This Thursday another “key game” is played for the Qatar World Cup 2022. The FIFA offices in Zurich will be the central scene of the day in which the governing body will listen to the federations of Chile, Peru and Ecuador for reporting alleged irregularities in the registration of the player Byron Castillo in the last South American qualifiers.
From 9:00 a.m. in Santiago (2:00 p.m. in Zurich), the FIFA Appeals Committee will meet with the parties in conflict in blended form, although the great absentee will continue to be the footballer from León de México, who advanced through of his lawyer You will exercise your right to remain silent..
The Chilean claim points to Castillo’s ineligibility in eight pre-world games, which would imply a discount of 14 points to Ecuador in the standings and the addition of five units for the Red, which would put it in fourth place in the table. of positions and they would give the ticket to Qatar a little more than two months before the appointment.
The Disciplinary Commission rejected Chile’s accusation, but the appearance of new precedents and the surprising summons of the parties predict that the battle will continue. And in Redgol, you will not miss a detail in the definition of the last hope of seeing the lone star in a new World Cup.
Minute by minute: hearing of the FIFA Appeal Committee for the Byron Castillo case
8:10 | The one who made the snag: Ecuadorian journalist who carried out the first investigations into the rumors of Byron Castillo’s documentation makes the defense of him: “they say that I damaged his life… if this is a crime, it is a crime. There is no evil”.
8:00 | From 8:00 a.m., the permanent update of everything that happens with the hearing of the FIFA Appeal Committee in which Chile’s complaint against the Ecuadorian national team Byron Castillo will be dealt with, for alleged irregular registration in the last South American Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
06:00 | FIFA raises the demand for Ecuador. According to the Daily Mail, in the last few hours he updated the summons for the hearing of the Appeal Commission that will take place today in Zurich, and “requests the Ecuadorian Football Federation to ensure that the player Byron David Castillo Segura is available and come” to the appointment.
05:30 | Eduardo Carlezzo is the lawyer who defends Chile’s complaint against Byron Castillo. He is recognized as one of the leading experts in sports law related to soccer in the world and among his cases is the episode of pepper spray between Boca and River for the Copa Libertadores and the complaint against Bolivia for the ineligibility of Nelson Cabrera.
05:00 | Despite the fact that a week ago he threatened to sue Chile and the Brazilian lawyer Eduardo Carlezzo, Byron Castillo’s lawyer, Andrés Holguín, assured in the prelude that he might not do so.
04:30 | Byron David Castillo claims to have been born in 1998 (23 years old) in the town of Playas, Ecuador. He started at the North America club and went to Emelec, but was not admitted due to problems with the documentation. He then jumped to Aucas and later to Barcelona from Guayaquil, from where he was catapulted to the Ecuadorian team and to the León of Mexico.
04:00 | Do not forget to visit our updated agenda with the best matches of the day in Chile and the world. In Primera B there will be parallel excitement with Recoleta-Cobreloa and Magallanes-Santiago Morning; U will play for life against Palestino in the National Championship and there will also be a Europa League date with action from Real Betis.
03:45 | Remember that this Thursday you will be able to follow all the special coverage on a key date for the Byron Castillo case. Find out all the details first on the official Redgol website or app, as well as on our platforms, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Twitch, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music.
03:10 | What does Ecuador risk? If FIFA agrees with the Chilean complaint, the Guayas federation will seek to disassociate itself from the decision to have lined up the player and will blame the Ecuadorian Civil Registry. In this way, it would aim to avoid a sanction that leaves that country without a World Cup.
02:15 | According to the version supported by Chile, Byron Castillo was born in 1995 in the Colombian district of Tumaco, and crossed the border to Ecuador to start his sports career.
02:00 | What will come after this Thursday? The Appeals Commission will enter a reflection stage and is expected to communicate its decision before the end of the month. Subsequently, both Ecuador and Chile announce that they will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal the decision if it is negative in their interest.
01:30 | “I crossed from Tumaco and they told me ‘we are going to help you'”. Ecuador does not know the validity of an audio where Byron Castillo acknowledges that his origin is Colombian and that he received collaboration to acquire Ecuadorian documentation.
00:30 | He reviews the main background of the case in Redgol: Chile will be in fourth place in the qualifiers if the complaint against Byron Castillo is accepted and the points earned by Ecuador in the eight games that used the León player are discounted.