{"id":747231,"date":"2026-07-06T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747231\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:46:09","slug":"world-cup-2026-fa-could-appeal-after-jarell-quansah-red-card-v-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747231\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2026: FA could appeal after Jarell Quansah red card v Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Football Association is considering whether to appeal against England defender Jarell Quansah&#8217;s red card during the World Cup victory over Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Quansah was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/cr5j14eyzm8t\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sent off<\/a> in the 54th minute of Sunday&#8217;s 3-2 win following a high challenge on Jesus Gallardo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As it was classed as serious foul play, the Bayer Leverkusen defender could face a two-game ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The FA is considering its options after United States star striker Folarin Balogun had a red card overturned following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c1myykx0gmxo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intervention from US President Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trump asked Fifa to review Balogun&#8217;s one-match suspension after he was sent off for a foul on Bosnia-Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemovic in the last 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 25-year-old was set to miss his side&#8217;s last-16 tie against Belgium on Tuesday, but Fifa made the shock decision to suspend the automatic one-match ban for 12 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That led to widespread criticism within the game, including from European football&#8217;s governing body, Belgium and England boss Thomas Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The World Cup does not allow appeals for red cards but Fifa officials invoked the article 27 clause in their rules to suspend Balogun&#8217;s ban. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That clause had never been used before at the World Cup. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It effectively allows Fifa to make whatever decision it wants without having to meet any other criteria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It could spark a host of appeals, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7425439\/2026\/07\/06\/france-appeal-fifa-michael-olise-yellow-card\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Athletic reporting, external<\/a> France are challenging Michael Olise&#8217;s yellow card during their victory over Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Sport has approached the French Football Federation for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The US authorities claimed Balogun&#8217;s red card was unfair because there was no intent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But intent was taken out of football&#8217;s laws many years ago, and only the result of a challenge is meant to be considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Balogun&#8217;s red card itself was not rescinded &#8211; Fifa rules do not allow that. Effectively, the US striker, who has scored three goals for the co-hosts this tournament, received a sin-bin against Bosnia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the red card could be viewed as harsh as it was clearly accidentally, usually that type of studs-down-the-back-of-the-ankle challenge would result in a sending off. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Quansah&#8217;s was different as he was sliding in, but similar in that he was sent off for an accidental studs-up challenge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Football Association is considering whether to appeal against England defender Jarell Quansah&#8217;s red card during the World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-747231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}