The FIFA Appeals Chamber has dismissed the appeal filed by Chile in which it alleged the improper alignment of the Ecuadorian international Byron Castillo in eight matches of the qualifying phase for the World Cup in Qatar and maintains Ecuador's place in the World Cup event.
In the matches in which Castillo was lined up, Ecuador added 14 points that, according to Chile, should be subtracted, which would give them fourth place in the qualifying round and the ticket to the World Cup.
The FIFA Appeals Chamber based its decision on the same reasons for which it already dismissed the Chilean claim on June 10.
The two final sentences of the year 2021 issued by the Ecuadorian justice, and presented by the federation of the tricolor team, have once again been final in the verdict.
In one, Castillo was declared an Ecuadorian citizen with full rights, and in the other, he was ordered to give him the national identification card.
For this appeal, Chile presented new evidence to try to prove that Castillo is Colombian and that he had fraudulently obtained Ecuadorian nationality.
Among the new arguments put forward by the Chilean federation was a recording, with the alleged voice of the player, in which he admitted that he had been born in Tumaco (Nariño, Colombia) and not in Playas (Ecuador).
Chile accuses Castillo of falsifying his documentation to prove that he is originally from Playas, and thus obtain Ecuadorian nationality, which has been in doubt since he joined the lower Ecuadorian teams.
In 2017, the Ecuadorian federation itself eliminated Castillo from the call for a South American sub-20 due to doubts about his nationality.
Castillo, currently a player for Barcelona de Guayaquil, was trained at the Sport Norte América club,
that in 2018 he was sanctioned for falsifying documents of several dozen players so that they could play with Ecuadorian nationality.
An Ecuadorian club, Emelec, also rejected his transfer in 2015, not being sure of the soccer player's Ecuadorian origin.
All this argument has not been enough in the face of the main reason argued by the FIFA Appeals Chamber, which cannot go against the jurisprudence of a sovereign country.
The last option left for Chile is to take the case to the Lausanne Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but it will find itself with a time inconvenience.
The World Cup begins on November 19 and he must request an urgent procedure so that the TAS resolution, if favorable, allows him to go to Qatar.
To execute this fast track, both parties, Chile and FIFA, must agree, something that seems unlikely.
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