It’s been very rough days for the Ecuadorian Football Federation for a new chapter in the case of its player Byron Castillo. FIFA has decided to summon the Ecuadorean footballer to a hearing to testify and determine whether the football team is indeed of Ecuador incurred in a kind of forgery of documents for their registration, as the directors of the Chilean federation denounced, and demanded the exclusion of the Ecuadoreans from the upcoming World Cup.
The last evidence against the player was presented on Monday, when the famous English newspaper daily Mail An audio recording of an interview revealed fort With a FIFA investigator a few years ago. In this statement, the footballer agrees that he has changed his identity, date and place of birth and other information in order to pursue a professional career in Ecuador.
Given this complaint, a hearing was held on Thursday against the player in Zurich, Switzerland. Although the player was ordered to appear in person, the meeting was made virtual, with the Peruvian Football Association also present. In the event that FIFA agreed with Chile and penalized Ecuador by removing points in the eight matches that Byron Castillo played, but did not provide those units to any other CONMEBOL team, the Peruvian team could keep the ticket to the tournament. World Cup in Qatar 2022.
At the moment, football’s highest body has nearly 20 days to issue a new ruling, despite the fact that some media outlets suggest that, since the World Cup is about to start (November 20), it can be known in less than 15 days. . Likewise, this action cannot be final, as any of the affected parties can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Ecuador calls him
Ecuador announced, on Thursday, that it will play friendly matches with Saudi Arabia and Japan, before its participation in Qatar 2022, with a team full of Legion, including Byron Castillo, whom Chile accuses of playing for three colors without being Ecuadorean.
Chile, which was eliminated from the Qatari championship, He went to FIFA to claim points for the two games against Ecuador, with a 0-0 draw in Quito and a 2-0 defeat in Santiago.
Castillo, the Mexican Leon midfielder, is one of 24 players who play for foreign clubs, who were called up by Argentine coach Gustavo Alfaro for duels with Saudi Arabia, on September 23 at Real de Murcia, Spain, and with Japan. , four days later at Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.
list called
shootersHernán Galendez (Ucas), Moises Ramirez (Independiente del Valle), Alexandre Dominguez (Quito Ligue) and Gonzalo Valle (Guayaquil).
defensesByron Castillo (Lyon, Mexico), Angelo Preciado (RKC Genk, Belgium), Luis Leon (Saint-Louis, Mexico), Jackson Borroso (Estaque Trois, France), Piero Hincape (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Xavier Arriaga ( Seattle Sounders), William Bacho (Royal Antwerp, Belgium), Pervis Estupinian (Brighton, England) and Diego Palacios (Los Angeles, USA).
decor: Carlos Grizzo (Augsburg, Germany), Gigson Mendes (Los Angeles, USA), Moises Caicedo (Brighton, England), Patrickson Delgado (Ajax, Netherlands), Alan Franco (Talleres, Argentina), Jose Cifuentes (Los Angeles, United). United States), Gonzalo Plata (Valladolid, Spain), Angel Mina (Lyon, Mexico), Anthony Valencia (Royal Antwerp, Belgium), Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton, England), Romario Ibarra (Pachuca, Mexico) and Nelson Angulo (Anderlecht). , Belgium).
strikers: Michael Estrada (Cruz Azul, Mexico), Iner Valencia (Fenerbahce, Turkey) and Djurkayev Risco (Newell’s Old Boys, Argentina).
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