昨晚美国队在1/16淘汰赛中，以1:4惨败给比利时队，你可以说这是 poetic justice，也可以说这是 trump curse。

一方面，川普两届总统任上，但凡被川普这根搅屎棍碰过的球队，无论发生在NFL，还是NBA, 还是NHL，还是Gulf .....无一例外，全部输掉。

川普这个丧门星，这次又来祸祸美国足球队！

另一方面，什么叫哀兵必胜？比利时战前，欧洲足协专门在官网上打出“为正义而战，为欧洲而战”的公告，全世界的球迷更是吹响了“今晚我们都是比利时人的”的集结号。

比利时队在比赛中，像是被川普打了鸡血，踢出如此赏心悦目的攻势足球，还要追溯到16年前以德布劳内，阿扎尔，孔帕尼等超级巨星为代表的黄金一代。

the way they played，下场可以硬刚表现平平的西班牙了。所以，比利时队真应该感谢川普。

再看看美国队：

美国队10号主力，被称为 American Captain 的普利西奇，仅仅上半场就出现11次传接球失误，worst game of his life。

美国队门将，made one of the most stupid mistake in world cup history，成为全世界球迷的笑柄。

balogun，这个红牌风波的主角，这个birthright citizenship的黑人球员，在场上玩隐身术，总共射门一次.....偏出。

我只能说，trump curse，彻底打崩了美国队赛前的心态。否则无法解释这些令人匪夷所思的失误与失态。

在 trump curse 的加持下，美国队不仅输球又输人，沦为全世界的笑柄；更为雪上加霜的是，对 FIFA 与川普狼狈为奸墙裂不满的欧洲足协，已经把美国队全体球员放入黑名单，基本上断绝了美国球员加盟欧洲五大联赛的任何希望。

欧协：小样！治不了FIFA与川普，还治不了美国队？！

川普会为美国球员站台吗？

HELL NO！

这货就是个 attention holic。丫才不 care 球员的福祉与未来，只要媒体与公众的注意力都在丫身上就行。

另外，看了一下朋友转发的川普在白宫吹牛B，说他如何干预 FIFA，撤销 Balogun 红牌的视频，尼玛，神马叫傲慢无知愚蠢傻逼的十次方，我简直无盐以兑。

用中文翻译一下：

川普：红牌罚下，已经受到惩罚。为什么下一场还要惩罚，不让上场？这特么什么规矩？不公平！所以，我要求FIFA改正了。

这让我想起韩复榘看篮球赛，看不下去了，破口大骂：一堆鸟人抢一个球，累不累！给他们一人一个球，好好玩！

ZT: Belgium brutally trolls U.S., Trump's FIFA intervention, following 4-1 World Cup win

If there is such a thing as the Trump Curse, it received one of its strongest pieces of evidence yet on Monday night.

After President Trump intervened (by his own account) to get FIFA to suspend American star Folarin Balogun's one-game ban so that he could play in the Round of 16, the USMNT promptly laid a giant egg in primetime, getting blown out by the Belgians.

Adding insult to injury, with the game already well in hand, Belgium went up 4-1 in the 93rd minute thanks to a strike from Romelu Lukaku. As he celebrated, Lukaku gestured to the pro-American crowd at Seattle Stadium, as if to say he couldn't hear them anymore.

After the match, the official X account of the Belgian men's national team shared those images, capping them with a two-word caption: “Overturn this.”

It was icing on the cake for Belgian fans and the Royal Belgian Football Association, which made its feelings known about FIFA's shocking reversal of the one-game ban and appealed the decision (which was denied).

“To date, the RBFA has still not received any grounds for this decision, nor has it received the information it has been requesting since the start of this procedure for a copy of this decision and the motivation declaring the player eligible as well as the referee's report,” the Belgian body said in a statement. “Which is a breach of FIFA regulations.

“The RBFA has informed the United States Soccer Federation that it contests the eligibility of the player, should the player be listed on the referee's team sheet. This leaves all further actions open.”

Turns out, the only action needed took place on the pitch. Belgium took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Charles De Ketelaere nine minutes into the match. USMNT's Malik Tillman tied things up at the 31-minute mark, but De Ketelaere quickly gave the Red Devils the lead once more. They never looked back, extending it to a 3-1 lead following a monumental gaffe by American goalie Matt Freese in the second half before Lukaku iced things in stoppage time.

“Some will dance around it. I'll say it. The intervention of the president in the suspension of U.S. striker Flo Balogun's suspension for the game killed the vibe,” wrote PFT's Mike Florio.

“It removed the justifiable chip on the U.S. team's shoulder arising from an unwarranted red card on Balogun and shifted it to Belgium's squad. The Belgian players had something extra. The U.S. team simply couldn't match it.”

While the Trump administration and the U.S. pulled every lever to regain the advantage, it was Belgium that came away with the last laugh.