A separate investigation and classified documents could bring down the Ecuadorean Football Association.
The Daily Mail reports that the country is now on the verge of losing its place in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Alternatively, it may be Chile who play the first match of the tournament.
At the beginning of May, word spread that Chile wanted to kick Ecuador out of the World Cup in Qatar and take over the place itself.
The Chilean Football Association claimed that Ecuador She used a player from Colombia in eight matches during the World Cup qualifiers.
– Eduardo Carlizo, a lawyer for the Chilean Football Association, said that the evidence we were able to gather surprised us.
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The player in question is Byron Castillo and if Ecuador loses in his qualifying matches, that means Chile will finish fourth in the South American World Cup qualifying group.
Ecuador is about to leave the World Cup. He writes for the Daily Mail now three days before FIFA’s appeal committee takes a decision on the matter (on Thursday).
The newspaper also publishes leaked documents and information from leaked audio files from an investigation allegedly carried out by the Ecuadorean Football Federation in 2018 – and then kept secret.
The investigation reveals, among other things, that Byron Castillo was born in 1995 – not 1998 as stated on his Ecuadorean passport. His Colombian birth certificate also states that his name is Byron Javier Castillo Segura and not Byron David Castillo Segura as the new passport states.
confessed to the investigation
In the four-year investigation, Byron Castillo himself also confirmed that he left the Colombian city of Tumaco to pursue his football career at San Lorenzo in Ecuador.
– I came here because I wanted to help my family, I knew how they were in Tomako. I came here and started playing. It wasn’t a problem, I didn’t know anything. Now I see how the problems surface, he says in the investigation according to the Daily Mail.
Ecuador – or Chile – will play the opening match of the World Cup against Qatar on November 20.
