It was FIFA’s corruption that stunned people, not President Donald Trump’s. The chief executive’s contempt for rules is now taken for granted. What astonished the world was that soccer’s global governing body crumbled in the face of his pressure.

To recap, the American striker Folarin Balogun was sent off for jumping on the ankle of a Bosnian player. Under FIFA rules, a player who gets a red card is banned from playing in the following game.