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05 Dec 25
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What a Wrongun that Infantino imo.
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It's just getting him onside via flattery.
Quite funny in it's way, that this is the way to
handle him.
Village people are there too, if he can stay awake,
Indeed if any of us can stay awake through it all.
Quite funny in it's way, that this is the way to
handle him.
Village people are there too, if he can stay awake,
Indeed if any of us can stay awake through it all.
As bad as when Blatter run it. How on earth has Ronaldo got a free pass to play? FIFA, still a joke of an outfit.
If dave presents it would it be a hair piece prize?
The first annual Montgomery Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence
Loony loony lefties with their TDS continue to cry and fume.
Funny
Funny
The Sepp Blatter/ Jack Warner award for exceptional Probity. 
Can we be sure this is real though? Is this the undoctored version we're seeing ?
All this Spanish and no translation
If only BBC had a guy wot spoke spanish
Lineker could have earned his corn...
If only BBC had a guy wot spoke spanish
Lineker could have earned his corn...
MisMatch Of The Day ?
Yo FIFA, lemme see your hands
.....tumbleweed
Yo FIFA, lemme see your hands
.....tumbleweed
It wouldn’t so bad if Ferdinand could actually string together fluent sentences of English. He is terrible. Who chose him to present this?
https://x.com/coldwarsteve/status/1997005156265660548?s=19
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When you see them rigging the rules so Ronaldo can play, it just confirms what a joke the whole sport is now.
Is it really beyond peoples comprehension that there is mass drug usage and match rigging going on as well?
Is it really beyond peoples comprehension that there is mass drug usage and match rigging going on as well?
When you say they have **** it for Ronaldo, in what way? Surely he will be suspended for their first match? That would be the normal course for a red last time out would it not?
Violent conduct is often 3 games but fifa have done this before.
Dale Johnson of BBC, ex Espn....
Under Fifa's disciplinary code for violent conduct, Ronaldo should have received a three-match ban for elbowing Dara O'Shea during Portugal's 2-0 qualifying defeat earlier this month.
Yet Fifa's disciplinary committee said it took into account that he had not received a red card in his other 225 international appearances.
He served one match in the final qualifier against Armenia. The other two will only be activated if he "commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period".
So Ronaldo is free to join arch rival Lionel Messi at the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer.
But has Fifa exercised special treatment to get Ronaldo to their showpiece event, or have we seen this happen before?
Does Fifa have the right to suspend Ronaldo's ban?
In short, yes. There is a clause in the disciplinary code which effectively gives Fifa the right to cut or cancel any ban as it sees fit.
Article 27 says Fifa can "fully or partially suspend" a disciplinary measure for "a probationary period of one to four years".
And Article 25 states "the relevant Fifa judicial body may scale down the disciplinary measure to be imposed or even dispense with it entirely".
Has any other player had a ban suspended to play at the World Cup?
Ukraine's Yevhen Konoplyanka tries to stop an argument between Laurent Koscielny and Oleksandr Kucher before they were both sent off Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
France's Laurent Koscielny was expected to miss the opening two group games at the 2014 World Cup
There has not been a World Cup reprieve quite the same as Ronaldo's, where a three-match ban has remained in place but partially suspended.
But there several other examples of Fifa looking kindly upon players, reducing their ban from the mandatory punishment.
The World Cup finals are the pinnacle of most players' careers. Articles 25 and 27 give Fifa the freedom to consider the merits and impact of a suspension. And it's not only been about star players.
In 2014, France defender Laurent Koscielny was sent off for slapping Ukraine's Oleksandr Kucher in the first leg of the World Cup play-off.
Like Ronaldo, Koscielny was automatically banned for his country's final qualifying fixture. Fifa then chose not to extend the Arsenal centre-back's suspension beyond one match, allowing him to play at the World Cup.
Croatia's Mario Mandzukic should have missed the opening two games of the 2014 finals after he was sent off for serious foul play in the second leg of the play-off win over Iceland.
Fifa gave him a one-game ban, meaning he could play the second match against Cameroon - a 4-0 win in which he scored twice.
Towards the end of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Netherlands midfielder Phillip Cocu was sent off for an alleged retaliatory elbow on an Albania player.
Fifa chose to ban Cocu for two matches, meaning he missed the final Uefa qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Macedonia, but was free for the opening match of the World Cup.
Japan's Makoto Hasebe was sent off for an elbow at the end of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, and like Cocu was given two matches. He was not so lucky, however, as the second match was the first game of the World Cup.
Likewise, Iran's Saeid Ezatolahi was sent off for bringing his boot down on the head of an opponent in their penultimate qualifier. Fifa chose to give the midfielder two games rather than three, and he missed just the first game at the 2018 World Cup.
In 2002, Mexico midfielder Jesus Arellano was given a three-match ban for violent conduct against Costa Rica. He missed the final qualifier against Honduras and was set to sit out the first two matches of the World Cup.
But Mexico were successful in a late appeal just before the finals kicked off, claiming the suspension was too harsh. Arellano's ban was reduced and he only had to sit out their opener.
Dale Johnson of BBC, ex Espn....
Under Fifa's disciplinary code for violent conduct, Ronaldo should have received a three-match ban for elbowing Dara O'Shea during Portugal's 2-0 qualifying defeat earlier this month.
Yet Fifa's disciplinary committee said it took into account that he had not received a red card in his other 225 international appearances.
He served one match in the final qualifier against Armenia. The other two will only be activated if he "commits another infringement of a similar nature and gravity during the probationary period".
So Ronaldo is free to join arch rival Lionel Messi at the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer.
But has Fifa exercised special treatment to get Ronaldo to their showpiece event, or have we seen this happen before?
Does Fifa have the right to suspend Ronaldo's ban?
In short, yes. There is a clause in the disciplinary code which effectively gives Fifa the right to cut or cancel any ban as it sees fit.
Article 27 says Fifa can "fully or partially suspend" a disciplinary measure for "a probationary period of one to four years".
And Article 25 states "the relevant Fifa judicial body may scale down the disciplinary measure to be imposed or even dispense with it entirely".
Has any other player had a ban suspended to play at the World Cup?
Ukraine's Yevhen Konoplyanka tries to stop an argument between Laurent Koscielny and Oleksandr Kucher before they were both sent off Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
France's Laurent Koscielny was expected to miss the opening two group games at the 2014 World Cup
There has not been a World Cup reprieve quite the same as Ronaldo's, where a three-match ban has remained in place but partially suspended.
But there several other examples of Fifa looking kindly upon players, reducing their ban from the mandatory punishment.
The World Cup finals are the pinnacle of most players' careers. Articles 25 and 27 give Fifa the freedom to consider the merits and impact of a suspension. And it's not only been about star players.
In 2014, France defender Laurent Koscielny was sent off for slapping Ukraine's Oleksandr Kucher in the first leg of the World Cup play-off.
Like Ronaldo, Koscielny was automatically banned for his country's final qualifying fixture. Fifa then chose not to extend the Arsenal centre-back's suspension beyond one match, allowing him to play at the World Cup.
Croatia's Mario Mandzukic should have missed the opening two games of the 2014 finals after he was sent off for serious foul play in the second leg of the play-off win over Iceland.
Fifa gave him a one-game ban, meaning he could play the second match against Cameroon - a 4-0 win in which he scored twice.
Towards the end of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Netherlands midfielder Phillip Cocu was sent off for an alleged retaliatory elbow on an Albania player.
Fifa chose to ban Cocu for two matches, meaning he missed the final Uefa qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Macedonia, but was free for the opening match of the World Cup.
Japan's Makoto Hasebe was sent off for an elbow at the end of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, and like Cocu was given two matches. He was not so lucky, however, as the second match was the first game of the World Cup.
Likewise, Iran's Saeid Ezatolahi was sent off for bringing his boot down on the head of an opponent in their penultimate qualifier. Fifa chose to give the midfielder two games rather than three, and he missed just the first game at the 2018 World Cup.
In 2002, Mexico midfielder Jesus Arellano was given a three-match ban for violent conduct against Costa Rica. He missed the final qualifier against Honduras and was set to sit out the first two matches of the World Cup.
But Mexico were successful in a late appeal just before the finals kicked off, claiming the suspension was too harsh. Arellano's ban was reduced and he only had to sit out their opener.
The irony is Portugal would be better off if he got 3 games
He won't miss any matches Honcho. Missed the last qualifier and suspended for first 2 at WC.
The positive is we will not see Gianni Infantino for another four years (fingers crossed).
He reminds me of Michael McIntyre.
I had time to leave the TV, cook my evening meal, eat it, and I missed nothing worth watching.
Putin must be p***** he didn't get the peace prize, because it didn't take much winning.
Who were the disappointed candidates for the peace prize?
That program was a shoo-in for worst television show of the year.
He reminds me of Michael McIntyre.
I had time to leave the TV, cook my evening meal, eat it, and I missed nothing worth watching.
Putin must be p***** he didn't get the peace prize, because it didn't take much winning.
Who were the disappointed candidates for the peace prize?
That program was a shoo-in for worst television show of the year.
Well done y-h-t-l and excellent point lurka.
Did much the same kincsem.
I feel fifa have probably got this one right based on his past excellent discipline record. But will they have based it on that or his commercial value.?
Did much the same kincsem.
I feel fifa have probably got this one right based on his past excellent discipline record. But will they have based it on that or his commercial value.?
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