Byron Castillo case: Fifa will meet to evaluate appeal

Andrés Holguín, lawyer of the Ecuadorian national team Byron Castilloassured this Monday that the audio that Chile has used in its desire to eliminate Ecuador from the World Cup in Qatar has no effect, since it said that it is a piece that has already been discarded in the process

“The audio that is circulating is nothing new. In addition, a constitutional judge did not consider it as evidence since it could not be certified that it was from Castillo,” Holguín said Monday when being interviewed by a Quito radio.

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In addition, the defense attorney for the club Leon, from Mexico, He added that “in the FIFA process this audio cannot be presented as evidence, since it was not presented in the first instance and neither in the appeal, this does not affect anything,” he insisted.

Holguín assured that this is a desperate act of Chile and the legal body of its Football Federation.

“This audio changes nothing. That country wants to enter the World Cup through the back door,” the lawyer said ironically.. The first resolution of FIFA before the complaint filed by the National Association of Professional Football of Chile (ANFP) He agreed with Ecuador and its classification as the fourth best team in the South American qualifiers, although he later submitted an appeal that will be defined next Thursday.

The FIFA Appeals Committee plans to meet in the coming days and analyze the appeal filed by the lawyer for the Chilean Federation regarding the case.

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