World Cup: Folarin Balogun becomes fourth player to score goal, receive red card

USA attacker, Folarin Balogun, has present go the 4th subordinate to people a extremity and besides person a reddish paper successful a FIFA World Cup knockout match.

Balogun was connected people arsenic USA defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 successful the World Cup Round of 32 brushwood successful San Francisco Bay Area Stadium earlier connected Thursday.

The 24-year-old aboriginal stepped connected the ankle of Bosnia defender Tarik Muharemovic, and arsenic a result, was sent off.

Other players who person been sent disconnected aft scoring successful a knockout lucifer are Zinedine Zidane (2006 World Cup final), Ronaldinho (2002 World Cup quarter-final) and Garrincha (1962 World Cup semi-final).

Reacting to Balogun’s reddish paper aft the match, USA manager Mauricio Pochettino said astatine his post-match interview, “Balogun? Never intentional, ne'er a reddish card.

“Watching it aft connected TV, it was ne'er the volition to measurement onto the player; it’s a mean enactment successful shot that happens by accident.”

World Cup: Folarin Balogun becomes 4th ...