Athletistic / Football. The Ecuadorian national team could be suspended from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, TV Azteca reports. Chilean lawyer Eduardo Carlezzo has provided evidence that Ecuadorian defender Byron Castillo is ineligible to play for the national team, the source claims. It is reported that the player is Colombian. Thus, the lawyer would have found the birth certificate of a football player in the Colombian city of Tumaco.

Thus, if FIFA recognizes the correctness of the Chilean lawyer, then the Ecuadorian national team will be withdrawn from the World Cup, it will be credited with technical defeats in the selection matches, and Chile will take its place in the southern confederation -American.

The final stage of the World Cup in Qatar will take place from November 21 to December 18.