Byron Castillo, in one of the last friendlies of the Ecuadorian team. Photo: AP Photo / Lynne Sladky.
It has been several weeks of uncertainty and fear that he has experienced Byron Castillo. Grieved by the comments received after Chile filed a complaint with FIFA questioning his nationality, he even broke down in tears in the middle of a match with his now former team, Barcelona de Guayaquil. Now, with the lawsuit dismissed, he broke the silence and sent a message to the Chileans.
On Trans-Andean soil, they confidently accused that Castillo was not actually born in Ecuador and was in fact Colombian. Obviously, having played a few matches for the South American qualifiers ahead of Qatar 2022 with the Tri de Gustavo Alfaroin Rossa they hoped to take advantage and to be well positioned thinking of a possible classification through the World Cup window.
Byron spent weeks receiving attacks. (Franklin James / AP)
But the complaint was not the only one they made … The footballer’s social networksin addition to those of the Ecuadorian national team, have been plagued by attacks on the defender who is currently playing Lion of Mexico.
MESSAGE TO CHILE
That is why, with FIFA’s decision in favor of Ecuador, Byron took the opportunity to address the Chileans. “Despite everything they are loved, there are Chileans who have written me very well, to tell me many good things. Here there is no grudge for anything, my heart is clean and calm“expressed in an interview with De Una, and clarified on the virtual intersection between the fans of both nations: “We must not enter this world, we must leave it behind. We must not live with grudges”.
CHILE INSISTS
The Chilean team has not resigned. Not satisfied with having been excluded from the World Cup in the Qualifiers or with the sentence against him by FIFA, dFrom the Chilean Federation they have appealed to the measures of the highest football organization and still believe that it is “possible” to go to Qatar.
On June 24, the Disciplinary Commission rejected the complaint in which La Roja, through his lawyer, Eduardo Carlezzo, accused the Ecuadorian national team and footballer Byron Castillo of having falsified his nationality documents … The target? That the Tricolore is disqualified and goes to the World Cup in its place.
The Chilean lawyer returns to the field. (AP / Esteban Felix)
After the refusal of FIFA, in Chile they did not stand by and turned to the Appeals Commission. The arguments in support of the appeal aimed at overturning the first decision were presented through his lawyer, in which four points of the sentence are contradicted.
Carlezzo challenged the sentence and hinted that he will go to the last consequences to reverse what he called “one of the greatest injustices” suffered in his professional career. Regarding what was released by FIFA, the Chilean Federation are dissatisfied and affirm it to RedGol “the reasoning is full of misunderstandings, contradictions and hasty interpretations of the facts”.
Source: Clarin
