September 12, 2022, 8:59 PM
September 12, 2022, 8:59 PM
The information published this Monday by an English newspaper that the footballer Byron Castillo would have admitted being Colombian and not Ecuadorian as presented by the local soccer federation, “it further consolidates our complaint,” said Pablo Milad, president of Chilean soccer.
The Daily Mail newspaper published a recording in which Castillo would have admitted to being Colombian during an interview in the middle of an investigation by the Ecuadorian Football Federation, which four years ago sought to determine if some players had falsified their identity, and from which Castillo was finally excluded after presenting a certificate of Ecuadorian birth.
“It is an external test that is not among those that we present, but further strengthens our complaint“said Pablo Milad, president of Chilean soccer, who in May led a complaint to FIFA against Castillo and the Ecuadorian federation for the “use of a false birth certificate, false declaration of age and false nationality” of this soccer player. Lion of Mexico
Chile demands the points in the two games in which he faced Ecuador for the South American qualifiers, which finally won a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar, accusing that Castillo played in those games in the tricolor team without being Ecuadorian.
Although FIFA decided in June to file the case and allayed fears in Ecuador Due to a possible elimination from the World Cup, Chile went before the Appeal Commission of the governing body of world football, from where the player was called to testify for this Thursday.
“Now we will have to wait for what the Appeals Commission says with this comparison we have on the 15th (Thursday). Hopefully the player (Castle) will go. I don’t think he can refute what he himself said,” Milad said.
In case of losing the points due to a sanction, it is possible that Ecuador is disqualified from the World Cup and the penalized player.
The main beneficiary could be Chilee, seventh in the qualifying table, but would rise to fourth place, thus obtaining one of the four direct slots available for South America.
