It was obviously incidental, he wasn’t TRYING to step on the other player’s ankle or leg.

[reasonisfaith]

Without realizing it, your name calling is directed at yourself.

There is only one problem here: anti-Americanism. It’s a religion followed by most low IQ entities in our world.

And there was massive psychological pressure on Balogun after FIFA made their low IQ fumbling.

Doesn’t take a genius to see what happened.

[Hot Tabasco]

Maybe next time try to not nearly break another player’s ankle.

LOL! You're such an ignorant stooge.............

[Labyrinthos]

“Dumbass. Maybe next time try to not nearly break another player’s ankle.”

Dumbass comment. Video clearly shows there was no intent to cause injury. Sometimes contact happens in what is supposed to be a contact sport.

[neverevergiveup]

He didn't! Watch the play in real time. They were both going for the ball and trying to establish position and it was not intentional. It was inadvertent as they got tangled up. If they gave a yellow card that would have been fine, but a red for a bang bang play in which Balogun was not sliding in for a late tackle etc. was harsh.

That said, I do think that letting him play hurt the team. It was a big distraction. They are a much better team than in many previous years, but you need to play at a high level in the World Cup to have a chance, and they were a bit deflated I think. It would probably have been better if they didn't have him for that game, went in as underdogs without pressure, and shifted their tactics a bit. If they lost then, fine.

Anyway, I would be very upset if I were Norway and had a ball kicked by their goalkeeper hit a wire on the spider camera, change the trajectory of the ball, and have it drop right in the path of an English player and lead to a goal.