Whoa! With the 2022 FIFA World Cup just two months away, a nation that was set to compete at the tournament could now reportedly be kicked out. 😲 More here! ➡
, evidence to support this claim was brought to the attention of FIFA's Appeals Commission just days before they were set to reveal their ruling on the matter on Thursday.
Proof of this accusation is said to have come in an audio recording from four years ago, in which the footballer admits to an investigator that he was born in 1995 and not 1998, while he also gave his name as that which is on his Colombian birth certificate rather than the one on his fake Ecuadorian documentation.
An initial complaint around his false identity was made by Chile in April but this was dismissed by FIFA in June. However, the new evidence could see world football's organising body change their ruling on the matter, with it being suggested that the South American country, who are set to play against hosts Qatar in the World Cup's opening fixture, could be booted out of the tournament.
"I went home, I told my parents that I have to go, but in that time we didn't have any money, I remember that very well. There was no money. And I started crying. So my dad said maybe another time and my mum as well. My mum was worried, she didn't want to do this to me and this and that.
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