The ANFP has already contacted the Brazilian lawyer Eduardo Calezzo to study the Byron Castillo case. The jurist was the same one who achieved victory for the Bolivian Nelson Cabrera.
Hope is the last thing you lose. In the ANFP It seems that this is the motto that haunts the corridors following a complaint of possible improper alignment of Byron Castillo in the Ecuadorian team.
Moreover, the governing body of Chilean soccer has already requested the help of a lawyer to investigate the existence of irregularities in the call for the Ecuadorian soccer team. Byron Castillowho would have been born in Colombia.
the brazilian lawyer Eduardo Calezzo will be in charge of analyzing the case.
The jurist also saw the issue of Bolivian Nelson Cabrerawhen The Red he scored two extra points on the way to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
“We are collecting all the information through formal means, following authenticating the facts, taking the pertinent actions to claim the points,” the ANFP told El Mercurio.
Let us remember that if a sanction once morest Ecuador materializes, La Roja might be the main beneficiary. The reason? Castillo played both games once morest Chile, so he would be the winner of both matches, climbing to fourth place in the Qualifiers.
“I don’t know of any new trial”
In Ecuador they reacted in the last hours by minimizing the complaint spread by the Colombian journalist Sebastián Bejarano.
According to Bejarano, a trial would have confirmed that Castillo was born in Tumaco, a Colombian district belonging to the department of Nariño.
“The investigation, which had been closed in 2021today has new evidence that was presented to the Prosecutor’s Office, “added the communicator.
However, the president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation denies this: “That doesn’t exist… I think it’s just another piece of news,” said Francisco Egas.
“I don’t know of any new trial,” closed sharply.
Record that from Ecuador they affirm that the case mentioned is of another Byron Castillo and clarify that the selected one was born in General Villamil, near Guayaquil.