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AGo out to dinner, stay for a few seconds: no one’s surprised, Cristiano Ronaldo Has been cleared to start in Portugal’s opening match world cup after fifaThe disciplinary committee of To suspend the last two games of his three-match ban.
There is no doubt that it is a pleasure donald trumpAfter this, Ronaldo is relieved from the danger of starting the World Cup on the sidelines His red card for violent conduct Against the Republic of Ireland earlier this month.
Six days after the White House dinner As a guest of the US PresidentAnd as the envoy of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Ronaldo has received a ruling that, surely, no other player in the same situation could hope to receive at next summer’s World Cup.
Ronaldo shook hands with Trump and stood with him in the Oval Office. He smiled while taking a selfie with the FIFA president gianni infantinoWho were also present in the White House. He is arguably the world’s biggest celebrity, with a fan base that far exceeds the populations of most teams at next summer’s World Cup, spanning borders and continents.
Ronaldo’s punishment has effectively been reduced to a one-game ban, a slap on the wrist and a warning that his suspension could be reinstated if he commits a “breach of similar nature and severity” the following year.
even According to FIFA standardsThis level of manipulation is so obvious, so obvious, that the audacity to bring it out clearly almost defies belief.
ronaldo put yourself in trouble When he stood up to the jeers of Dublin supporters during a 2–0 defeat in World Cup qualifying and swung his elbow towards Ireland defender Darra O’Shea off the ball.
Ronaldo’s defense case was led by his Portugal manager roberto martinezWho argued: “I think this action makes it look worse than it actually is, I don’t think it’s an elbow.”
An automatic one-game ban was imposed, and it resulted in Portugal’s 9–1 win in their next match against Armenia – a result that secured their place at next summer’s World Cup in North America.
But FIFA’s disciplinary code states that players can face a suspension of “at least three matches or an appropriate period for assault, including elbowing, punching, kicking, biting, spitting or striking an opponent” – with suspensions raised in World Cup finals qualifying.
In accordance with those rules, FIFA decided that a three-match ban was appropriate, but “in line with Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, service for the remaining two matches has been suspended subject to a one-year probationary period”.
The committee took into account the fact that Ronaldo’s red card in Dublin was the first he had received in 226 international appearances, while Article 27 states that “the judicial body may decide to suspend, in whole or in part, the implementation of the disciplinary measure”. In other words, we can do it because we say so.
There is no real example of this. Independent FIFA’s disciplinary committee was directed to impose two further instances of suspended punishment, one relating to a second-division Israeli football club breaching a player registration ban and the other relating to Mexico fans evading stadium bans for homophobic chanting at the 2022 World Cup. Neither included leniency in the three-game ban for violent conduct.
So Ronaldo, assuming he remains on his best behavior over the next few months, will be free to play in Portugal’s World Cup opening match, with their group-stage opponents to be confirmed at the December 5 draw, where Trump is expected to join Infantino in Washington DC.
And there’s another element to the optics here, with Ronaldo and Messi effectively in the race to become the first players to appear in a sixth World Cup final.
ronaldo may still be Scoring an overhead kick for Al-NassrBut he will be 41 when the World Cup starts next summer and he has already confirmed this will be his last.
Whatever is developing into Ronaldo, FIFA and Trump’s World Cup, every minute of his participation will be valued as if it were a rare earth mineral; Its content must be mined, packaged and exported to the widest possible audience.
Of course, the show was never going to take off without its biggest star.