The player was revealed as a Colombian, will FIFA oust Ecuador from the World Cup?

The Ecuadorian association is accused of forging the documents of Castillo, who turned out to be born in Colombia at all (and also three years older).

Who will receive the ticket in its place?

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08/06/2022

Wednesday, 08 June 2022, 21:28

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Will one of the teams that have already secured their place in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar be dramatically eliminated?

According to various reports, this could be the fate of Ecuador, who immigrated from the South American house but got entangled after it was discovered that she had forged the documents of Byron Castillo.

It turned out that the 23-year-old defender is generally 26 years old and was born in Colombia, so he is unable to represent the Ecuadorian national team.

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Byron Castillo vs. Argentina about two and a half months ago (Photo: GettyImages, Franklin Jacome)

The Chilean association is the one that sparked the whole thing a few months ago, when it demanded a 0: 3 technical victory, claiming that Castillo, who is a partner in the Ecuadorian uniform, is a Colombian at all.

Today, the association's lawyer presented additional documents backing up his claims and now the decision is being handed over to FIFA

. Points,

Chile

will win two victories over it and then it rises to fourth place and gets a ticket to the World Cup.

2016 with a complaint regarding a Bolivian player who was not allowed to play. FIFA accepted the complaint, but the reduction of points to Bolivia also served Peru who competed with Chile for the ticket.

Ecuador, it will be recalled, was placed in the first house of the World Cup together with the hosts Qatar, the Netherlands and Senegal.

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