He barely entered Byron Castillo To the party, Mariano Closs recognized him for the sanction that Ecuador received. He asked if he was the one who had the inconvenience with the nationality and there they gave him the entire context of the sanction suffered by the tri n the present qualifiers.
Chilean media did not support the mockery of Byron Castillo and that Ecuador is close to the World Cup
The Chilean media soccer zone responded to the post it made Byron Castillo In his X account when calling him Colombian and they made a meme ignoring him.
In Chile they already looked inside Qatar 2022, thinking that FIFA and Tas would give them the quota of Ecuador. In the middle Goal, they published an article where they even analyzed the group that was going to touch them, but in the end they did not achieve their mission and now lives one of their worst football crises.
The Ecuadorian National Team is at one foot to reach the 2026 World Cup and the Redgol half of Chile He remembered Byron Castillo, titling his note: “He was born in Colombia. Government of Colombia confirms Birth Registration of Byron Castillo in that country and not in Ecuador.”
From Chile they wanted to leave Ecuador
After finishing the South American qualifiers, the Chilean National Team filed a complaint with the FIFA And the TAS, claiming that Byron Castillo’s identity documents had been adulterated. The Chileans sought an exemplary sanction: the elimination of Ecuador from the World Cup in Qatar 2022, hoping to take their place by administrative route.
FIFA and TAS decision was a double edge punishment for Ecuador
Finally, FIFA and the TAS issued its verdict: the Ecuadorian Football Federation It was fined and sanctioned with the subtraction of three points for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. However, the sanction also reached Byron Castillo, who since then has not been summoned to the Ecuadorian team.
