World joins the party after Belgium send USA packing
Kolkata, July 8 -- The unintended consequence of Donald Trump's bid to put USA first was that it roused Belgium. "We told ourselves we needed to do our talking on the pitch," said Belgium captain Youri Tielemans. For midfielder Nicolas Raskin, the 4-1 win meant that justice was delayed, not denied.
His red card suspension suspended, Folarin Balogun, the man at the centre of the controversy he had no role in creating, was a peripheral figure in Seattle on Monday. A dummy he tried that had the USA losing possession summed up his night.
A first quarter-final since 2002 remained out of reach as USA ended on the other side of a scoreline they had begun the tournament with. And it wasn't just Belgium that celebrated.
In a biting official statemen...
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