Hours pass and the discussions about the possible elimination of the Ecuador National Team from the Qatar 2022 World Cup are not ending.
While it is emphasized that neither Fifa nor any authorities have decided on the obvious domestic incompatibility with the Ecuadorian Anti-Doping Organization (Onade) in the neighboring country, or doubts regarding the nationality of football player Byron Castillo, the repercussions that are said to be non-Ecuadorian do not stop.
(In context: could Ecuador stay out of the World Cup in Qatar? Last known).
Pushed by the press versions circulating in Latin America, Pointing out Ecuador’s possible elimination from the World Cup, Francisco Egas, president of the Football Association of Ecuador, who has worked as a sports leader for more than 15 years, decided to raise his voice. His voice was undoubtedly one of the most authoritative in the case.
Ecuador, which is in fourth place after Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in the South American qualifiers, has proven to be one of the strongest teams on its way to the World Cup and has managed to document its ticket to Qatar before the qualifying deadline. . However, a disorder in the country’s institutional machinery was seen as the first possibility of cutting short the Middle East tour.
In recent weeks, The Ecuadorian Anti-Doping Organization (Onade) denounced that government officials had not resolved the issue of allocating funds for their divisions. As a result, everything so far indicates that the body does not comply with the controls required by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which has pioneered the fight against doping in sport since the beginning of the new millennium.
According to ‘El Comercio’ from Peru, Onade representative Jannet Emén Sánchez confirmed that the Ecuador National Team could be suspended for this reason.
“Ecuador is at serious risk of international suspension,” Sánchez said.
“This week, as the Onade Creation Act is drafted, we will comply with the President’s provision regarding the handling of anti-doping control by the COE as determined by the World Anti-Doping Code. So we can deliver the resources. We will of course take on Onade’s pending obligations, verifying every value as it should be.”He made a brief statement from the Ministry of Sports of Ecuador.
Until this Thursday, no further details were known about the outcome of the alleged administrative non-compliance.
(Be sure to read: If Ecuador’s National Team is out of the World Cup… which will replace it?).
With the doping problem, Confused over the nationality of defender Byron Castillo, who played for the Ecuadorian team in this year’s World Cup qualifiers.
In this case, the controversy has to do with rumors that Castillo will indeed be Colombian. The reason for the serious irregularity to occur. And while some media reports that countries like Chile can fight for points lost with Ecuador, thereby securing their ‘exit’ from the World Cup, the reality is that regulations stipulate that the claim must be made no later than 48 hours. the match in question. The reason the claim is not valid on paper.
In Colombia, the person responsible for publishing the issue was Sebastián Bejarano, a Twitter user who describes himself as a sports journalist.
“A case in Ecuador that showed evidence that player Byron Castillo, called by Gustavo Alfaro on several Qualifying dates, was Colombian has just come to an end. He was properly born in Tumaco, Nariño. He currently plays for Barcelona.”Sebastián Bejarano wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday.
(Don’t stop reading: Colombian footballer pretending to be Ecuadorian and finishing ‘National Dream’).
But this Wednesday, Bejarano took a step back and pointed out the social network in question:Biggest mistake was mentioning a case here, for that I apologize. The evidence the lawyer showed was at a press conference. They are different contexts.
According to media reports from Ecuador, that country’s Football Federation investigated the issue in 2019 and found that Castillo had no problem with his nationality.
“Thank God, this is a matter of judgment. When justice decided, the Federation started collecting and put an end to this issue. We were always calm.”Carlos Alfaro, president of the club Barcelona SC, the club Castillo plays for, told ‘El Universo’, considering the turmoil that has unfolded these days.
The first Ecuadorian leader to speak out about the possible elimination of ‘Tri’ was Miguel Ángel Loor, president of the Ecuadorian Professional Football League.
“This is a malicious joke, it does not deserve the slightest concern. All that is shown here is that Ecuador will be at the World Cup”Loor referred to the aforementioned Sebastián Bejarano tweet.
Later, the head of the Football Association of Ecuador, Francisco Egas, in his statements to the ‘FootballEcuador’ portal, “There is no such thing (referring to the document published by Colombian journalist Sebastián Bejarano regarding the alleged Colombian nationality of Castillo), it seems to me that according to this portal nothing more than another piece of news”.
“I don’t know of a new case (beyond the case in which it was confirmed in 2021 that Castillo was born in Playas, Ecuador),” Egas said in the text of ‘FootballEcuador’.
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