Chile has filed a lawsuit with FIFA to retain Ecuador’s place in the World Cup, which has responded with a harsh statement.

great He did not give up and go to the last chance. The National Association of Professional Soccer (ANFP) became official on Thursday before FIFA a complaint against Ecuadorof course “use of wrong birth certificate, wrong declaration of age and wrong nationality” of the player Byron Castillowho, according to the evidence presented by the lawyer of the Chilean Federation, would have been born in Colombia.

From Ecuador they reacted quickly and the Federation issued a statement in which it denied the accusation of trans-Andeans: “Faced with baseless rumors that have spread in public opinion, with the clear aim of destabilizing the Ecuadorian Football FederationBy doing so, we certainly reject any attempt by aspiring seekers to prevent their participation in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. “.

The controversy was installed and the dispute was opened in the media and at the tables of FIFA, in Zurich.

One of the resolutions FIFA could make in the face of Chile’s complaint could be the reduction of points in Qualifying matches in which Castillo is included. The winger who plays for Barcelona in Guayaquil defended his team’s jersey in eight games of Qualifiers, where the team of Gustavo Alfaro got 14 points.

Ecuador closed its participation in fourth place and kept the last direct ticket from Conmebol to Qatar World Cup. But if ANFP’s request moves to FIFA, its place could go to Chile, which finished in seventh place.

Byron Castillo’s fights

Castillo was there in draws against Argentina (1-1) and Chile (0-0); in victories against Venezuela (1-0), Chile (2-0), Bolivia (3-0) and Paraguay (2-0); and in defeats against the Guarani (3-1) and Uruguay (1-0) teams.

Ecuador will be part of Group A of the World Cup, which will be played between November 21 and December 18 and where it will debut against host Qatar, and then face Senegal and the Netherlands.

In case he loses the points earned in such matches, Ecuador will go from fourth position with 26 points to the final step with 12 units. And Chile, for its part, will be the main beneficiary as it will add six points and climb to fourth place with 25 units, one more than Peru, which will allow it to directly qualify for Qatar.

The ANFP statement

ANFP lawyer Eduardo Carlezzo explained to his country’s National Television that the complaint filed with FIFA shows that “it is clear that the Ecuadorian departure certificate used by the player is incorrect and that, on the other hand, the Colombian certificate is true . “.

“This conclusion is not only ours, but also that of other organizations and the Ecuadorian soccer federation itself”Carlezzo added.

According to the jurist, “specifically Byron Castillo in 2018 an investigative commission of the Ecuadorian soccer federation, analyzing all the background and documents, decided that the player was Colombian. So we are not the only ones saying that, is the Ecuadorian federation in an official document, which we sent to FIFA, declaring him as Colombian“.

In a press release, the Chilean Federation explained that it sent to the FIFA Disciplinary Commission on May 4 “a complaint against player Byron David Castillo Segura and the Ecuadorian Football Federation, for using a false birth certificate, false declaration of age and false nationality of the said player “.

According to information coming from Chile “there is countless evidence that the player was born in Colombia, in the city of Tumaco, on July 25, 1995, and not on November 10, 1998, in the Ecuadorian city of General Villamil Beaches”.

According to Carlezzo, “the FIFA disciplinary code will lead to Ecuador losing the points” of the games played by Castillo “and therefore the opposing teams will be declared winners.”

Ecuador’s response