Ahead of tonight's U.S.-Belgium World Cup match, the Union of European Football Associations raged over FIFA's decision to lift the ban on U.S. goal-scoring star Folarin Balogun following a call from President Trump.

• The European body said in a statement: "When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined."

Why it matters: The reversal of the controversial red card — shown to Balogun after a video review during last week's match against Bosnia — is the biggest twist of this year's World Cup, Axios' Josephine Walker reports.

📱 Trump confirmed on camera this morning that he asked for a review of what he called a "horrible" call: "When they take your best player, or just about ... and they say you can't play, that's very unfair."

• "I didn't think it was a foul," Trump added. "I thought it was two great athletes that crashed into each other and got entangled."

The other side: FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who enjoys a close relationship with Trump, said that "FIFA's judicial bodies are independent" and that he "regularly" discusses FIFA-related matters with world leaders.

🤝 The backlash risks overshadowing the global goodwill showcased by the tournament, Axios' Herb Scribner reports.

• In the opening weeks, international fans flooded social media to praise U.S. stadiums, restaurants and gas stations, while the Scots drank Boston dry.

📺 What's next: Balogun is set to suit up against Belgium in Seattle Stadium at 8 p.m. ET (Fox).

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complained to President Trump in a recent call about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's escalating anti-Israel rhetoric, officials tell Axios.

• Netanyahu also asked the president, who will face Erdoğan during this week's NATO summit, not to sell weapons systems that would help Turkey modernize its air force, Axios' Barak Ravid and Marc Caputo report.

Reality check: How much sway Netanyahu — whose standing in Washington has slipped — still holds is unclear, both because of Trump's close relationship with Erdoğan and because of the financial upside from U.S. arms sales to Turkey.

• For Netanyahu, the potential arms sales are inseparable from the Erdoğan government's increasingly hostile posture toward Israel.
• Last week, Erdoğan called Zionism a "genocidal" ideology and suggested it posed a threat to Turkey's survival.

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World Cup visitors leaving the U.S. could find a creamy souvenir on airport shelves: ranch dressing, a breakout star of the tournament.

• ✈️ It's become so popular that the TSA is advising travelers to keep their carry-on condiments to 3.4 oz. or less.

👀 Spotted by an Axios Dallas reader: A Dallas Fort Worth Airport store is actually selling bottles of ranch alongside World Cup memorabilia.

🫣 The U.S.' global reputation these days is mixed at best — but this World Cup, Americans are getting saucy with soft power.

• A Reddit user who identified themselves as a European tourist wrote: "Ranch dressing should be a human right."

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