He The Byron Castillo case keep waiting The Ecuadorian Football Federation, which is awaiting a response from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) before the new réplica seeking annulment of the judgment delivered last November.

CAS ruled against the player, finding that while he was eligible to play in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, “the FEF breached Article 21 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code by using a document that contained false information.” The federation was fined $100,000 and lost 3 points in the 2026 World Cup qualification table.

The FEF is working to get the TAS ruling against Byron Castillo overturned

The case continues in the Swiss Federal Courtas the CAS host country, from where The alliance is waiting for a “reasoned decision” (argumentation) of the body for judgment against the defenders of Tricolor.

“We are simply waiting for the reasoned decision of the CAS. In that time we only receive the solution (failure), of that a reasoned decision was requested with, hopefully, an accurate understanding of the analysis the court made to reach its conclusion. With that documentation, we will be able to present arguments against that decision before the Swiss court,” he said on the radio. Mesh president of Ecuafútbol, ​​Francisco Egas.

This was announced by the manager the legal body of the Federation has prepared its responsebut that you need the document requested from TAS to “understand exactly where our defense must go.”

What is clear in the directory of the rector of national football is that the fight goes “to the last,” Egas said.

“We understand that the punishment was not only unjustbut rather ambiguous, illogical as well it goes against many principles, including the principles of human rights“, said the head of the FEF.

But answer the request made by the alliance there is no specific time; however, “we are pushing for that to happen every day,” said Egas, with which “we will be able to close and complement our defense”, concluded the coach. (D)