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Norway to make formal complaint to FIFA over Balogun red card saga
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Klaveness told AFP the intention is to "include the Balogun affair" in a complaint already filed by the NFF over FIFA president Gianni Infantino awarding football's governing body's inaugural Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump, which was widely ridiculed.
"I will bring it to a board meeting and discuss with my board, and then we do it," Klaveness told The Times in an interview published on Thursday.
Balogun's red card in the last-32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina resulted in an automatic suspension for the match with Belgium.
"Smaller nations like ourselves, that haven't been there for 20 years, showed the World Cup could be extended to 48 teams," said Klaveness.
"It's not in football's interest, or even reasonable, to now start to talk about 64 teams -- 48 teams was a big change.