The Ecuadorian Football Federation have been sanctioned with a three-point discount for the next World Cup qualifiers, a situation they will seek to reverse according to the president of the Federation. Regarding the sanction, he said that “we understand it to be contradictory, ambiguous and unfair”.
The Ecuadorian national team is already thinking about the next World Cup qualifiers. In the World Cup in Qatar, they failed to put on a good performance, as they were knocked out in the first phase after failing to defeat Senegal. In addition, before the start of the contest, they were penalized with the handing over of three units for the following World Cup qualifiers by the Byron Castillo case, however, They will find a way to reverse this situation. .
This was reported by the president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF), Francisco Egas, in the Marca 90 program of the digital news channel. Initially, he stated that: “Ecuador will go with all the force of the case to fight this CAS resolution, because we understand that it is contradictory, ambiguous and unfair.”
When discussing the decision, the Ecuadorian football coxswain said that: “From a legal point of view, we understand that the resolution lacks solidity, because these are two completely contradictory arguments, in point one and in point three of the resolution” .
In the first article of the aforementioned sanction, it is noted that the Ecuadorian national team did not violate article 22 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, since there was no question as to whether Byron Castillo could be eligible to be part of the coached team (at that time). time then) by Gustavo Alfaro. “The player was eligible to play with the Ecuadorian team since the Ecuadorian authorities recognized that he was an Ecuadorian national” is what said resolution expressed.
Thus, the president of the “Tri” indicates that they will wait for the reasoned resolution of the CAS to take the next step, which would be: “Present the request for annulment before the Swiss courts and then, if that does not work, there is another instance at the human rights court to annul this decision.”
Finally, Egas showed confidence and conviction to continue with the situation: “We have a very solid case, for which we are working with different law firms, both in Switzerland and in the European Court, to defend Ecuador against a decision that we consider to be contradictory and with little legal support. .”
Let us recall that Byron Castillo was denounced for having presented false documents be part of the Ecuadorian team. It was the football associations of Chile and Peru that took part in this vast process, with the aim of leave Ecuador out of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 . A few weeks before the start of the competition, the CAS determined an economic sanction against the “Tri”, consisting of a fine of 100 thousand Swiss francs, and payment of 10 thousand in the same currency for Chile and Peru for procedural costs. Moreover, They will be deducted three points in the next qualifying rounds at the 2026 World Cup.
“The Ecuadorian Football Federation (“FEF”) is responsible for the use of a document containing false information in violation of article 21 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and, therefore, is sanctioned in accordance with article 6 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code. : (i) A deduction of 3 points is imposed on the FEF in the next edition of the FIFA World Cup preliminary competition; (ii) The FEF is ordered to pay FIFA a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000 within 30 days of receipt of this arbitration award. was expressed in the notice.
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