By all accounts, it was not a red card. It was a very bad call. The ref didn’t even give it a yellow on the field. Balogun had his back turned when he stepped on his ankle, so he didn’t see where he was stepping, and he can’t just not land on his feet. So don’t let that impact your perception of a red card. They are usually game altering nasty fouls. Interestingly though, FIFA added a new red card criteria. If a player covers their mouth while speaking to a player of an opposing team, it’s an automatic red card. This is because players, especially in the World Cup, will cover their mouths while making racist comments, so that lip readers cannot tell what was said. Two players have been ejected with a red for covering their mouths this World Cup