Eight days away from Qatar 2022, the footballer had to leave the field in the first half after suffering a violent foul. Moreover, after the decision of the CAS and the statements of the ambassador in the Asian country, his participation in the planetary event is a total unknown.
Byron Castillo again takes all the spotlight. The winger was injured in a friendly between the selection of Ecuador and Iraq, and its presence in the planetary event is more than ever in doubt.
The 30 minutes were up when the player from León de México went to dispute a ball on the baseline. There, the midfielder also won the position from Alai Ghasem, who gave him a violent foul. Castillo’s signs of pain were instantaneous which alarmed the coaching staff led by Gustavo Alfaro. The footballer was treated for several minutes by the tricolor medical team, but he could not recover from the blow and had to leave the field of play after 37 minutes. To replace him, defender Robert Arvoleda came in and during the post-match conference Alfaro announced: “We are going to do a study tomorrow, an MRI on the ankle, to rule out a bone injury.”
Erasing Qatar?
The move in question comes just eight days before the start of the World Cup and the Guayas side’s debut against the locals. In the absence of a press release stating the seriousness of the injury, the news comes at the worst time for Castillo. After the CAS decision, which determined that there was false information in his passport, the Ecuadorian ambassador to Qatar, Pascual Del Cioppo, declared that the player would not attend the World Cup: “Unfortunately Byron Castillo is not coming to the World Cup. It would be the final touch if Byron came to score a goal, but unfortunately the news we have is that he will not come. It is a decision that the Federation took, most likely to avoid future problems” he pointed out on Impact Facts.
The words of the representative of the tricolor at the headquarters of the planetary event aroused surprise in the press. On the other hand, coach Gustavo Alfaro decided to include him in the last friendly match before the World Cup, even though the player didn’t have the best of luck.
According to Ecuadorian media, the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) He consults experts to find out if Castillo is eligible to represent the Tri and therefore not take risks in the Asian country. In this line and as indicated by the governing body of football in the South American country, this Monday they will deliver the final list of the 26 footballers who will travel to Qatar and everything indicates that the team can stay without playing the World Cup .
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Source: Latercera
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