'We proved Trump wrong': Belgium fans celebrate beating US after Balogun row
Belgium fans erupt after beating the United States in a World Cup last-16 game mired in controversy over President Donald Trump's lobbying of FIFA to overturn a one-game ban given to US striker Folarin Balogun. "I'm especially happy that we proved Trump wrong after he wanted to change the rules and ended up losing," says one fan in Brussels.
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