In the Appeals Committee of the FIFA a new hearing is held in the case Byron Castillo. Chile claims that the player was not born in Ecuador, but in Colombia, and asks for a sanction for him and for the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) that could be left out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Peruvian Federation of Football (FPF), who was invited to be part of the process from the beginning.
MIRA | What happens if FIFA rules against Ecuador after a new hearing of the Byron Castillo case?
WHAT EVIDENCE DOES CHILE BRING TO THE NEW AUDIENCE?
According to information from CNN, the National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), through its lawyer Eduardo Carlezzo, will bring to the hearing an “unpublished audio” about an alleged confession by the player that he is not Ecuadorian.
“We brought to the attention of FIFA an unpublished audio that had never been published before, since, until Monday, only the Ecuadorian Federation had it. The authenticity of the audio is indisputable and the player’s confession is clear. The content of that audio was hidden for more than 4 years,” the lawyer told CNN via email Thursday before the hearing.
WHAT DOES CHILE CLAIM?
The National Association of Professional Soccer (ANFP) went to the desks of FIFA pointing out that Byron Castillo was not born in Ecuador, but in Colombia, and that he had falsified his identity documents. From the southern country they demand a sanction for the player and for the ‘Tri’, which could precisely be left out of the World Cup.
Of course, it is worth mentioning that in the first instance FIFA rejected Chile’s request and replied that it did not find any changes in the case.
WHO WILL DECIDE THE BYRON CASTILLO CASE AT FIFA?
It will be done by the triumvirate made up of the American Neil Eggleston, the Faroese Christian Andreasen and the Qatari Salman Al-Ansari.