The uncertainty regarding the resolution of the Byron Castillo case, on which Chile’s eventual qualification for the World Cup depends administratively, is beginning to come to an end. Or, at least, it has a definite date: FIFA has communicated that the decision of the Disciplinary Unit, which investigates the complaint filed by the legal team headed by the lawyer Eduardo Carlezzoon behalf of the Chilean federation, will be announced on Friday June 10. That is to say, three days before the playoff that Peru and the winner of the match between the United Arab Emirates and Australia should animate. The Inca federation is the other interested party in the conflict and was formally invited by the entity that governs world football to participate in the allegations.
In principle, June 14 was the date reported by FIFA to deliver the ruling on the complaint once morest Ecuador for the Byron Castillo case. However, given the deadlines, which are beginning to tighten, already projecting the development of Qatar 2022, on this day the parties involved were notified of the rectification.
The new date of the ruling is also related to a step that is perceived as natural in the evolution of the process: the concrete possibility that any of the federations attend the CAS to request the eventual revision of the resolution.
The only term that remains with respect to what was originally indicated is the one that Ecuador has to present its defenses. The Guayas federation must deliver the releases this Monday to deal with the Chilean position that Byron Castillo did not meet the requirements to be considered an eligible player and that, therefore, Ecuador must lose the points it got with the participation from the side of Barcelona.
In Ecuador, they try to remain calm. “For the FEF the issue is rooted in FIFA and it is there where the arguments have to be expressed and wait for a resolution”, holds to Sporting Carlos Manzur, vice president of the FEF. The representative left the door open for the process to continue in other instances. “And there surely appeal and then to the CAS”, he added.
