FIFA added an additional game onto the one-match suspension for England's Jarell Quansah, meaning that the defender will also miss the World Cup semifinal should his team advance.
Quansah received a straight red card in England's 3-2 win over Mexico in the round of 16 and there wasn't too much argument about the call itself. But after Folarin Balogun's suspension was controversially lifted for the United States, other teams and players in the tournament thought maybe FIFA was willing to be lenient with suspensions in the knockout stage this year.
Instead, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee brought down the hammer on the England defender, who now can't play on Saturday against Norway in the quarterfinals or a potential semifinal against Argentina/Switzerland next week.
Quansah received a straight red card in England's 3-2 win over Mexico in the round of 16 and there wasn't too much argument about the call itself. But after Folarin Balogun's suspension was controversially lifted for the United States, other teams and players in the tournament thought maybe FIFA was willing to be lenient with suspensions in the knockout stage this year.
Instead, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee brought down the hammer on the England defender, who now can't play on Saturday against Norway in the quarterfinals or a potential semifinal against Argentina/Switzerland next week.
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