World football’s governing body formalizes the verdict in the Byron Castillo case. The Chilean federation, in any case, is already beginning to prepare its presentation before the CAS.
Chile will not play the World Cup in Qatar. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee rejected the arguments presented by the defense of the Chilean federation, led by Brazilian lawyer Eduardo Carlezzo. The entity chaired by Gianni Infantino has decided to close the file, although the ANFP still has a body, to which it has already confirmed that it will appeal to annul the measure, both before the court of second instance of the same entity and, finally, in the CAS.
Through a press release, the Zurich-based entity announces the determination. “The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has ruled on Byron David Castillo Segura’s possible violation of the appeal criteria to participate with the national team of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) in eight qualifying matches, corresponding to the preliminary phase of the FIFA World Cup. Qatar 2022™ “, he introduces, before announcing the resolution. “After analyzing all the documentation received from the parties, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided to close the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the FEF. “, he argues.
Before the verdict, Ecuador had been lapidary in qualifying the Chilean judicial offensive. “It’s all in FIFA; the rest is still a circus”, said Carlos Manzur, vice-president of the FEF, Jock giving an account of the optimism with which they awaited the pronouncement.
next steps
“The decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee was notified today to the parties concerned. In accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary Code, the parties have ten days to request the reasoned decision which, if requested, would be published in the legal.fifa.com . This decision may be appealed to the FIFA Appeal Committee. “, he adds regarding the formalities that follow the notification, which the headquarters of Chilean football in Quilín is already analyzing in depth, to find new elements that support the appeal.
During this day, Carlezzo and his legal team, together with the ANFP board of directors, will evaluate the ways forward, even if there is already the certainty that all instances to reverse the determination will be exhausted. “We will go to CAS “, they anticipated at the headquarters of Chilean football, in a scenario that was already being evaluated in the prelude to the decision, since, whatever the result, it was taken for granted that the legal dispute would reach the highest sports arbitration court.
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