According to Italian media reports, the struggle in Italy comprehensive compilation: Recently, the Chilean Football Association reported to FIFA that a player of the Ecuadorian football team who has qualified in the South American division has falsified the identity information and should be disqualified from Ecuador. Therefore, Italy may replace Ecuador.
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According to the report, the Chilean Football Association complained to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, accusing the Ecuadorian national team of multiple crimes, including the falsification of the nationality of Ecuadorian defender Byron Castillo, and the country and date of birth on the birth certificate were forged. His place of birth should be Colombia, not Ecuador, and Byron Castillo did not acquire Ecuadorian citizenship, and his age was changed by 3 years to 1995, not 1998 on his birth certificate.
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Therefore, according to the Chilean Football Association, Byron Castillo is not eligible to represent Ecuador at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, so the results of Ecuador's 8 appearances by Byron Castillo are invalid. FIFA should award these 8 games to 3 points against opponents. In this way, Chile can replace Ecuador in the World Cup.
To this end, FIFA has officially announced the opening of an investigation into this through an official statement. If the Chilean FA's claims are true, FIFA does not rule out a decision to disqualify Ecuador.
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After the matter was exposed by the media, it caused widespread discussion, and some media pointed out that even if Ecuador was disqualified, Chile would not be able to play directly in the World Cup as envisioned. Because once a team is disqualified, fifa can decide for itself who to choose as a "substitute" team, and the world's sixth-ranked Italian team is likely to replace Ecuador in the Qatar World Cup. (Struggle in Italy)