[Football] Eqaudor

[Brian Fantana]

I read that Chile will replace them. It was them that highlighted the issue.

It was just on the news now that Chile would indeed be the recipients of the place if Ecuador are removed.

 

[1066familyman]

So Ecuador may be expelled from this year's World Cup by FIFA over claims their defender Byron Castillo falsified his birth documents and is actually Colombian, yet they are happy to host the competition in Qatar in stadiums built by slave labour with an estimated death toll of >6'500.

Crack on.

More to the point.

Have a look at the nationalities of the Qatar Olympic athletics squad.

You couldn't make it up. Well you could actually. And they did.

 

[Madafwo]

 

[Hugo Rune]

More to the point.

Have a look at the nationalities of the Qatar Olympic athletics squad.

You couldn't make it up. Well you could actually. And they did.

Don’t Qatar just sponsor an African nation’s Olympic squad?

Visit Qatar…..we’ll pay you!

 

[GT49er]

Fair enough, if Ecuador have fielded an illegible player, any points obtained with him in the team should be taken away. If Ecuador knew then they should be banned from football for 4 years.

Must be a world first ................... disqualification barely sufficient!

 

[Yoda]

The birth certificate in question that Chile are basing this on is for a Bayron Javier Castillo. The player in question is Byron David Castillo.

This has been brought up in Ecuador previously apparently concerning 3rd party agents against who own's the contract.

It is said there is no argument that Byron's parents are Colombian and fled violence in that part of Colombia to Ecuador. It was previously agreed in an Ecuadorian court that the birth certificate belonged to his now deceased brother.
Bryon has been registered to football clubs from the age of about 10 in Ecuador and had been all cleared up before he earned his first international cap.

I would be very surprised if FIFA ruled against Ecuador here.

https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sp...rtificate-change-the-course-of-soccer-in-2022

 

[Wozza]

They're in. Phew. (* Subject to appeal)

https://apnews.com/article/sports-s...nternational-9a5ee52a9159bef5f268fa944075c45e

 

[CHAPPERS]

Amazing news for the club and the players. A feather in many caps.

 

[schmunk]

They're in. Phew. (* Subject to appeal)

https://apnews.com/article/sports-s...nternational-9a5ee52a9159bef5f268fa944075c45e

Great news - now their only struggle is with the spelling of this thread title.

 

[GT49er]

Great news - now their only struggle is with the spelling of this thread title.

Spelling seems to have been a little troublesome on this thread!