Nigeria, July 6 -- The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has expressed shock over FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States forward Folarin Balogun eligible for Monday's FIFA World Cup Round of 16 clash between the USA and Belgium in Seattle.

In a strongly worded statement released ahead of the fixture scheduled for 5:00 p.m. local time on 6 July, the RBFA said it was "astonished" by FIFA's ruling and questioned its consistency with the governing body's own disciplinary and competition regulations.

According to the Belgian federation, FIFA based its decision on Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, which allows the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to suspend the enforcement of a previously imposed disciplinary sanction....