$18 million transfer<\/a> from Ligue 1 side Rennes.<\/p>\n\u201cOf course it touched me. It touched my team. That\u2019s always the most important thing. The referee decided to do it like that. But yeah, it\u2019s a part of sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twelve days after the World Cup final, the International Football Association Board said that mistaken identity should not be used in instances of simulation. Asked if that post-World Cup decision changes how he views his sending off, Embolo answered emphatically.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. We lost. I\u2019m a competitor,\u201d he said. \u201cBut as a player, if you know how difficult it is to get there, get in the situation and to create a group, it\u2019s hard to accept. It\u2019s hard to accept because you know how hard it is to come in there and play. The next chance could be in four years. You don\u2019t know. That\u2019s the hardest thing to accept. Not if it\u2019s a red card or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Embolo\u2019s reaction to his sending off was one of the lasting images of the World Cup. He was inconsolable and the decision clearly impacted the result of the match. Embolo now finds himself back in the U.S. where he\u2019ll continue his club career in MLS. Atlanta United has struggled this season and currently sits 12th in the Eastern Conference, but has one three games in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t think that I would be here four months ago,\u201d Embolo admitted. \u201cBut for me it was decisive. (Atlanta United) knows me as a player and as a man already. I think the league grew up,\u201d Embolo said of MLS. \u201cIt\u2019s a part of the process if you see the (U.S.) national team. We played them last year. So it\u2019s a development. You need to have time. I know in football you don\u2019t have a lot of time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA \u2013 When Switzerland international Breel Embolo looks back on his controversial red card against Argentina during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[56251,31646,27399,671,17],"class_list":["post-120448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-atlanta-united-fc","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-international-football","tag-mls","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117157700809057193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}