The player has been affected by Chile’s lawsuit against FIFA. Australes allege that the soccer player of the Ecuadorian team is Colombian.
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Byron Castillo is a player for Barcelona de Guayaquil and the Ecuadorian soccer team, a cast that qualified for the 2022 Qatar World Cup under the direction of Argentine coach Gustavo Alfaro.
Precisely about this classification, the Chilean team has filed a lawsuit with FIFA in which it alleges that the young left back is not of Ecuadorian nationality but Colombian, a hypothesis that has caused controversy and for which they claim the three points against Ecuador, match in which Castillo was lined up.
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If the entity that governs football worldwide rules in favor of Chile, it would put the southern team in the position of the Ecuadorian in the qualifying standings, therefore, Chile would be in fourth place and Ecuador in the sixth place, being left out of the orbital appointment.
All this situation in which the footballer was involved: criticism, questioning, speculation; They are taking their toll on the field of play.
Yesterday in a match against Aucas valid for the Ecuadorian league, Castillo asked his coach to be substituted from the pitch after committing a penalty.
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In images it can be seen when, after taking the shot from the eleven steps, the Aucas, a rival team that went up 2-0 on the scoreboard, the young athlete tells his coach: “Get me out, get me out now, I can’t take it anymore… ».
The DT saw the state of mind of his player and decided to replace him, just as he was asked.
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Jorge Célico, coach of Barcelona de Guayaquil, referred to the Byron Castillo case and shows his concern about the situation that the 23-year-old footballer is going through.
For him, his player is being a victim of the media power of modern times: “Not of you journalists in particular. He has a very difficult emotional burden to carry, it is more for me it is admirable that he starts training, “said the Argentine strategist.
And he added: «Let’s be a little more docile, I’m very sorry, that’s why it doesn’t come out before. I didn’t make the switch because I knew it was a deathblow. I prefer to think about the human being and not only about the result».
Finally, he asked the press and sports entities to handle this issue with caution.
«There is a human being behind each one of us, not only the footballer, the man who sells the tickets, you with your homework, and there are things that hurt and you have to try to understand, Byron has a very difficult emotional charge cope, that it is even admirable how he is doing it».
It was learned that Byron is treated by a group of psychologists from the Ecuadorian team. His teammates and teammates cheer him up through messages
Cover photo: @byroncastillo
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