{"id":791740,"date":"2026-07-10T01:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791740\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T01:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:12:10","slug":"fifa-gives-jarell-quansah-two-game-ban-for-red-card-would-miss-englands-world-cup-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791740\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA gives Jarell Quansah two-game ban for red card, would miss England\u2019s World Cup semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

England\u2019s Jarell Quansah has been given a two-match ban for the red card he received during England\u2019s round-of-16 win over Mexico.<\/p>\n

Quansah, 23, was sent off in the early stages of the second half in England\u2019s 3-2 win over Mexico on Sunday night, his second appearance and start of the tournament, following a video assistant referee review.<\/p>\n

Under FIFA\u2019s rules, any World Cup sending-off offence is accompanied by a ban for the team\u2019s next game, according to Article 10.5 of the tournament regulations.<\/p>\n

But FIFA confirmed in a statement on Thursday, two days before England\u2019s quarter-final against Norway, that the defender will also be banned for his country\u2019s semi-final, if they advance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspension will be served in the upcoming match(es) of the representative team of England in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and in accordance with art. 69 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code,\u201d a FIFA statement said.<\/p>\n

There is no mechanism in FIFA\u2019s rules for the 2026 tournament for teams to appeal against red cards, but the English FA had been considering its options over the sanction<\/a>. The FA also cannot appeal Quansah\u2019s two-game ban, handed down by FIFA\u2019s independent disciplinary committee.<\/p>\n

Sources briefed on the proceedings told\u00a0The Athletic that the FA was strongly engaged throughout the process, making the point that it felt the VAR protocol was not correctly followed. Sources added the FA wanted the fact that the on-pitch referee was shown a still image of Quansah\u2019s challenge first, before a video replay \u2014 football\u2019s rules state that officials should primarily be shown incidents in normal speed, but that freeze frames can be used to determine to point of contact \u2014 used as mitigation, but that the organisation accepted that a two-game ban was likely under FIFA\u2019s general disciplinary rules.<\/p>\n

Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s Quansah had started two games at right-back for England at the World Cup, filling in for the injured Reece James. His absence leaves Djed Spence as the only fit natural right-back in England\u2019s squad, with James having missed the last three matches due a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

The French Football Federation had also approached FIFA over rescinding Michael Olise\u2019s yellow card during their last-16 win over Paraguay, but that booking has been upheld<\/a>. A yellow card in their quarter-final against Morocco would rule Olise out of the semi-final, should France qualify.<\/p>\n

That followed the controversial FIFA decision that allowed Folarin Balogun to play for the United States against Belgium despite his red card in the round before.<\/p>\n

The striker had been sent off in the USMNT\u2019s win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, but FIFA controversially confirmed his subsequent one-game ban would be suspended for a year. Balogun started the Belgium game and the U.S. lost 4-1.<\/p>\n

It later came to light that U.S. President Donald Trump had called FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask for a review of Balogun\u2019s ban, leading to the Belgian FA challenging his eligibility to \u201cdefend football in general \u2014 its integrity and its ethics\u201d, head coach Rudi Garcia said in a news conference.<\/p>\n

England take on Norway in their quarter-final in Miami on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Analysis: The right decision, but where is the consistency?<\/p>\n

At surface level, Quansah\u2019s two-match ban is entirely uncontroversial. It was a clear red card for violent conduct, a reckless tackle on Mexico\u2019s Jesus Gallardo. A two-match ban, on top of being sent off, seems proportionate.<\/p>\n

The controversy stems from FIFA\u2019s decision last Sunday to allow Balogun to play in their round-of-16 match against Belgium despite a red card in their previous game against Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n

FIFA did not rescind Balogun\u2019s red card or overturn the suspension. It took the extraordinary step of suspending the ban for a probation period of one year, thus clearing him to play against Belgium. If FIFA had simply rescinded Balogun\u2019s red card on the basis of wrongful dismissal, it would have made more sense and caused less controversy.<\/p>\n

The sense of outrage felt by many within football \u2014 not just the Belgian Football Federation and European\u2019s football governing body UEFA \u2014 grew when it emerged that\u00a0 Trump had called Infantino direct to request a review. Trump confirmed as much on Monday.<\/p>\n

Infantino has maintained that the Balogun decision was taken solely by what he calls \u201cthe independent FIFA disciplinary committee\u201d, adding that the committee\u2019s independence is \u201cessential to the credibility and integrity of football \u2014 and this must always be respected\u201d.<\/p>\n

Has trust in the credibility and integrity of FIFA\u2019s disciplinary processes been enhanced by its handling of the Balogun case \u2014 or indeed previously when it amended its rules which allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to play in Portugal\u2019s opening game of the World Cup despite a red card in their penultimate qualifying campaign against Ireland last November?<\/p>\n

Oliver Kay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England\u2019s Jarell Quansah has been given a two-match ban for the red card he received during England\u2019s round-of-16…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,588,103818,571,19224,561,82],"class_list":["post-791740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-england","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-international-football","tag-norway","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}