India, July 20 -- UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin didn't attend Sunday night's FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and Spain in protest at the international football governing body's handling of the Folarin Balogun red card.

Ceferin, according to Telegraph Sport, was quite upset when US player Balogun's red card, incurred at the Round of 32 game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, was suspended for their next game against Belgium in the pre-quarterfinals after President Donald Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino to see to it.

There were also other issues. Ceferin was upset that Africa's top referee Omar Artan was denied entry to the US, for his country Somalia was on their travel ban list. The fact that the Iranian football te...