This Monday, around 4:30 p.m., the cell phone of Javier Castrilli I kept getting notifications. At the same time, at the Quilín headquarters, the ANFP board had finished listening to the conclusions of Miguel Ángel Valdés, the compliance officer, who assured that theThe audios of Francisco Gilabert were part of a machination to damage arbitration and the figure of the former FIFA judge.
It was almost 14 days in which Castrilli claimed innocence on social networks. Almost two weeks in which the Argentine even used his social networks to request that the phone calls be investigated to prove his innocence. The report from the Quilín headquarters ended up giving him the reason: “According to the information analyzed in the course of this investigation, it was possible to reliably determine, in more than 200 pages of the internal investigation report, through interviews, data collection, reports (external and internal) and various documentary evidence, that there is not and has not been any undue intervention or pressure, abuse of authority or any interference by third parties, with respect to the decision adopted by the arbitrator, Mr. Gilabert”, said the letter, which Castrilli also read.
The truth is that the former FIFA judge has been preparing his counterattack for weeks. During last week, met and interviewed different lawyers to specify the plan that today, with the investigation in its favor, is already underway. He hired a labor lawyer and a criminal lawyer to see what actions he can take against those who are responsible. He has kept silent so as not to interrupt the process. She has only posted messages through her social networks. “…But then, the Lie came out of the water and put on the Truth’s clothes while the Truth refused to put on the Lie’s clothes… People didn’t say anything when they saw the Lie dressed in the Truth’s clothes , but he was horrified at the passage of the naked Truth”, wrote the former Argentine referee after knowing the result of the investigation.
Castrilli, as he was able to find out Sporting, is not willing to reach consensus. He wants all those guilty of tarnishing his image to pay. From the ANFP, for unjustified dismissal, even the referees who participated in the plot. His lawyers, to this day, are compiling all the notes that have appeared in the media, to identify those who correspond. Arbitrators, journalists and even opinion experts. No one will be saved, they say close to the judge.
The damage that his image received is another issue that worries him. She assumes that it will be difficult for her to get a job in the short term in the face of the blow she has received during the last few weeks. The news was replicated even in Argentina. It will also target the media outlet that started spreading the information, which ultimately ended up being a plan to watch it go down.
In the ANFP they have avoided publicly referring to a possible return of Javier Castrilli. They want the crisis that is hitting arbitration today to subside a little, which has caused an earthquake in the Quilín offices. They do not rule out being offered, despite the fact that his name also raises doubts about the position in which he would return.
It is that Javier Castrilli had almost eight months left on his contract. The Argentine signed his bond until December 2022 considering that the same period ends the presidency of Pablo Milad. As this medium was able to find out, Castrilli does not rule out returning to Quilín, but with conditions. He will seek that his contract be extended for four years, that the 14 judges that he discharged for performance be released. In addition, the Argentine would add Francisco Gilabert and Cristian Droguett to that list of dismissals, two referees who were not on the list but who did participate directly in the plot against him. He wants the presidents to ratify it so that he feels the support of being able to work in absolute peace of mind.
Castrilli prepares the counterattack. At least the strategy is already defined. Only details and a series of definitions are missing that will end up marking the war that the fired judge is willing to wage.